March 11 the team will be attending church at Westville Baptist Church before departing that afternoon. We will fly back to Johannesburg and then will take the same route home—to D.C. via a stop in Dakar, Senegal and then on to DFW. We arrive around noon on March 12.

Please pray for safety and timeliness of the flights. Pray that the teams sleeps/rests on the long flights. Pray for the seeds of God’s love and grace that were planted in Africa will continue to grow and flourish.

March 7-9 Brenna will be leading different ages/life sections of women each day while the rest of the team are there to assist, plan other things, pray, or whatever is needed. The team has one event on the 7th, 2 on the 8th, 2 on the 9th plus an event with grade 6/7 girls on the 9th. On the 9th, they will have time to present a Bible lesson to the grade 6/7 girls and also hang out with them, doing nails, facials, etc. On March 10 Brenna will be speaking to all ages of women (from the previous 3 days) and there will also be a 3 hour children’s event held simultaneously that Karen and Kim (and possibly Terry depending on if she’s needed with Brenna) will be in charge of/helping with. The theme for the time in Durban is “The Great Adventure.” We will be staying with a host family in Durban and have had someone assigned to us to help show us around as well.

Please pray for Brenna as she leads the conference. Pray for the team as they help and minister to those attending the conference. Pray for those attending the conference, that they will know the immeasurable grace of God.

March 6 the team will leave Zambia, fly to Johannesburg and then fly to Durban, South Africa. They will arrive there around 9pm that evening and then will start a women’s conference at 7:30 the next morning. Again, pray that flights will arrive on time. Pray that the team will get rest as they prepare for the women’t conference.

March 3 the team heads to Zambia and will be there until March 6. During this time they will be with Shane and Mitzi McBride and their family. There will be 5 of team members staying in their house with them, making it 10 people in one house. Please pray that the team would be an encouragement to them and a blessing rather than a hindrance. They are joining a group from Lifesong, so the McBrides are busy planning for about 30 Americans right now. While they are there, they will be in a church on Sunday, will do the Bible lesson in the school on Monday and Tuesday, will tour the compound (the “town” the kids live in), the strawberry farm, and the area, and will learn about microloans. The team will also see the kids perform in a play and play in a soccer game. They hope to also help organize some things and be available to do whatever the McBride’s might have for us.

March 2 the team will have the great opportunity to have dinner with the Easleys and Evens after we arrive in Johannesburg (supposed to arrive at 5:40pm with Karen not arriving until 8pm). Pray for that time as they seek to encourage and enjoy each other in a short span of time. Pray for flights to arrive on time (or early!) so that they can have the maximum time with them, and pray that they would be alert and awake enough to really treasure the time together.

Suzanne here. Brenna, along with friends Karen, Terry and Kim, are on their way to Africa today for a mission trip. While there, they will work with the McBrides at Lifesong in Zambia and then, Brenna will lead a women’s conference in Durban, South Africa. Kim put together a prayer list for the trip, and I wanted to share it with you.

As they leave March 1 (flight is at 11:45—Brenna, Terry and Kim are on a flight to D.C. and then to Johannesburg with a stop in Dakar, Senegal; Karen is flying to Dubai and then to Johannesburg), I ask that you’d pray for them as they leave their families. I know that the hardest part is saying goodbye (on both ends of the trip usually).

Other prayer requests as they leave:
*Health for both their families here and them as they go
*Peace and comfort as they are away from loved ones
*Mercies as they try to fit everything into their 2 suitcases each, need to stay in the weight limit and hope to remember everything they need—and that all of their bags would arrive with them, too!

Thank you for praying!