I wanted to blog about this sooner, but we were gone most of the month of March and just got back a couple of days ago. As I type this post, Nathan, his dad, and 9 others who are part of the team 'Changed.2013,' are about 4 hours from landing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a mission trip with the organization Hope For His Children, from 29 March - 7 April.
Hope for His Children exists to show the love of Jesus to orphaned, abandoned, and impovershed children of the world by: 1) increasing awareness of the childrens' desparate needs, and 2) by generating support for the children.The team will be working with several local mission partners in country. I am missing some of them, but here are the ones I know of:
- Compassions Family International is a drop-in center in Addis Ababa that shows Christ's love by providing food, clothing, and education to over 50 children daily.
- Onesimus Child Development Association is a Non-Government Organization in Addis Ababa that seeks to rescue Ethiopia's children at risk, ensuring they remain in or return to a loving home. They work with children who are on the verge of 'streetism' and with children who solely live on the street.
- Kechene Drop-In Center serves some of the poorest people in Addis Ababa.
The children love having visitors, and the volunteers provide labor for projects, love on the children, teach lessons, play sports, sing songs, etc.
Please pray for each members':
- Compassion and love for the people they are serving
- Togetherness of the team
- Unique talents and gifts to share
- Safe travels to Ethiopia, within country, and back to the states
- Good health
- Protection over the families at home
Yesterday evening the boys and I drove Nathan to meet up with the team. It is a unique opportunity that Nathan and his dad will get to serve together, and I am very excited and thankful for that. Here are 3 generations of Purcell men:).
Thank you for your prayers. More to come when the team returns!
Go and make disciples of all nations - Matthew 28:19.
Hope for His Children exists to show the love of Jesus to orphaned, abandoned, and impovershed children of the world by: 1) increasing awareness of the childrens' desparate needs, and 2) by generating support for the children.The team will be working with several local mission partners in country. I am missing some of them, but here are the ones I know of:
- Compassions Family International is a drop-in center in Addis Ababa that shows Christ's love by providing food, clothing, and education to over 50 children daily.
- Onesimus Child Development Association is a Non-Government Organization in Addis Ababa that seeks to rescue Ethiopia's children at risk, ensuring they remain in or return to a loving home. They work with children who are on the verge of 'streetism' and with children who solely live on the street.
- Kechene Drop-In Center serves some of the poorest people in Addis Ababa.
The children love having visitors, and the volunteers provide labor for projects, love on the children, teach lessons, play sports, sing songs, etc.
Please pray for each members':
- Compassion and love for the people they are serving
- Togetherness of the team
- Unique talents and gifts to share
- Safe travels to Ethiopia, within country, and back to the states
- Good health
- Protection over the families at home
Yesterday evening the boys and I drove Nathan to meet up with the team. It is a unique opportunity that Nathan and his dad will get to serve together, and I am very excited and thankful for that. Here are 3 generations of Purcell men:).
Go and make disciples of all nations - Matthew 28:19.
3 comments:
Beautiful words. You are a Proverbs 31 woman.
Love you.
Can't wait to hear all about this trip. What a great opportunity for Nathan and Dad! Love your pictures from your other travels too, that is neat Nathan and Bart met up!
Love and safe travels to Mark, Nathan and the rest of the team. So happy they could go together.
Mom & Dad R
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