Building a Team

I'm not suring I can adequately tell you what a wonderful week this has been.....Busy, but wonderful!  Dan Asiamah, the Director of Outreach Africa and the preacher for the Central Takoradi Church of Christ, has been here visiting with my Memorial Road Church family.  We have been out to eat with many wonderful families this week.  I am sure I will need to purchase bigger clothes next week!  Ugh!

This picture is of Dan, my mother Barbara, my dad Louis, and myself.
On Tuesday Dan, his son Joe, and I rode the Heartland Flyer Train from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth, TX.  We visited with the wonderful people at Healing Hands International (HHI).  HHI receives donated medical equipment and supplies from  various places.  They make sure the items are in good condition and package them in various sized packages.  When another organization comes to them for assistance, they help provide needed equipment and supplies all around the world.

This is Marilyn from HHI with Dan's son, Joe.  It was a pleasure for us to spend time with the workers here and they expressed that it was also for them.  They showed us pictures from places where they have sent supplies, but stated they rarely get to meet the people who they help.

This is me, Brenda Jones, the office manager, Marilyn and Joe.  The HHI team expressed that they would like to be part of the team for the clinic at OAVI.  I am excited about meeting them and their work which will help serve the OAVI/Takoradi area.

Last night, Thursday night, Dan and I met with the MRCC Missions Committee.  We discussed the work at OAVI, the proposed clinic and the Takoradi Church of Christ. There is so much experience represented by the people in this committee.  I know that I will need their advice often.  The meeting with Dan and I lasted about an hour and a half.  The committee still had more to meet about.  However, at 10pm last night I received a fantastic call from John Wilguess, the Director of the Missions Committee.  He informed me that it was a unanimous vote of the committee that MRCC sponsor me!!!  This is wonderful.  Another GREAT addition to the team.

All through the Bible, especially in the New Testament, we are shown examples of Christians working together.  There were 12 disciples, Paul wrote letters of encouragement to several churches, and Paul traveled with John Mark and Barnabas to name just a few examples.  We are all told to 'go and make disciples of all the nations'.  We must unite together as God's family to share his word and do his work.