Ten Talents International Blog

This year's first outreach team to Rwanda is leaving on May 1st- Thursday. We really appreciate your prayers for this trip and the team members. Our team consists of our family: Mike, Lisa, KaLia, & Nate; as well as Julia (Lisa's mom), Jill, Darcee, Bev, and Jerid. Your prayers for each team member, as well as the family members they leave behind, is an important part of our success! God chooses to move through prayer, and so we ask for you to remember to pray for us.

The outreach team will be in Rwanda until May 17th. Our family will be in Rwanda until August 2nd. Some specific requests for the start of our trip:

**pray for provision- both for The Acres of Hope and Home of Innocence, as well as for the personal needs of team members, many of whom are making personal sacrifices to come on the trip.

**pray for spiritual protection over each member, protection from attacks of all sorts, whether emotional, physical, financial, etc.

**pray for mercy as we travel- it is 30 hours on an airplane, a couple of days of little sleep and lots of sitting, sweating, waiting. Pray for us all to have patience, grace, be flexible, to get sleep on the plane, and especially for Nate who doesn't always understand & in normal circumstances doesn't sit still for long!

**pray for all our luggage to make it there on time & safely, for protection over all of our belongings & team supplies (especially over the water purifiers, we have had bulbs broken on those in the past)

**pray for us all to start this trip healthy & to quickly adjust to the different time zone & to have extra energy needed for our busy days

**very important! Pray for God to be at work - to make this trip effective & productive for his kingdom. Pray that our hearts would be full of the love of God and that this would overflow to everyone we come in contact with. Pray for God's power to go with us & to touch lives. We want His kingdom to come & His will to be done!

Thank you for your prayers & for being with us in this ministry. You are a part of this team & because of your prayers you share in the glorious things we believe are going to happen!

God Bless You,
Lisa

It is coming up fast! The date we leave with the team for Rwanda. The team will be there until May 17th and get to spend lots of time loving on kids there! Our whole family will be going with the team but when they return we will remain in Rwanda until August 2nd. We will continue to post information on this blog while we are in Rwanda so we can keep you updated on what's happening. We appreciate your prayers for the trip- that it would be very productive, that we would all be healthy and well, for all of our traveling/going through customs/etc. would all go smoothly (mercies for keeping Nate occupied during the looong plane rides- or for him to sleep a lot!). Please pray for the kids to transition well to being over there & for everyone on the team to be flexible!

Blessings,
Lisa

We are believing for God's continued provision for the desires he has placed in our hearts. We are moving forward with our plans for staying three months in Rwanda, starting May 1st. Praise God - He is in control! Thank you for your continued prayers & believing with us for God to do amazing & great things- like he has already in so many ways! He will provide for the trip, for the Acres of Hope, the Home of Innocence, and so much more that he has placed in our hearts.

God Bless You,
Lisa

We would really appreciate your continued prayers for God to provide for this upcoming trip (leaving May 1st). We still need God to provide significantly in order for the whole family to be able to go at this time. It has been our intention to spend several months (as a family) in Rwanda ever since we left there last year. As of right now, that is a little bit up in the air. As well, we are still trusting God for the Acres of Hope property to be paid off, and the matching funds are still in place to make those donations go 50% farther. Beyond that we need God to put it on the hearts of people to give towards the Home of Innocence being built as well. We wait upon the Lord, and trust His plan. Please pray for the avenues of God's provision to be opened up. If there are those that God has been prompting to give, but have hesitated, or not done so yet, please pray that they would respond. Our life in Christ is always a life of faith, whether we are giving or going, and we know that God is good & will lead us.

Thank you for your faithfulness & we pray God blesses you!
Lisa