Team Itinerary & Plans

For those of you who might be interested, here is our itinerary:

Tuesday, April 1: 11:00 a.m.: arrive at the church. Prayer, load trunks. Pray that all our 17

luggage pieces will be handled properly and arrive safely and in one piece in Bangui. Some of our team members are under the weather. They need to get well.

03:30 p.m.: Leave CLE to Detroit. Arrive at 04:20 p.m. Pray that team members will be able to rest. Pray for Pastor Ivanildo, as he will try to use the time to continue preparing for his teaching responsibilities at the seminary in CAR.

09:25 p.m.: Leave Detroit to Paris. Pray that all the ticketing process will go smoothly and that team members will be able to rest some during the 8 hours plus flight.

Wednesday, April 2: arrive in Paris at 11:35 a.m. Hook up with Rob & Nichole Plaster, missionaries to Paris, France. Pray for a good time of rest and relaxation in Paris. Pray for Pastor Ivanildo as he continues his preparations.

11:15 p.m. Leave Paris to Bangui, CAR. Pray for a good flight. And for all our luggage to be on the same flight with us! Pray that everyone will arrive safely and in good health.

Thursday, April 3, 04:55 a.m.: arrive in Bangui. Pray that all interactions with authorities will go smoothly. Pray that team members will be able to recoup and rest the rest of the day. The team will get orientated to the city.

On Friday, April 5: work at the Orphan Care Center will start. Pastor Ivanildo starts teaching this day as well. Three hours in the morning, three hours in the afternoon, for five days.

Prayer Requests:

Pray that we will bring glory to God with all we do;

Pray for team unity and a willingness to put others first;

Pray that we will be servants to the people of the CAR;

Pray that this trip will make us more like Jesus;

Pray for many people to be introduced to Christ through this trip.

Remember: we will be six ahead of EST.

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Finally, if you see a a couple of days go by and nothing new is put here, please, understand. Electricity may be out. Internet may be down. Other work may have taken priority over blogging. Or maybe we are just trying to catch some rest!

Pray, pray, pray. Thank you!

Pastor Ivanildo C. Trindade

itrindade@woostergrace.org

Time to Pack the Trunks Again!

Our team, from left to right: Tim & Jeana Harley, Pastor Ivanildo, Bethany Sorg, Rick Ratzel, Rob Miller, Pastor Tom (not pictured).

Hello everyone:

We have a new team going to the Central African Republic. We will be there April 1-18. It's amazing that we are even going. We were originally scheduled to go to PAMA, the village our church is partnering with through ICDI. However, due to some bandit activity in the village that resulted in two fatalities, we were prohibited from going there.

In fact, at one point we cancelled our tickets because we weren't sure what was going to happen next. But the Lord quickly helped us to see that there was work to do in Bangui. So we are headed to the Capital city, to do work in the ICDI orphan center there and to help with orphan care in general. We will also do outreach to a Pygmy village about 30 miles from Bangui and partner with Dr. Yalipendi in the AIDS clinic work in Bangui.

We will be helping getting a woodshop going for the orphan boys in Bangui. Our guys have quickly got this project moving in the right direction, with the help of Pastor Tom Peters, and the design looks beautiful. We just have to pray that Jim Hocking, who is in the CAR now, will be able to secure cement, which is in short supply throughout the whole country right now. He may have to get it in Cameroon. So, please, pray.

We will also be doing some literacy work with the orphans, help the nurse at the health center as she cares for some sick orphans, and do some fun activities with them, such as art, games, Bible stories, etc.

We would ask that you pray for:

1. For safety in our travels.
2. For God to supply all the cement we need.
3. For the project to be completed in a timely fashion.
4. For an effective ministry for God in the lives of people we will be in contact with.
5. For me, as I will be teaching an intensive course in the seminary in Bangui.

Thank you,

Pastor Ivanildo C. Trindade