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Hope all is well with you at home. We miss you very much and look forward to sharing our many experiences with you!
We were in country 7 for barely a day, and how I wished we had stayed there longer. After arriving and eating, we were sent out into the city. We divided the team up into groups, and our group set out. We spent an hour and a half visiting with 5 Muslim teenage girls. This was the first time during the trip we had been able to speak with teenagers about religion. These five girls shared a lot about their faith as a Muslim and asked questions about Jesus. We shared Jesus Stories with them as well as other scriptures. Hearing their perspective and desire to learn more about Jesus was refreshing.
The diversity of the city was as interesting as their open response to foreigners. The country is chock full with six people groups, all different but with their own features that make them culturally diverse and at the same time similar. One way in which they share a commonality is that they are lost... It has been fascinating to see these people, as well as to try and look at these people through the eyes of the Father, and to see His characteristics in them.
Thank you for the continued prayers!
Logan and Miranda (on behalf of the team)
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Wow these past few days have been a whirlwind. We've been through several different countries. Almost staying in a new city, a new country every night. Can I just say that people really need Jesus. In these cities we have found people who don't even know his name or what he has done for them or that he even loves him. These fields are so plentiful and yet the workers are so very few. In one country we learned that there are possibly only 30 workers for two million people. This should break our hearts. I have seen some of the most beautiful places on planet earth in the past few days and met some incredibly wonderful people. And yet they are a people without hope or peace. The real peace that only Jesus brings. We have shared Jesus here and prayer walked the streets daily. We have much to process through and pray about. Pray for our team that we will finish strong!!!!
Tasha (on behalf of the whole team)
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We are currently in country number four of our trip. Getting here has been quite a journey! The extremes of the journey have been dramatic ranging from the vivid blue and green coasts of Eastern Europe to brown swamps and dirt roads. Having been in the car for nearly eighteen hours my timeline is a little foggy but I believe it was only last night we were in a beautiful castle city in country one. We got on the road early in the morning and for most of the day drove along the coast passing through countries two and three. That's when we definitely got to the most interesting part of our journey. The only road between the capitol cities of country three and four is a dirt/gravel/pot hole ridden asphalt road that was sometimes less than visible especially so since it was so dark. We never expected to find something like this in Europe! It has been a fun but bumpy trip and I have learned to expect the unexpected. But through all this God is teaching our team to trust Him through every situation. It is more clear than ever that he is guiding our steps. Please pray for the people we will meet and that the leading voice of the Holy Spirit will be abuntantly clear to us as we travel through this strange dark land.
On behalf of the PACT team,
Andrew
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The team here just wrapped a powerful time of being the church this
morning. Please pray for us as we head to country 2 in about ten
minutes. Everyone is doing well and the "B" team here has taken
incredible care of us...they have been a true blessing. it is hard to
leave them. I think I can speak for the whole team when I say that we
have been learning a lot.
Blessings,
Wade (on behalf of the team)
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Hey Everyone,
The
first day was a great learning experience for everyone! We spent a lot
of time out preparing dinner as foreigners who didn't know what we were
looking for and where we were supposed to get it. We figured out how to
get money at the bank, ate lunch, found ingredients, and made the meal.
Overall it was a great success and we got a lot of help from a couple
of nationals that were kind enough to give us their time and the team
started to figure out who was good at what.
The
food was great, although we changed a couple things on the menu without
knowing it. Our team did a good job working it out. Telling our
stories to the B-Team was fun to share. It was a fun day. We all talked
to nationals, had their good food, and their saweeet coffee. : ) We are
leaving tomorrow to our second country...keep praying for our team, the
B-Team, and opportunities.
We are having fun and learning a lot. Love you, family and friends. Praying for you, Becca and Justin!!
Blessings,
Brandon and Julie (on behalf of the whole team)
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Hey everyone, we made it! We arrived today and things have been going great. We were met at the airport by some of the team members and it was cool to get to meet them for the first time and hear about the history of Eastern Europe. It was exciting to hear what they are doing to advance God's kingdom! Most of us are pretty exhausted but we will sleep well tonight! We are looking forward to the trip and seeing how God uses us and teaches us. Thanks for the prayers and please continue lifting the team up in prayer and their ministry!
Ryan and Tasha
(on behalf of PACT team)
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We head to the airport in about 30 minutes…please be in prayer for the team of 11 traveling today. We hope to post again when we arrive. Thanks!