I am currently preparing myself -- spiritually, mentally, physically and emotionally -- to take my first trip overseas... to East Africa, no less... by myself... to explore establishing a long term relationship with business people in this unique part of the world... all for His glory!
THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN ADVENTURE!
For some time now, I've felt the Lord leading me to take a "vision trip" to more fully explore the "Business as Mission" (BAM) movement in an international setting... After attending a missions conference at our church about 18 months ago, I sensed God drawing my focus toward BAM and prompting me to investigate and research the movement more deeply. This led me to read a number of books on BAM, seek out several people working in BAM with different mission organizations, and attend a BAM conference in Michigan last fall. After all that, I prayed and sought God's guidance about making such a trip during 2009.
I will be traveling with staff members of Partners Worldwide (PW) [http://www.partnersworldwide.org/], who sponsored the conference I attended in October '08. I have had a continuing dialogue with staff from PW since that time about making such a trip... and early this spring I learned about an upcoming business conference in East Africa and I had felt drawn to the plight of the people of this region for some time.
The details of my adventure... I leave on Monday, August 24th at about 10:15 a.m. from Evansville Regional Airport. I arrive in Entebbe, Uganda about 26 or 27 hours later at 8:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday night. I will then spend the next ten days or so in Uganda and Tanzania networking with a variety of East African business people. I am attending the business conference in Kampala, Uganda from August 27-29. I then fly to Mwanza, Tanzania on Monday, August 30th to meet with two different groups about a possible partnership.
During my time in Africa, I'll attempt to post my thoughts, prayers and photos. I'd ask each of you to continue to pray for me as I "seek to have eyes to see and ears to hear" God's will for this trip!
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