This weekend is Summer Mission Team orientation. It’s a time where the 36 members of the 2006 Team come to learn about Kenya, Bahamas, India, Argentina, Latvia, Ukraine, along with Coker Creek Tennessee and Champaign Illinois…..it’s an amazing time. Most important they come to learn about what God has to teach them in the months to come and what that might mean for their lives. It is an exhausting weekend with way too much to cover in the time we have. It is one of my favorite weekends of the year, without question. Pray for us!

I was on the phone for 30 minutes (yikes, the phone bill!) with an overseas officer this morning who is hurting in his appointment–so many concerns and so little money. I really feel that the time has come where we need to have a system in place to help our missionaries directly with their “smaller” financial needs; things like toys for their preschools to replace the 30 year old broken junk that their kids are making do with….think of the toys we have here they we just cast aside….fresh school supplies, new Bible curriculum, maybe a washer or dryer….sometimes the needs are not really that big, yet if they were cared for, the missionaries would feel so much support. I’m working on this and have some ideas…we gotta get a team over to this country next December to help with Christmas…yes, we have to help! Another prayer request, and if you want to be a part of this in some way, let me know!