Global Presence
Baine and Laurie: Almost Home
Baine and Laurie Craft are almost ready to start the homeward trek from Cameroon. If you haven't had the chance to check out their blogsite, keep reading to hear more about the people, Cameroon, and how Laurie found a worm in her foot. Warning, this isn't for the faint of heart!
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Tanzania Update from Brian and Nicole
Brian and Nicole Hickory along with Barbara Lundquist, returned Monday from their trip to Tanzania, hoping to spend two week's time working with building relationships with the village of Chamweno, and discerning their call to global presence work as a couple. What was it like? Read on for their blog posts on the experience, and welcome them back this Sunday at the 5pm.
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African Knitting Group: Laurie and Baine Craft, Cameroon
LiveUPDATE: Linda Szeto in Kenya
From Linda's blog:
Cameroon: Laurie and Baine Craft
Questers Baine and Laurie Craft are traveling to Cameroon this Summer, leading a team of 6 SPU students. Come out to their benefit show this SATURDAY JUNE 21 at 7:30 PM to learn more! Continue reading below for more information.
Tanzania: Brian and Nicole Hickory
Questers Brian and Nicole Hickory are set to head for Tanzania this July to partner in setting up long term relationships with people in the village of Chamwino, and to explore God's call to mission on their own lives. Please read their support letter below, and prayerfully consider supporting them through prayer, encouragment, and financial giving.
Linda in Kenya
In just under two days, Quester and 5pm service attender Linda Szeto will be heading to Kenya. She will be working in her official capacity as a speech and language pathologist, and checking in with folks she has been in contact with since her last trip to Kenya. Take a look at Linda's blog, and check back for updates here: http://www.neuroplastictravel.blogspot.com/
Here's Linda in her own words:
this poem for me among many other "dramas" and performances. These
girls, whose parents pay high prices for their secondary education
(i.e., equivalent to high school) sleep in the room next to the
classroom. Their outpouring of enthusiasm for education in the midst of
having nothing that we privileged Westerners have (like electricity,
clean water, toilets, sealed windows, adequate textbooks, air
conditioning) was enough to bring me to tears. They marveled not only
at my camera, but also at the scent of my moisturizer, the
spiral-binding of my notebook, the color of my US dollar bill, the
texture of my chap stick.I couldn't fathom how spoiled we are. I couldn't take it. I cried that night.
Global Presence Update: June 2008
MISSIONARY BREAKFAST
Please join us as we welcome the S family (because they serve in Central Asia, we cannot mention their name and location via email. Feel free to call the office for more details) this SATURDAY, MAY 31 in Q Cafe from 10:30 am to Noon. They will be sharing about their work in Central Asia and how we can be praying for them.
SUMMER VISIONARIES MEETING
Wanna Change the World? : 501 (c)(3) Discussion at Quest
Saving the world is the thing to do these days. Bono's working on it, Brad and Angelina are lending a hand, and someone famous emails me from one.org almost every other day. With the onset of globalization and the increasingly interconnected nature of our world, we're exposed more today to the suffering and injustice present in our world than ever before. It can be overwhelming, hearing about another mass genocide here, another natural disaster there. With death tolls in the hundreds of thousands, what can we do?
Global Presence Meeting