Sunday, January 30, 2011

It's Almost Time...

We leave for Thailand THIS Thursday!!!

We were all blessed with a send-off lunch after service at ACC today. It was so great to be able to spend time with our church family one last time before we leave for Thailand!

Below are the places we'll be each day during the trip & what we'll be doing there:
(All times are CST)

Feb. 3rd - Leave Atlanta at 6:00am
                 Depart Chicago at 11:30am
Feb. 4th - Arrive Seoul, Korea at 1:20am
                Depart Seoul at 3:55am
                Arrive Chiang Mai at 9:50am
Feb. 5th - Kristen & Ellen will be flying out of Chicago this day
                Rest of Mission Team will be in Chiang Mai working on the construction project
Feb. 6th - Kristen & Ellen will arrive in Chiang Mai
                Mission Team will be having church services in Chiang Mai
Feb. 7th - Will be leaving Chiang Mai & traveling out into the village, Mae Tae
Feb. 7th-10th - Daily Medical Clinics at Mae Tae with Worship services in the evenings
Feb. 10th-12th - Medical Clinics at Chiang Mai & Church on the 12th
Feb. 13th - Depart Chiang Mai at 7:15am
                  Arrive Bangkok at 8:25am
                  Depart Bangkok at 1:30pm
                  Arrive Seoul at 6:40pm
                  Depart Seoul at 8:40pm
Feb. 14th - Arrive Chicago at 9:15am
                  Arrive in Atlanta!

Please use these dates & times to pray specifically for what we'll be doing there, for safety, & effectivness. Please continue to pray for our health & our willingness to be used as God would want to use us in Thailand. Pray also for Stephen & Mary all of the Thai people whose paths we will cross on this trip. Please pray, too, that the massive snow storm we are supposed to get Tues-Wed of this week will not hinder our travels at all. Praise God with us for His provision & continual presence!

Thank you all for your support & prayers. Check back during the trip to see updates as we have the availability to post them.

Serving Him,
The ACC Mission Team

               

Saturday, January 8, 2011

The Time is Coming...

In less than 4 weeks, we are leaving for Thailand!!!

SO much has happened since the last post...we have been incredibly amazed & blessed by how God provides for us & for this trip! In addition to the garage sale, we had several other fundraisers...

A car wash & bake sale, where we raised $1000!

A pancakge & sausage breakfast, where we raised $767!

A soup dinner with a basket auction & silent auction, where we raised $3200!

Sold sausage from donated pigs & raised $1934!

Received a matched funds grant from IDES for $6000 for medicine!

God has richly blessed this trip & because of that, we are able to do much more for the Thai people on this trip. In addition to the medical clinics, we will be doing a construction project at the Christian Training Center where Stephen & Mary Wongratanamajcha live & where Alicia will be living. We were also able to purchase typhoid & H1N1 vaccines to be shipped to Thailand for use in the clinics we put on. We also purchased fluoride treatments to give to the children & others who need them. We will also be having Bible lessons for the children during the clinics everyday.

We will be leaving for Thailand on February 3rd. Everyone, except Alicia, will be returning on February 14th. Alicia will be staying in Thailand until March 5th. She was originally planning to stay full-time after this trip, but plans have since changed. (For more on that, go here: http://www.ajcrabtree.blogspot.com/) She is planning on returning to Thailand full-time later this summer or early fall.

As we prepare in these last few weeks, please be praying with us for the following:

*Our final preparations for the trip & safety while we are traveling

*For Stephen & Mary and the Thai people as they prepare for our arrival & stay

*For safety & reassurance of our famlies while we are gone

*That God would prepare the hearts & minds of the Thai people to receive His love & His word

Keep checking back for more updates as we get closer to leaving & during our trip!

Thank you all for supporting us!


Serving Him,

The ACC Mission Team

(Robbie Bell, Terry Brooks, Alicia Crabtree, Janice Garriott, Kristen Green-Morrow, Connie Harris, Connie Keelan, Todd Parks, Ellen Pratt, Brian & Deb Siltman, and Connie Turner)