Bake Sale

Thanks to our awesome class we raised $333 for our mission trips! We want to thank our families who donated goodies to sell, and everyone who donated and purchased items! This will be a great help to support HIS work this year. Thank you!

2009! A Big Year Again

2009 will be another big year for mission trips. Brett has been taking a year long missions class at school - the first to be offered at CCHS. The trip has been in preparation for their Jamaica mission trip in June. Brett still has about $600 to raise. They have done all the fund-raising in school and sending letters. Please pray for the entire group as they prepare to leave. It has been a wonderful experience because the kids have done all the planning work for the trip.

Lauren will be interning this summer at Lakeside Church in the missions department so she will be going to Brazil. This is the same trip I went on last year and it will be a wonderful experience!! The favela area really breaks your heart. I am sure it will be a time of growth and learning and sharing the gospel with a spiritually famished area.

Lee and I are planning a trip to Ethiopia in November. The details are not specific yet but we hope to return to Achebar where Lee brought water last year.

Thank you for praying for us this year!

Ethiopia again!

We are planning another trip to Ethiopia - Lee and Pam this time! It's in the early stages so nothing is quite firm yet - but we are praying and beginning to plan. The school that is there will be graduating their first senior class and I hope to go and tutor the children to help them pass their exam - it is given in English! I also hope to work with the younger children. Lee hopes to go and work more at the school on construction - perhaps a bathroom. We are planning early because it will be a large trip with both of us going and will take lots of prayer! Please pray with us as we see what God brings our way!

Ethiopia

Thank you so much for sending me to Ethiopia. Our trip was a success in terms of accomplishing the water project but more important the fact that the villagers knew why we had come so far. We had several set backs throughout the week which was almost expected, but the final set back, as discouraging as it was, God used for His purse. On the morning of the last day, we woke up to find that one of the villagers had vandalized our work. He had been one of the workers that had helped through the week, but was angry that he wasn’t asked to work the last day. The elders of the village called a meeting. The young man was given grace for his actions and apologized to the elders and to us. Although he had to pay a fine, we showed forgiveness and were able to demonstrate God’s forgiveness and grace. During the gathering, my partner on the trip, Bob, was able to give a clear presentation of the gospel that I believe will bear fruit. We were able to finish fairly late in the day and when we left they had a water system that will help them every day. The water is available to members of the village and the school. More importantly, we pray that His living water will flow through their lives in the village of Archebar.

Thank you again for your prayers and support!

Lee's Home!

Yea! Lee arrived safely back home! He had a wonderful time - said it was full of a LOT of work. But they accomplished the task and shared about Jesus! He'll write in a few days and I'll update the blog. His pictures are amazing...still trying to get them off the camera since our cord broke. I just wanted to let you know he was back safe and sound.

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Getting Ready - Lee to Ethiopia

Well, Lee is getting ready for Ethiopia! He will be leaving October 9. Please pray for him as he prepares for this big trip...pray for him spiritually and physically. Pray that God will prepare the way for their journey and the hearts of the people there. Pray that Lee will be touched as well by the journey. It will be a physically demanding trip but I think he is excited for what is to come! I doubt I will be able to post blogs during his trip...I don't think I will have any contact with him until he touches ground back in the US. But check just in case!

PTL he has raised 3/4 of his money. He needs about $400 more. God is good! He always provides and we thank all the people who have supported his trip. I know he will be contacting people after the trip. As most of you know, he is not much of a computer person :-) . That's why I write the blog for him!

Pictures up top... I was able to see Lauren run at Stanford this weekend. That was exciting! Yea Lauren! Her team placed 3rd behind Stanford and UC Davis. APU beat out a lot of big schools so they were quite excited to place 3rd!

Praying...

Brett will be going with his school to Jamaica next summer. He is taking a missions class and this is the "culmination" of the course. It's exciting!

Our family has been on so many mission trips these past few years. It's amazing, really. I never would have imagined it! God always amazes me...His plans are always so much bigger. This year I decided "no more trips for a while...need to save for college..." Leaving Brazil last year, I knew I wanted to go back. And I still have such a heart for Mozambique! I am praying about both areas again. Myself says, "no, I'm staying home." But I want what God wants...what does HE want me to do? Please pray that I listen to Him whatever He tells me. I want His will...not mine. Pray that I don't shut down His opportunities...or try to open ones that aren't His calling. Thank you!

Lee to Ethiopia!

Yes, Lee will be going to Ethiopia in October! Please start praying for him and his small team! He will be going with one other man from our trip (Bob) and 2 men from the Ethiopian Church in Sacramento. They will traveling to a small village at the 10,000 foot level to install a water filter system and bring water down from a hill to the nearby village. Seifu, one of the men going, grew up in this village. He started a small Christian School there. Some of you may remember a book drive I held for the school 2 years ago.

Support! He needs a lot of it!

First, he needs prayer support! Begin praying NOW!

Secondly, he needs financial support. He needs to raise almost $3,000.The group needs to raise over $10,000 just for the water system. Checks may be mailed to Lakeside Church / Lee Jimison Ethiopia. Email me and I'll send you the address of the church.

Check back for updates! Did you read about my recent BRAZIL trip?