Ready for Tanzania!

In just about 12 hours I'll be heading to the airport to fly out to Tanzania. I'm really excited about this trip. One super-cool aspect is that I'll be traveling with my friend and coworker Casey Schilperoort. Together we'll be working on a documentary that will come out sometime in the next 1-2 years. We've recently purchased an HD camera from Canon - but still need funds to help with the purchase. Right now we've received $1100 of the $2500 needed. If you'd like to help out - you can head on over to the online donation page and get us closer to our goal!

Our team will also include Jim and Annette Anderson. Jim and Annette were marriage mentors to my wife Erin and I, and they are dear friends. The Andersons will be bringing 990 Malaria test strips to give to the community in Dodoma.

We'd love your prayers over us as we travel. We have a long flight ahead of us (with a 17 month old baby) and then some intense weeks in Tanzania. We would appreciate your prayers for our team safety, unity, and humility. Pray that the good news and hope of Jesus will surround our lives and interactions with the brothers and sisters in Dodoma.

From TZ09 Trip

The last little tidbit is that we'll be bringing over $1000 of shoes from Nike to give to the kids in the Lahash sponsorship program. These are new cleats that I'm sure the kids will love.

Thanks to all of you for the presents and letters for the friends in Dodoma, and for the encouragement as we head out!