Outboard Motor Clinic Day 2

We had a beautiful place to teach our outboard motor clinic this morning. The Lord brought 13 locals to participate, all of which were very engaged in all parts of our teaching. Ron King did a fantastic job teaching and sharing the Gospel. At 2:00 our time, pastor Kyler will be teaching a few of the local believers encouraging them to model servant leadership within their community. These few believers will hopefully be the first church to gather in Mocimboa. This evening, our team will lead a basketball clinic with the local high school. Please continue to pray for us as you go throughout the day.

Day 1 in Mocimboa

We made it to Port Town (Mocimboa) with no problems. We had a great lunch and unpacked some goodies for the local missionaries. It was better than Christmas morning.  Then we started our construction project which is fabricating a pull up and dip apparatus for the local school. Yes, that is a picture of Pastor Kyler using an angle grinder! Tomorrow we will start our outboard motor clinic and sports camp. Pray that the Gospel would go forth and Christ would be honored. 

Drive to Port Town

Our team is doing very well after some much needed rest. Spent the morning preparing for our drive up to Port Town. Pleae pray for safe travel as we make the 5 hour trip.

Pemba

We have arrived!!! We made it through immigration and customs with no problems. Loaded up the truck and trailer with all our gear for a tight ride to Pemba Magic. The short guy ended up in the trunk! (Hence the video angle.) Tomorrow morning we will start our 5 hour journey to Port Town, where we will minister over the next 10 days.

Breakfast in South Africa

From snow to sun...we have arrived in South Africa. Hearty breakfast with the boys and one more flight to go! Pray for a smooth transition through customs and immigration.

Here We Go

We are up and running early this morning. We loaded up and left the church around 4:30am. Thank you to Richard Garlick for driving us! Glad to have The missionary himself (Casey Norkett), his beautiful daughter Layla, Kevin Chaney, and David Braswell joining us for prayer. Please pray we make our 10:40 flight out of JFK as our earlier flight from Charlotte has been delayed an hour.

Dinner, Fellowship, and Packing

This evening our team and their families gathered for dinner at "The" Chicken King across from the church (We missed Kyler and his bride). Between the 4 families present, there were 13 children, yes....13. Many of them are very young, which made things a bit interesting to say the least. Looking down the table I was reminded of the sacrifice our wives are making so that the Gospel can go forth. They may not jump on a plane Friday, but they will keep things afloat back home and pick up a lot of slack. Please pray for Becky, Cassie, Crystal, Lauren, and Elizabeth in the days ahead as the fill the role of both mom and dad. Ask the Lord to give them an extra measure of His patience, strength, and grace while we are gone.