Minutes by Minute

It's just before 9am in South Africa on Wednesday, June 29th as I write this. Late last night we settled in at our hotel in Meyerton. We had a great flight to Johannesburg and Evan was phenomenal. He slept about half the flight (around 7 hours) and was as happy as could be for the remaining eight hours.  We have already seen and felt God working through our trip. We met a mother with her three children flying from Minneapolis to Atlanta. She and her husband planted a church in Spokane, WA, but prior to that they were missionaries in Malawi and her son (who sat next to us on the airplane) was born in South Africa. There were two men that sat near us on the flight from Atlanta to Joburg who we got to know a little and who helped keep Evan occupied. Miq "Mick" used to live in Joburg and now resides in New Jersey. He gave us some some great tips on what to expect and kept reminding us that we'll "never see barbecue the same" after spending time in SA. I...

Today Emily, Evan and I leave for South Africa! We'll be there for three weeks. We'll be spending the first two weeks in Johannesburg as we lead a team of 16 people on a short term mission trip. Our hope is to provide some more support to Christian Revival Ministries and pastor Josiah, whom PPM has partnered with a handful of times over the last number of years. We'll be doing a VBS program, leading evangelistic church services, and working on some maintenance projects at a few local schools in the area. We'll be diving into some history and cultural things as well- including visiting the Apartheid museum, Soweto, and possibly Lilieslief in Rivonia. The latter part of our trip will be spent in Knysna on the south coast and we'll finish our time in Cape Town before heading home. We are specifically praying that Evan does well on the 15 hour flight to Johannesburg, and of course we would appreciate prayers for our overall health, safety, and success in ministry! Bel...