Our next mission trip is planned for June and July of 2010. Tracy and I are full of expectation as we make our preparations. Our 14 year old daughter Anna is going with us this year.

In Swaziland, we will return to Hope House, where Pastor Lewis and his wife Maggie minister to many orphaned children, providing food, schooling, clothing, and training in God's ways. While we're there in June, we'll be updating photos and biographical information on each child, as well as gathering information and photos of new children.

We'll do the same at the squatter's camp in Manzini as we reconnect with Pastor Sambo and enjoy whatever the children from his preschool have prepared for us.

We will also look forward to visiting other orphanages, homesteads, schools, and rural ministries with Pastor Stan and Sue, our missionary friends from the Seattle area. We trust there will also be ample opportunities to share the Good News of Jesus Christ in Word and in song.

Our hope and prayer is that we will be able to connect with many more pastors and children so that when we return home, we can match up children with new sponsors to help provide their basic needs.

In Mozambique, we will continue our work at the Christian school in the village of Vladimir where our friend Israel Jovo is reaching out to believers and the lost. The only hope for change in the ravaged, remote areas of Africa is reaching this new generation of children. Many are eager to train the little ones in the ways of the Lord, and Israel is moved with awe that God has not forgotten his work.

In July of 2008 we helped lay the foundation for this school, and there are plans to continue adding buildings as the Lord provides the finances.