Going to Africa...Again!

Dear Friends, I am so excited you've logged on to my blog, here's a very detailed prayer guide for you, so you know where I am and what I am doing each day of my trip. Thank you so much for your prayers and love. I am representing YOU and KAXL around the globe. Listen for my interview with my Compassion child, Caroline. Watch the KAXL home page for picture updates as I can get them posted. Love and prayers, Sheryl

Sheryl & Paul Giesbrecht’s Prayer Guide - Africa 2009

Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith,so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13

4/20 3:00 am – Airport Bus to LAX
Pray for safe flights, connections, luggage efficiency, ministry to other travelers we meet along the way.
8:30 am – Depart LAX Northwest Airlines – Seattle, WA
12:55 pm – Depart Seattle, WA – Amsterdam
4/21 7:40 am – Depart Amsterdam – Northwest Airlines – Nairobi
7:05 pm – Arrive Nairobi, Kenya

4/22 8:00 am – Depart Compassion office in Nairobi to visit our Compassion child, Caroline Musuoki at her home and school.
Pray we would encourage and bless Caroline and her family. We have been her monthly supporters for five years with Compassion International. We will visit her home, school and project site.
6:00 pm – Return from Compassion project
4/23 6:00 pm – Depart on evening flight to Kitale

4/24 6:00 pm – African Theological Seminary (ATS these are ICM seminaries) Graduation Dinner honoring graduates
Pray blessing and honor over the graduates, many of whom are bi-vocational pastors, who will be better pastors and leaders because of their seminary training.

4/25 10:00 am – ATS Graduation Ceremony & Celebration in Kitale, Kenya
Praise the Lord!
4/26 10:00 am – Preaching in Church services
Pray we will give out God’s Word with the power of the Holy Spirit and be sensitive to the needs around us.
4/27-30 9:00 am – ICM Leadership Meetings
Pray for wisdom and strength, as we prepare and respond to the opportunities we are given to minister in the name of Jesus.
4/31 6:00 am – Travel to Uganda by car

5/1 6:00 pm – African Theological Seminary Graduation Dinner honoring graduates
Pray blessing and honor over the graduates, many of whom are bi-vocational pastors, who will be better pastors and leaders because of their seminary training.
5/2 10:00 am – ATS Graduation Ceremony & Celebration in Tororo, Uganda
Praise the Lord!
5/3 10:00 am – Preaching in Church services
5/4-5 9:00 am – ATS Leadership Summit (Paul)
Pray for wisdom and strength, as we prepare and respond to the opportunities we are given to minister in the name of Jesus.
5/6-9 9:00 am - ICM Leadership Meetings (Paul)
5/8-9 9:00 am – From Ashes to Beauty Women’s Conference (Sheryl)
Pray Isaiah 61:1-3.
5/10 10:00 am – Preaching in Church services
5/11 6:00 pm – Evening flight from Kitale to Goma, the Dominican Republic of Congo

Pray Romans 15:13.
5/12 9:00 am – Pastor’s Seminars in Goma (Paul)
Women’s Seminars in Goma (Sheryl)
Pray Isaiah 61:1-7
5/13 9:00 am - Pastor’s Seminars in Goma (Paul)
Women’s Seminars in Goma (Sheryl)

Pray the men and women who hear our messages would believe what God says about them. Pray that they would stand firm on their Identity in Christ. Pray they would use the In Christ I Am bookmark to walk in freedom in Christ.

5/14 9:00 am – Ministering in the Refugee Camp (prayer session with refugees)
5/15 6:00 pm – Sheryl takes evening flight from Goma to Nairobi

5/17 10:10 pm – Sheryl departs Nairobi to Amsterdam
5/18 1:25 pm – Sheryl departs Amsterdam to LAX
3:25 pm – Sheryl arrives at LAX, takes Airport Bus to Bakersfield

5/15 9:00 am – Paul, Grace Cabalka, Holly Culhane depart on evening flight to Kinshasa
5/16 9:00 am – Paul visits American school of “Tasok” in Kinshasa
5/17 10:00 am – Preaching in Sunday services
5/18 9:00 am – ICM Leadership meetings and lunch with ICM DRC staff
5/20-21 9:00 am – Launch of MLM Vol 2 in DRC: Vision Casting and Square 1 with the Atemas

5/22 6:00 pm – Paul departs Kinshasa to Nairobi
5/24 10:10 pm – Paul departs Nairobi to Amsterdam
5/25 1:25 pm – Paul departs Amsterdam
3:20 pm – Paul arrives LAX, takes Airport Bus to Bakersfield

Pray for those who have heard and believed God. Pray they will trust God is at work in their lives will continue to walk in freedom in Christ and know God has a plan and a purpose for everything He allows to happen in our lives.
Pray Ephesians 2:10 and Jeremiah 29:11.Thank you for your prayers in Jesus' Name! TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

To donate your tax deductable love gift to Sheryl & Paul Giesbrecht's Africa Trip 2009, mail to: International Christian Ministries, P.O.Box 9071, Bakersfield, CA 93389-9071, Attn: Goma Trip - Giesbrechts