Otutulu

From June 25-July 6, I will be on a mission trip, traveling to the village of Otutulu, Nigeria. It's hard for me to describe all the thoughts and emotions running through my head. However, I will do my best to inform you (my prayer warriors and financial supporters) about the details and prayer needs of our trip.

Am I excited? Very. I will have the chance to champion kids in another country. This will be a chance to get out of my comfort zone and waive the banner of Christ.

Am I nervous? Yes & no. I am not nervous about my interactions with the people or kids of Nigeria. I am nervous about the traveling (long flights & small cars) and food (foreign with lots of question marks).

What is our purpose? Cibolo Creek Community Church has invested time, money, labor & love to ensure the kids of Otutulu are cared for and fed throughout the calendar year. Our church makes sure the kids have food by raising enough funds to provide the kids with food that will last them an entire year. Our church has paid for a roof to go on their school building. Our church has installed solar panels to provide much needed power to the office.

During the annual visit to Nigeria, the agenda of the trip depends on the team traveling to the orphanage. This year we will have two doctors and a nurse that will enable our team to set up several medical clinics in the area. I have volunteered to take the lead on providing the kids of the orphanage with a kids "camp". I use the term "camp" loosely since we are uncertain what our activities will look like.

Starting this month in our Children's Ministry, we will start a campaign call "COPPER FOR COWS". The kids will bring pennies from home each Sunday for an entire month. To help motivate kids, it will be a competition between the boys and girls. At the end of the month, we are praying to collect enough pennies to purchase a cow for the kids of Otutulu to have much needed protein while we are on the trip. The entire process will be video recorded - from the kids bringing the pennies to us searching for a nomadic rancher to the kids seeing the cow come into the orphanage. The prayer is that our kids will see the impact they made in the lives of the kids of Otutulu by bringing pennies to church.

Again, I will continue to update this blog with new information as it comes up. At the end of each post related to Nigeria, I will list several prayer requests that you can start praying over.

Thanks for your support! Nothing but love.

PRAYER REQUESTS
- Pray for my preparations for the kids "camp".
- Start praying for Dev and Asa to be safe and strong while I am gone for 12 days.
- Pray we are able to find cheap airfare to Nigeria.