A Time to Worship

Members of the team attended all worship services at Wyatt Park January 3-4. Pastor Scott led the congregation in laying on of hands in prayer after Dean introduced the team. The Grace Evangelical team members attended their church but all hearts are ready for departure on Saturday January 10. The team will fly from Kansas City to Dallas then connect to London and Chennai. The will arrive in Chennai at 1:00 AM Monday (or 1:30 PM Sunday afternoon).

Teach me your way, LORD; lead me in a straight path...Psalm 27:11 (TNIV)

Time to Pack the Bags

Saturday, January 3 eleven members of the mission team gathered at Wyatt Park Christian church to pack the extra suitcases with supplies and gifts donated for the staff and children at Good Shepherd mission. The supplies were sorted, packed, weighed, re-packed and re-arranged to meet the 50 pound weight limit required by the airline. The 11 team members made short work of the packing - only Sirish was unable to be there as he and his family were out of town.

The guys weighed the bags. Team leader Dean was very pleased to see 12 full bags that will carry much needed items to the Good Shepherd Mission and hospital. Grace Evangelical donated many of the items for the children. Others gave medical supplies and t-shirts for all staff and children. The funds raised will go directly to the medical camps in the rural villages surrounding Puttur.

All posts previous to this post were for the July 2008 trip. Posts from this date forward are for the January 2009 trip which departs Kansas City January 10, 2009 and will return January 24, 2009. Twelve team members will continue the mission outreach at Good Shepherd Mission. We welcome you to follow their trip.