Dave Strong, member of several Senegal GoTeams, and frequent Africa traveler who has even slept in the bush in order to capture photos of wildlife, shared valuable insights about photography. We let him go early as he was on his way to Paris the next morning on a "business trip"... Merci Beaucoup et Bon Voyage! (group photo above)
Then we heard from recent Zambia visitor Dr. Michelle Vessely (pictured with Cathy Rote), LGPC member who participated in a medical mission for children with cleft palates. Her work was covered by a Zambian news team, and the program was noticed by the president of Zambia, the Honorable Rupiah Banda, who visited the operating room and then invited the two surgeons to lunch at the Zambian White House. Michelle's heart is very full from her visit to Lusaka, and it is still overflowing with compassion so that she expects to return in the near future.
We watched a devotional presentation by DVD, in which the purposes of God within the Body of Christ were discussed. Why do some believers suffer, while others have it relatively easy? Well, when a brother or sister suffers in Africa, we suffer here, too, as part of the same Body (1 Cor 12:26). If we do not hurt with them, we are not in touch with the whole Body. That's part of why we have these GoTeam trips: to know our Body better and be able to reach out to soothe the spot that hurts.
Alan shared some updates from World Vision, and a number of questions were discussed and clarified. We closed in prayer, remembering our own missing member in this GoTeam subculture of the Body, Christopher Sheffield, back on crutches after a remedial surgery to repair what did not work back in March. He will be packing crutches to Zambia, and we are glad that he can still travel with us. We will follow up with him soon, bringing him up to speed.
Next meeting: a social gathering with our families, just a few days before we leave, on the weekend of our commissioning in church.
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