Jul 30

Written by: PastorJohn
7/30/2009 10:30 AM

This is the first blog on this years Africa mission. Our team will be flying out of Logan airport bright and early tomorrow morning and will be arriving in Durban, South Africa on Saturday afternoon. Thanks to all for your prayers and support and I'll try to keep you updated on our progress with this blog. Our team consists of 3 from our church (Michael John, Lou Marini and Dan Rogers) along with Alex Burgess (pastor of Ward Hill Church of Christ the King) and Vern Walter (member of Providence Baptist in Raymond).

Below is the itinerary for our trip in case you’d like to follow along at home:

• Friday, July 31- Saturday, Aug. 1    
  Fly out of Boson in early morning Friday and arrive in Durban late afternoon Saturday.
   
• Sunday, Aug. 2   
  DURBAN: Rest and Preach in local churches
   
• Monday, Aug. 3 - Friday, Aug. 7    
  DURBAN: Teach Class on Preaching at the Mission School in morning/early afternoon and connect with friends in evening.
   
• Saturday, Aug.8-Sunday, Aug. 9    
  DURBAN-SWAZILAND: Travel by car to Big Bend, Swaziland and spend time at local church and orphanage
   
• Monday, Aug. 10-Thursday, Aug. 13
  DJABULA, MOZAMBIQUE: Ministry at public school in morning/Ministry at Camp in evening with locals, pastors, missionaries. We’ll be showing “God’s Story” a four-part video about the story of the Bible in their native language. We’ll also provide food and crafts for the children.
   
• Friday, Aug. 14-Saturday, Aug. 15
  KRUGER NATIONAL PARK: To close out our time, we’ll head over to the Game Park for a couple of nights.
   
• Sunday, Aug. 16-Monday, Aug. 17
  TRAVEL: Pack up and worship in morning. Drive to Johannesburg. Leave for America on Sunday evening flight and arrive in Boston early afternoon on Monday.
   

 

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