Visas, Packing, and Arrows!

Hey! This is Jacob posting! This officially commemorates the opening of this "collective" team blog! By taking turns authoring this blog, we hope to spend less time using the internet, while keeping the updates frequent and exciting throughout our adventure.

Great news! We have ALL received our travel visas which allow us to enter the RDC (Republique Democratique du Congo)! We had a team meeting last night which really confirmed to us that everything is really coming together nicely.

We are now starting to think more carefully about what physical things we need to bring with us, both in terms of personal gear, and supplies for the activities we will be engaging in. We are still looking for a few items such as sports equipment, medical scrubs, small 'Canadian' gifts, french literature, teaching material and Bibles, and simple crafts supplies.

The scripture we explored last night was Isaiah 49:1-6 which speaks of how as God's servants, we are as arrows, which He stores in His quiver, ready to be used at any instant. I think it's safe to say that we're all excited, (and perhaps a bit nervous) to see how and when God will be using us in the coming weeks!