Speaking Events in November

 

Brent and two of our national pastors are traveling to the States for the Missions Festival at Providence Baptist Church November 8-10 and also will be speaking at Living Water Baptist Church in Longs, SC on November 17. Please see the events and dates below for the Mission Festival and they would love to connect with you at one of their speaking events.  Missions Dinner Friday, November 8 // 6 - 8PM // Providence Church Saturday, November 9 // 5 - 7PM // Providence Church Join us as we celebrate our awesome God, His love for ALL PEOPLES, and how He is reaching them through our church-plant partners, international missionaries, and mission trips! We are hosting two identical missions dinner programs so more of you can participate. Please register to attend only one of the programs. Each night will include dinner, conversations with our global partners,  and encouraging stories of God’s grace across the globe.  Register here. Sunday Morning Sunday, November 10 Missionaries and church plant partners will share in Life Groups, and mission trip leaders will be available to answer questions about 2025 mission trips. Plus, we will have one of our partners sharing from God’s word in all of our worship services. This Sunday Morning will be one to remember.  Sunday Evening Prayer & Worship Sunday, November 10 // 6 - 7:15PM // Worship Center This weekend concludes with a special time of prayer and worship as we send our missionaries and church planters back to the mission field. Snacks and refreshments will follow so we can continue to connect with partners and each other.

Greece

 Amanda recently attended a Women’s Conference in Greece. What blessing it was to be around other sister’s in Christ and worship and learn together.

I took 2 days prior to the meeting to explore Athens and then 2 days after the meeting to go to Santorini.  

It was so amazing to stand on Mars Hill where Paul stood and read Acts 17 together ❤️

Parthenon

Mars Hill

View of the Acropolis from Mars Hill

Island tour

When is Greece you eat the octopus…well I didn’t 😂

Dress up night so we represented Botswana 🇧🇼 

Zumba with friends

Beauty of Santorini

Santorini

Red Beach on Santorini

Sunset over the volcano located just off Santorini

Hike to Skaros Rock

So many cats in Greece. I made lots of friends

The majority of people in Greece are Greek Orthodox and just a small amount of Roman Catholic 

Beautiful Santorini

Greece

Donkey rides up and down the mountain

Taylor’s midterm break with the Wints

Taylor celebrated her midterm break with our dear friends the Wint’s on the coast of Kenya. Taylor and Madylanne have been friends since they were 2 years old and so thankful for their continued friendship through the years ❤️

Happy 14th Birthday, Bradyn

Happy 14th birthday to our Bradyn Hunter. He has such a gentle and kind spirit and loves adventure like his dad. Here’s to another great year with such an amazing young man who is FINALLY hitting his growth spurt🎉 

He had a cricket tournament over his birthday weekend and his team won 1st place. So proud of him! 

 

Botswana Independence Day

September 30, Botswana celebrated its Independence Day. Ellie and her best friend Jesse dressed up in Botswana colors for school and looked so beautiful. Happy Independence Day, Botswana 🇧🇼 

 

Baptism

 Loved getting to witness the baptism of 3 people from Naledi Baptist Church and hearing their precious testimonies of how they have chosen to follow Jesus.

African Proverbs

I love African Proverbs and the wisdom found in them that seems so simple yet profound. Two of my favorite African proverbs are as follows:

• ‘If you think you’re too small to make a difference then you’ve never spent the night with a mosquito’
• ‘If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together’

These remind me of the partnership that we have with so many of you who lift up and pray for our family/ministry and support our work to be able to do what we do. We know how important this partnership is and we want to ‘go far’ together with you and your partnership no matter how small or large makes a difference. Thank you! 

Springtime in Botswana 🌸

It’s springtime in Botswana and it’s my favorite time of year as all of the flowers bloom in anticipation of the coming rains and warmer weather. Below are a few flowers from my garden. 

Thrive

I have had the privilege to get to volunteer on the Pediatric Oncology Unit at the government hospital and do play, music, and art therapy with the kids for about 8 years now. We recently hosted a ‘Survivor party’ for those children who have battled cancer over the years. This year we had about 100 kids attend. Due to confidentiality agreements I am not able to share any pictures of the kids but below you can see some of those who faithfully volunteer and Miss Botswana even came to the event to encourage the children. 

20th anniversary ❤️

Brent and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary on August 14. We were traveling in northern Botswana with Brent’s family for our 20th, so we booked a couples cruise on the Chobe River and went and enjoyed a wonderful dinner together. So thankful for our marriage ❤️

Ellie’s card for us ❤️

Happy 7thBirthday, Ellie 🎈

Our sweet Ellie turned 7 years old on Sep 7…yep it was her golden birthday. We were in Johannesburg for her actual birthday, so we did a really fun Total Ninja course with friends. Nice we got home, she had a party with her school friends and had a blast celebrating her 🎉 

Total Ninjas

Ellie was super great at this…until she wasn’t. Watch video below 😂

On birthdays kids can forego wearing their uniform and wear their home clothes. She also take cupcakes for her class. 

Birthday party with friends (balloon toss)

Happy 7th birthday to our Ellie

 

Prayer Retreat 2024

We hosted a Prayer Retreat for teammates Sep 1-6. What an amazing time we all had together. We walked through several lessons from the ‘When You Pray’ series by lifeway and had such precious time with Jesus.  Our kids were loved on and ministered to by 2 volunteers from NC and we had some fun team building time in the afternoons.