How it all started

In the summer of 2009, 17 members of Grace Covenant Church, traveled to Zeway, Ethiopia to visit orphans who are raising their siblings. We had no idea what God had in store for us! He has now revealed a 3 year community-to-community partnership with Zeway Food for the Hungry, the Zeway Evangelical Church Partnership and our church in Austin. What a ride God has in store for all those who join this partnership!

Monday, May 18, 2009

6 days and counting. . . .

Please pray for us as we scramble around preparing for this trip! We are excited about serving those close to God's heart, the fatherless, and we are hopefully expectant that God will reveal the direction He wants us to go with Grace's relationship with Zeway.

Please pray with us for this trip:

For our children we leave behind. For peace for them and stamina for their caretakers.

For travel arrangements, flights, luggage to arrive (we are carrying a lot of humanitarian aid for an orphanage), and safety in travel.

For our minds to be open to the Spirit's leading.

For our actions and words to be overflowing of God's love

That we lay our expectations at God's feet and be willing to take in what He has for us

That we do not ask "Why God?" after the many desperate situations that we will see, but that we are spurred on to pray fervently for when Jesus will reign on this earth.

That we would begin to bridge a relationship with the people in Ethiopia to the people of Grace if it be God's sovereign will.

That the orphans we've come to know the names and faces of would find hope and love in Christ

This list could go on and on! Please pray for us as the Spirit leads and stay tuned for more prayer requests and updates as international internet connections allow!

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