Welcome to the Africa Children’s Workers Training Blog

Hello and Welcome to the Africa Children’s Workers Training Blog,

We wanted to create a common forum where we could all communicate with one another as the planning and summer progress. I hope this makes it easy for all of us. We can come back here when we need to remember something, pray for someone, watch God at work … you know! You might want other people, your donors, your family to be caught up on what we are doing. Have them take a look at our blog. The address for this blog is: nmafrica.blogspot.com

For the background of this trip and for an understanding of the origin of these Children’s Workers Trainings, please see the attached travel documents (part 1, part 2), journals and project description.
This summer (rainy season) there will be two weeks of ministry back to back. And during both weeks there will be two trainings and two kids clubs, two different locations in each.

The first week of ministry is in Addis Ababa (Mekanisa slum) and Debre Zeit in Ethiopia: July 28-Aug. 1. The team will meet all day July 27 for planning.
The second week of ministry is in two slums (Ngomongo and Kariobangi in Nairobi, Kenya: Aug. 4-8. The team will meet all day Aug. 3 for planning.

Team Members coming from Neighborhood Ministries and The AZ Lost Boys of the Sudan are:

1. Bryan Larson (arriving date: July 22 to Addis Ababa; leaving Aug. 21)
2. Shiloh Kimmel(arriving date: July 22 to Addis Ababa ; leaving Aug. 21)
3. Jeremy Wood (arriving date: July 8 to Nairobi; leaving Aug.8)
4. Jessica Wood (arriving date: July 8 to Nairobi ; leaving Aug. 8)
5. Ian Danley (arriving date: July 22 to Addis Ababa; leaving Aug. 14)
6. Sarah Leon (arriving date: July 15 to Addis Ababa; leaving July 14)
7. Pat McCormick (arriving date: July 22 to Addis Ababa; leaving early Aug.)
8. Chol Athoi (arriving date: July 22 to Addis Ababa; leaving going on to the Sudan)
9. Yak Dengor Mayiik (arriving date: July 22 to Nairobi; leaving going on to the Sudan)

The teams in Ethiopia and Kenya are still forming. We will get you specific names soon.

At the end of every post, we will include prayer requests, for all that are praying with us and for us.


Prayer Requests

1. Chol has his interview for his citizenship on May 20th, so please pray for him and that everything goes well and he is able to get his travel documents so that he can come with us.

2. All nine are currently fund-raising ($4,000.00 each). Please pray for this fund-raising.

3. We are hoping many churches from Phoenix will want to be involved in getting supplies out for these camps. Please pray for this also. List will be compiled in the next posting.