Boarding in Miami

They are boarding now (4:30 pm) in Miami for Curacao. They've been traveling 12.5 hrs so far today. Nancy from RDU met up with them with no troubles so all 15 are together now. They should arrive in Curacao at Hato International Airport about 9 pm. They should be in the same time zone as we are since it's Daylight Saving Time.

4 hrs & Security...

The group left Summerville at 4 am today. This from Gene,

They are just about to close the doors. All accounted for and no problems. That is, with the possible exception of the extended conversation (and brief stroll) Linda had with the nice man at security. But really...she should be the one to tell you all about that. The rest of us barely even noticed that they took her away. Gene

So the journey begins...

Van Loading & Prayer

The luggage loading of the vans will happen at Miles Rd Baptist Church 8 pm. Come by and pray for the group before they go.

Prayer for M: Curacao from alum

Frank sent you a message.

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Re: Pray for our trip to Curacao in < 3 days

Dear God,
Be with Darien and the group going to Curacao. You know their hearts are to serve You. May you move in the lives of those going and in the lives of the many people they will come in contact with. We long forward to what you will do this week and into eternity.
Amen

Who's going?

Pray for the team:

Nancy Wright, Linda & Steve Dean, Laurel, Josh & Jeremy Sullivan, Josh Smith, Nathan O'Neill, Nich Branam, Doris & Gene Hundley, Kelsi Gabriel and Brian, Jan & Megan Joslin

Pray for Curacao '09 trip

Read my post about the next 3 weeks and how to pray.

Pray for Emma Eman

Grace Family,

Emma Eman lost her 91 year old dad Sat. night. Cesar and Emma host the VBS we helped with last year.

Cesar emailed me asking us to pray for her.

Hi Darien,

On Saturday evening at 6.:20 Emma’s father died at the age of 91.

The funeral will be on July 1^st.

Pray for us, since this causes a lot of stress on the preparations for the VBS.

Regards,

Cesar

While it is assumed that she'll mourn his loss (she had a good relationship) that grief will include a lot of stress. That stress is very hard on Emma who battles a number of chronic illnesses that flare up or get worse when she is under a lot of stress.

This year they are pulling all the stops as they celebrate their 10th VBS in their neighborhood. Since she's in charge of the overall VBS project for hundreds of children, this will bring an extra challenge to her and all involved (including our team going Fri.).

Please lift her up right now!

Thanks for putting your faith in action,

Darien

PS If you want to send a note of sympathy or a prayer to Cesar, Emma and their family, you can send it to Cesar at cesar.eman@pbscuracao.com

Pray right now for Curacao trip: leaving Fri.

Take a moment right now to pray for those going on this trip as well as those we'll serve and reach out to.

Also, pray for our local mission trip the following week.

Latest from group coming from Curacao

26th of June 2009

Hi! Darien!

Looking forward to having you with us next week! Quickly some information about our group so that you can make final preparations for us:

1. The group consists of 7 individuals:

1. Kevin Illidge (M/19)

2. Shamiro Anita (M/17)

3. Reyswin Simon (M/21)

4. Shurendy Zimmerman (M/16)

5. Jurlissa Elvilia (F/16)

6. Shanirha Anita (F/23)

7. Calvin Varlack (pastor)

2. We will be arriving on Saturday the 11th of July on AA FLT 4947 at 10.04 p.m. in Savannah H. and our return flight will be on Monday the 20th of July at 8:00 a.m. on AA 4948

3. Ministry:

1. We are prepared to do anything to assist and help out in the backyard bible

classes. We want to serve you in any way possible!

2. Most of the young people will be able to share their personal testimonies in

English; some will probably make use of a translator.

3. They are prepared to share the Gospel in personal evangelism settings.

(street evangelism, places where young people hang out, ect.)

4. The young people have prepared some mime messages for young people

5. We have one singer and also one preacher on board!

6. We are open to experience whatever new ministry that you might feel that will

be an enrichment of the lives of our young people.

I hope this information helps out a little!

Calvin

Alabama Church meeting us in Curacao

The note is about the group from Alabama.

Allan Murphy is the pastor of North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham. They have a web site. He was a missionary for several years in Curacao and speaks Papiamentu.

His wife, Mary will accompany. She is a nurse.

Archie Jones is a retired missionary to Ecuador and Chilie. He speaks Spanish.

David Christian is a former missionary to Korea and is a media specialist.

Scott Norton and his teenage son, Austin will be participating.

Jacob Falls is a teen that will be participating.

Jessica Palmer is the wife of the music minister at North Shelby and she will be participating.