As the time grows near for our Wedding and Missions Honeymoon Trip to our Village of Hope in Zambia, we just wanted to take this opportunity to share just a few of the things the Lord has been doing as we prepare for this Great and Exciting Adventure looking to Jesus as He directs our paths.
Let's start with some of the special Godincidences in putting together our Wedding. The other day while listening to Kay Warren singing "How Beautiful" I was praying, Lord this needs to be in the service but it just didn't fit. Then our pianist, Stephanie Merkel called and asked if we had considered the idea of Karen coming down the aisle to Kay singing? Yes, that's it! Thank you Jesus!! Steph you are just awesome! There is no better song to walk down the aisle to than Kay singing "How Beautiful".
Kay is one of my heroes, during her short time her on earth she was determined to shine brightly for Jesus. Today, Kay's Kamp's, the first ever oncology camp for children was held in Delaware. You can go to http://kewf.org/kay.htm to read more about this precious young lady and hero of the faith. FYI, I am the self-appointed international rep for Kay's Kamps.
You can also listen to Kay sing How Beautiful and to our opening hymn In Christ Alone as you watch this very special video of our recent visit to the Village of Hope; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VBz2aGHfJ4&feature=player_embedded
God has worked it out as only He can, so that Justine Lampkins will be singing a special wedding song and the Praise Dancers from Mt Zion will also be doing a special number both written by Justine's brother Phil Nicholas as Pastors Bill, Bob and Ralph lead us through the ceremony and to make it extra special, three of our special teens will be leading worship; Stephanie Merkel will be playing the piano for us and Mike Metzing and Steph Merkel will be singing Friends with Rachel playing the piano. All three have been to Appalachia with us and Steph has also be to India. We are so blessed to have them in our wedding.
God has done so many neat things but let's move onto our Missions Honeymoon to Zambia.
The cargo container has arrived!!!! We had prayed it would get there when the team did, little did we know at that time there would be a second team! Karen and I will have the Holy Privilege of opening it and starting the fun part of distributing the precious love gifts inside as we sort through our "Totes of Love". Thank you Jesus.
Our bags are packed jammed with supplies and all kinds of special items needed for ministry there including some special cross stitch items that Karen will be using to teach our kids how to cross stitch and patterns and etc for the House Mothers to make jumpers with for the girls. And special gifts for the house moms and Aunties from Karen.
We also plan to visit the Hamelyrcks in Kabwe while we are there to check out the new ministry the Lord has directed them to with the strong focus on handicapped children and orphans.
Just found out October is an anniversary month for our Village of Hope,
Village of Hope it would be October.
• It was in October that 5 years ago Benedict and Kamau made their first trip to Zambia, and during that visit met Pastor Emmanuel.
• It was in October 4 years ago that the Kamau family moved to Zambia. The first houses were being built.
• It was in October 3 years ago that our first children arrived; Adam, Moses, Brighton, Isaac, and John.
This October Karen and I will be the first Honeymoon Missions team. Go God Go!
Please really be praying for:
- A great day Sunday as we say of vows of Matrimony
- Safety as we travel
- All our luggage to make it through with us
- No problems with customs; we are scheduled to arrive 8:30 Am Tuesday EST.
- Safety travel in Zambia and protection from animals, insects and disease
- That we would be a blessing and encouragement to the missionaries and workers there
- Special times of ministry with the children both in the Village of Hope and outside the Village
- Special opportunities for Karen to minister
- Us to accomplish a lot as we work in the container and that one of the pianos would be freed to take to the school
- The weather to cool, will be 100 when we land there Tuesday, "Unseasonably hot".
- That our life together would be glorifying to God and we would live radically for and shine brightly for Jesus as we seek to share His love here and around the world.
Shine brightly for Jesus.
We can't wait to see what God does next!!!
Until Every Child Knows,
Big Jim and Karen
Matt. 19:14
James 1:27
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