The Team and a Prayer Calendar

Here are your Partners in Hope....

For those of you who are not going on the trip we would love to have you pray for us daily while we are gone. A prayer calendar has been put together, please feel free to share and pray. 

Sunday, Oct. 27th Worship and Praise The Lord ALMIGHTY Today – Praying Psalm 91 and Proverbs 3:23-26 For our Kenya team Pastor Leonzo Lynch	Monday, Oct. 28th Declare Psalm 32:7 through 11 – thank GOD for His perfect love that will cast out all fear ! BELIEVE JESUS! Anna Grace Baldwin	Tuesday, Oct. 29th Pray – Phil. 4: 4-9 asking God to give our team, churches and families the Mind of Christ and peace of God! Juandra Burris	Wed., Oct. 30th Psalm 46:10 – “Be Still and KNOW that I AM God!” Praise God for Jesus being the LIGHT of the World !  Dena Berry	Thur., Oct. 31st Pray that each of us will “examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; abstain from very form of evil.” 1 Thess. 5:21-22  Kim Anthony	Friday, Nov. 1st Declare we will have soft hearts and open hands to help those in need – Deut. 15:7 in the Charlotte area and in Kenya!  Kitty Greene	Sat., Nov. 2nd Proclaim  Deut. 15:11  and– Praise God our PROVIDER as our team prepares to build 8 houses in Kenya!!! Andree Taylor
Sunday, Nov. 3rd  Psalm 139:23-24 Repent of any sin God reveals and give THANKS for the cross and blood of Jesus as we worship and our team prepares!! Pastor Garry Baldwin	Monday, Nov. 4th Matt. 25:35 and Psalm 132:15 –Thank God for providing His Grace, Truth and LOVE as our team packs and prepares to leave tomorrow!  Cheryl Baldwin	Tuesday, Nov. 5th  Pray  Joshua 22:5 and for the 22 member team for safety, protection – mind, body and spirit as they travel today and minister in Jesus’ name!  Regina Brunson	Wed., Nov. 6th  Read Proverbs 11:24-25 – thanking God for freely giving so our team and churches can Go, CARE and Share the LOVE of Christ! Adam Hunter	Thur., Nov. 7th  Praise the Lord - He is with our team and will spread the fame of Jesus in Kenya and here in the USA ! based on Joshua 6:27 Stephanie Martin	Friday, Nov. 8th  Read Joshua 10:25 “The Battle Belongs to the LORD” – proclaim we will all be STRONG and of GOOD COURAGE! Randy and Nancy Martin	Sat., Nov. 9th  “One who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his good deed.”  Prov. 19:17 Mylanda Middleton
Sunday, Nov. 10th  Read 1 John 3:17 – Declare that God’s love will transform our hearts and KENYA as we abide in Jesus and worship him alone daily! Ervie Pridgen	Monday,  Nov. 11th  Proclaim Matt. 10:42  - as we share even just a cup of  water to God’s little ones in Kenya and Charlotte BLESSING Children in Jesus’ name Jackie Brown	Tuesday, Nov. 12th   Praise the Lord our Shepherd and pray Psalm 23 for our team – Declaring Psalm 27 as we all gaze upon the beauty of the Lord!  Clonnie Smith	Wed., Nov. 13th Thank God for being the KING of Glory!!  Psalm 24 -  Trust His Unfailing LOVE and HOPE as the team builds houses and touches hearts! Crystal Barnes	Thur., Nov. 14th Pray for the team as they prepare to head back home – Thanking God for allowing them to be Light and bring Jesus to Kenya!  Acts 13:47 John Surratt	Friday,  Nov. 15th Pray as our team travels today – giving them divine appointments and His grace and strength Phillipians 4:19 Natalie Lowe	Sat., Nov 16th Pray Isaiah 40:1-5 and 28 -31 for the team to be comforted and strengthened as they process being on Mission – 1 Cor. 13 Agape’ Love for all!  Linda Surratt

Packing and Praying

We had a great 

last team meeting yesterday before we head out next Tuesday! It is amazing how quickly time flies!     Bags are being packed and last minute details are falling into place. The team is growing closer together and we are so excited to see what God has planned for us in Kenya.

Sorting through the supplies!

  Trying to make room :)

Randy and John weighing the supplies

A Partnership Begins..

Two churches with one passion...Missions. It is hard to believe a year ago God started to form a partnership between two churches in Charlotte, Ebenezer Baptist Church and Midwood Baptist Church, who both longed to share the Love of Jesus with those need. We started locally with a People Search Project for the Metrolina Baptist Association. In September, members from both churches travelled to West Virginia for a week serving and after months of praying and planning, twenty-two of us will head to Kisumu, Kenya, Africa on Tuesday, November 5th. We have teamed up with the North Carolina Baptist on Missions for their Houses of Hope Kisumu project. 

The Kenya Baptist Convention has undertaken a bold initiative of planting 1000 new house churches in the next five years. One of the strategies for doing this involves community service projects in which mission teams help build a house for four needy families in strategic church plant areas. These are usually widows, many of whom are forced to move back to their home place after their husband dies. They are often at the mercy of the community for any housing at all. The house building project brings the community together for service to one of its members and exposes them to the gospel through a house dedication service. Neighbors contribute some materials, time, effort, and food to the cause. Local pastors are active in planning, conducting, and follow-up of the project with the goal of starting a Bible Study in the new homes, and eventually a new church in the area. Teams will also have great opportunity to minister with the many children who gather for the project, as well as one on one opportunity to witness to those who gather. Volunteer teams are also welcomed into the local public schools for presentation and ministry. (http://www.baptistsonmission.org/Projects/Outside-US/Kenya/Houses-of-Hope-Project)

 There is still packing and planning to be done as we prepare for this incredible journey. We would love for you to join with us in prayer for these new partnerships.