Several people have asked us what our travel dates are for our next trip. Our container is still in route to Africa, hopefully arriving in Rwanda by February 13th. Mike is going to fly out from the US on Feb. 5th. The kids & I will be leaving on Feb. 15th, along with our two team members who will help with beginning the development on the Acres of Hope: Jerid & Chris. We will again be staying in Rwanda for 3 months, so we will return to Portland on May 17th.
The last we heard the shipping container was in Shanghai (China). Yes, our container was “Shanghai’d”. (smile) We appreciate your prayers for the container to make it swiftly & safely to Rwanda. Mike is also still working on getting the government of Rwanda what they require for us to be registered as an NGO (charity) there. Big “ugh!” from Mike as the process keeps taking longer & longer! Please pray for that to be completed- it is essential that it be completed before the container arrives.
We are still raising funds for the Home of Innocence and we pray & believe that God is going to make that happen. Thank you for standing in prayer & faith with us!
God Bless You,
Lisa
Update, 1/5/09: Mike just sent me a link to a photo of the TTI container from Google Earth (you can see the ship – very cool). On 12.29.08 it was at a dock off the coast of Oman (think: in the Arabian Sea, half way between India & Africa). Making progress- that’s good!
