Praise and Prayers

Suitcases are being packed. Toiletries and other necessities are being purchased. Underwear, blankets and clothes for the people of Malawi are pouring in. 

Next Thursday, our team is meeting at the church to bring together all the items that we have purchased or had donated to the church for the people of Malawi. As mentioned in the previous post, they had a wish list of underwear for boys and girls, blankets and clothes.  That we know of, we have 29 blankets and somewhere between 100-120 underwear for the boys and girls each. We have secured several duffles that we can pack these items in. Someone mentioned that Delta may waive the fees on these if we tell them our situation and that we will not be returning home with them, hopefully someone has called. If not, I am willing to get on the phone. Any money we save, is money that can go towards supplies and gifts to love on the people of Malawi. Can we get an AMEN!

As we get closer to our departure date, we need prayer more and more. Here are a few things, our leader, Richard, sent out in an email to the team. The more people we have praying for our team and for God's will, the better. Wouldn't you say? 

Please continue to ask the Lord to give us:
* wisdom for packing and supplies to take;
* continued health as we prepare to leave, travel, and while in Malawi;
* travel mercies as we depart from Nashville on Saturday, July 11;
* divine encounters as we travel and while there;
* changed lives in Malawi and in us; and
* laughter (Mary's favorite prayer request)

While we are in Malawi, we will try and update the People's Church global outreach twitter account. This account is used by various mission teams and hopefully if we have internet access, we will use it as well. Click here to go to the twitter account and mark it as one of your favorites.