The Mission Team was Commissioned on Sunday

Members of our team of eight were commissioned on Sunday at both Redeemer and at Immanuel Lutheran in Giddings.  Pastor Kevin gave the congregation a good overview of what we were going to be doing in Kiambu on this trip.  I was very blessed when I was asked to pray over our team as we were being sent out into the mission field.  Here are a few pictures taken during the services at Redeemer.  I always love this beginning to each trip, since it reminds us that we are being sent into the mission field, just as Jesus instructed his disciples after His resurrection in Matthew 28, which reads like this in the New International Version:

¹⁶ Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. ¹⁷ When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. ¹⁸ Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Even though there are numerous blessings for everyone involved in these missions, both for our Kenyan friends we serve with and for ourselves, we must always remind ourselves that the most important reason we go into the mission field is to spread the Good News to a lost world.  All of the morning and evening devotions that we will do as a group over the ten days of the trip will revolve around  being sent and being effective at how we witness to everyone that the Lord places in our paths.

I will be including pictures from all members of the team, as usual, at the end of the trip.  We leave Thursday from Houston, fly to Amsterdam and then from there it's on to Nairobi, where will arrive late in the evening Friday.  I will be posting pictures and reports on our comings and goings as often as possible, so stay tuned!

Pastor Kevin describes the mission as Jane,

Merrillee and Dave look on

Dave prays over the team

Pastor Kevin introduces Corina to Redeemer