trip prayer requests

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask, we know that we have what we asked of him.” 1 John 5:14-15

“O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name; for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvelous things, things planned long ago.” Isaiah 25:1

-Brian is not a traveler, let alone a WORLD traveler, so pray for peace on the flights-knowing where to go, what to do, that ALL LUGGAGE WOULD ARRIVE ON TIME!
-Pray for travel mercies, health and safety
-Spiritual power for all team members-pray against fear
-Open hearts for students at schools- Pray for the team members and those they will come in contact with. You can remember all the groups going to Zambia (4 teams, each going for 2 weeks, starting the 3rd). We will evangelize 64 schools, start 4 churches, visit the hospitals, orphanages, etc.
-Wisdom for Gospelink staff
-Building projects-safety, speed & efficiency in doing
-Relationships among team members
-National preachers safety and health- Pray for the national preachers who will be traveling to the college (about 500) and their families in their absence. This is a major current prayer request

SPECIFICALLY FOR BRIAN:
-Pray that God will specifically let Brian know if this is where our family is to serve Him. Brian is boldly praying that God is also revealing it to someone in Zambia right now; that when the two are introduced, he will know Brian is the one to go over there and work on this project.
-For an open heart to whatever/wherever God is leading (even if it means no)
-During the 3 full days Brian will have to himself at the campus, he plans to walk the full 300 acres praying and listening. He will check out the soil conditions, see what all the land is like. He will talk to some of the people who have been over there serving for the past few months, he will be talking to the national pastors about why this school is needed.
-Also, if he gets God’s confirmation, there may need to be some “business” to discuss with the Director of Gospelink (what the next step will be)
-Pray for wisdom, for discernment, for a listening heart, protection, guidance, to be filled with God’s presence and grace, for Brian not to miss us too much but to really seek God’s leading

FOR THE FAMILY AT HOME:
-patience, PaTiEnCe, PATIENCE!!! We have swimming lessons, academy camp, etc to keep busy
-For the kids to be good listeners, for everything to work right (from vehicles to appliances to mom!), for kids as they miss dad, for everyone’s health. We don’t know what communication will be like; so don’t know if we will hear from Dad at all (Brian just does not do email J).

Thank you again for your willingness to lift our family up in prayer these next few weeks. It is a privilege to be a part of this family of believers.

HERE IS THE DAILY RUNDOWN:

-Sunday June 3rd
Leave MSP at noon to Wash DC
Leave at 5 pm for So. Africa (this is about a 16 hour flight)
-Monday the 4th
In flight
Arrive in So. Africa and fly to Zambia
Retire early in Lusaka
-Tuesday the 5th
Evangelize at Primary school in AM
During this week in Lusaka,Brian will be participating of course, but really trying to get a goodoverview/understanding of what the summer teams do withministry.
Middle/high School in afternoon
Orientation in evening
-Wednesday the 6th
Evangelize at Primary school in AM
Middle/high School in afternoon
Door-to-Door outreach and Jesus film in Evening
-Thursday the 7th
Evangelize at Primary school in AM
Middle/high School in afternoon
Door-to-Door outreach and Jesus film in Evening
-Friday the 8th
Evangelize at Primary school in AM
Middle/high School in afternoon
Some free time in evening
-Saturday the 9th
VBS in AM
Hospital outreach in afternoon
Some free time
-Sunday the 10th
The groups will be going to various churches in Lusaka, having some free time and then preparing to switch locations
-Monday the 11th
Today they go out to the Bible school campus-they’ll get an overview of the project, do a prayer walk and begin work
-Tuesday the 12th, Wednesday the 13th, Thursday the 14th
The rest of the team will be working on the building projects full time for these next three days.
These are the main three days that Brian will have to himself at the college campus. He plans to do a lot of prayer walking, talking to national pastors, staff at the school, and God. More details on other page.
-Friday the 15th
Work on projects for the morning, then load up and head back to Lusaka. They will debrief, pack for the return trip home and prepare for orphanage trip in morning
-Saturday the 16th, Sunday the 17th
Orphanage ministry in AM
They leave for Airport at 11:30 am They will fly into So. Africa that afternoon, then depart for Wash DC.
Brian then connects to Chicago, then reaches MSP around 1 pm on Sunday afternoon