Three Weeks Away, So Pack NOW!

Here's an idea:
Go ahead and pack for the trip.  Make a practice run.  Yes, drag out the suitcases and valises, get the passport pouch, and the 'fanny pack', and pack.  Leave some room for those tools we'll be dividing next Sunday at the meeting, but go ahead and do it.

Why?

Because you shouldn't wait 'till the last minute before discovering you simply can't lug all your stuff around an airport.  Because you should know what you're taking as a carry-on and what you're checking.  Because the last minute is no time for surprises.

So.  Pack.  Carry or roll your luggage around the block if you can (or down the street a few hundred feet).  Sure, the neighbors will think you're crazy, but that may be the perfect time to share your testimony about why you're taking this trip, and then you can ask them to pray for this effort.

Besides, you'll be better prepared for the trip.

P.S. Don't forget:  Take those things that you absolutely cannot live without on the plane with you as carry on luggage!  Also, take at least some of the 'bare necessities' with you in your carry on luggage.

Missions 101

There are thousands of missions sites on the internet, but here are links to a few which might prove useful to the group as preparations for the Costa Rica trip continue:

• World Missions 101
• Virtual Missionary Handbook
• Defining Your World-View (opens a PDF file--begins on pg. 3)
• Preparing for Short-Term Missions Trip (blog--click on previous posts for more)
• Short-Term Missions (Informative Site--Many Links

And these are but a few.

Continue to pray, study, and prepare your minds for the task ahead.  Remember the words of Paul when he urged, "Be all things to all men."

Shalom!

The Apron Brigade (or is that Brigands?)

(L-R) Doris Rippy, Bernice Durham, Cathleen Douglas, Janie Shelton, Joann Donnafield, Judy Pedigo, Thena Graves and Milton Donnafield


The ladies (and one fine gent) from Roberts Tabernacle have been busily cutting and sewing aprons for the mission group to take with us on the trip next month.  The Latin American culture uses aprons much more than ours does--uses them as ours USED to do.  


Aprons keep clothes protected; they are a handy pot holder, dish towel, storage bin, and household necessity.  


It shows the level of commitment and attempt to understanding that culture that the RT group would think of this as an outreach to the good Christians in Costa Rica.

Introduction

Roberts Tabernacle Church of God of Prophecy in Westmoreland, Tennessee, is hosting a mission trip to San Jose, Costa Rica in April, 2010.

The purposes of the trip are many; primarily, the group making the trip will be helping the Christians there to build a church/multi-purpose building.  In a larger sense, however, the strengthening of the Holy Spirit among those going and among those who live in San Jose can be neither measured nor overlooked.  Those going will experience the joy of "loving others as I have loved you" and of the service of being the hands and feet of Jesus in that community.  Those who live in Costa Rica will experience the joy of welcoming fellow 'aliens and strangers in this world' to their homes, and they'll be strengthened in their daily walks in the Light.

The purpose of this blog is to keep those 'going' to Costa Rica as well as those 'sending' others there informed about the trip and provide useful and helpful information about the work of the Lord there.

May God shine His grace and glory on all those involved in this project. (Photo of San Jose)