Meeting Update

Hey everybody! We all got to meet yesterday as a team. It's always so wonderful to be together face-to-face as a group. We had a great time of worship and a lesson on team unity and conflict resolution. We assessed our personalities and worked through some scenarios as we prepare for anything that could happen on our trip.

Great news-Meredith has set up the pancake breakfast fundraiser at Applebee's in Mt. Pleasant for April 9th from 8-10 am.  The way it works is we will sell tickets for $5 and for every ticket, we only give Applebee's $1!  Ticketholders will come to the Mt. Pleasant Applebees that day anytime between 8 and 10 to get 3 pancakes, butter, syrup, and a drink.  We will not start selling tickets until March.  What a great fundraiser!!  Get excited, mark your calendars, and start spreading the word! We hope to see y'all there.

We're also working on some Chick-fil-A fundraiser nights and a Zumba party at MUSC ;) Keep checking the blog for more information. You don't want to miss this!

We're also trying to a shoe drop from TOMS. A group of us took a picture in our TOMS. Please pray that they'll do a shoe drop for us!



In other news...here's how you can pray for us this week, especially as we talked about conflict resolution as a team. This is an important issue, so I'd like us all to continue to pray about unity this week.

Ephesians 4:1-7:
1) I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, 2) with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, 3) being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4) There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5) one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6) one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. 7) But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.

We have each been called by God on this journey because of the gifts He has given us, and what we can bring to His team.  But we can't be the most effective team possible if we don't work together. Pray for each other. Show grace to each other. Forgive each other. Learn from each other. Practice humility. Practice patience. These are active processes, and they need to begin before we set foot in South Africa.

For the people of South Africa:Pray this week for Beth Marques, our host missionary. Pray for her physical, emotional, and spiritual strength. Pray for her health. Pray that God would bless her before we come, and that we will be a blessing to her while we are there.

Thank-you SO much for your prayers. We cherish them. Only 74 more days to go until we leave!