Update

An update as to what has been happening to date.
The team has been rounded out to include another four men and two women coming from the St. Thomas area with one of the men coming from B.C. Lord willing we look forward to meeting and working with these brothers and sisters in the near future.
The team members have been busy soliciting donations. Thank you to those who have already contributed. Your support is greatly appreciated not only in terms of the monies received but also in the encouraging words.
Also like to mention that the support of the team member’s wives has been outstanding, included in that support is the organizing and preparation of the upcoming fund raising dinner. I’m sure that it’s a good thing the team member’s role for this dinner will be limited to that of serving.
The airline tickets have been purchased. We’ll be flying out of Buffalo to Newark, N.J. then on to Bogota Eldorado Airport, arriving there about 9:45 pm. I understand from there we’ve got another 45 minutes of travel to Tenjo, which apparently is more than 8600 feet above sea level.
Through e-mails we’ve been given the run down on security measures and possible vaccinations we might need. CDA seems to have a good handle on security, although we will still need to be vigilant. Here’s a musing excerpt from one e-mail- “the situation has greatly improved in Colombia during President Uribe's first term, and now into his second. Mexico now is the world's number 1 site for kidnapping not Colombia.”
On January 16th we hope to have an orientation meeting and discuss what some of the activities we might be doing while at the home. The hope is that not only do we build the medical clinic but play a lunch hour game or sport. Hold a morning devotional with the girls. Participate in music. The girls love to cook, so possibly share some of our culinary skills. It’s a good thing we have some women on the team!
That’s about it for now. I’m sure in the weeks leading up to the trip there will be more to report.
Continue to pray that all would go well and that God would bless us that we might be a blessing to those in need.