To England.... for Africa!

I just arrived back in Spain, after making a flying visit to England. I was there for just two days to meet with some people who are involved (or interested in getting involved) in working with our "Planting Together" outreach vision in Senegal and Tanzania next year. As our time together was so short (I had to leave at 4 am this morning) we had to squeeze in meetings from morning to evening in order to have sufficient time to pray, to prepare and to divide up the different tasks that need to be done over the coming year in order to make the "Gather and Go" camp and the ensuing outreaches a reality. Finding housing in Dakar for 100 - 200 people, planning transportation to multiple outreach locations, working on the website (see www.plantingtogether.com), making a presentation at a gathering of missionaries and Christian leaders, talking through what should be included in the camp programme, planning how to link visiting teams with host ministries.....  There were so many things to be discussed and prayed over.

However short, it was worth taking the trip and making the effort to spend time together, because we did have a sense of God's favour and were able to make good process on some of the decisions that needed to be made and things that needed to be planned. The work has only just begun, though, for Tanzania Harvest (Easter in East Africa) and Gather and Go (summer in West Africa) and so we'd value your prayers as we work to prepare these initiatives over the coming months. Personally, I'm working on writing a team leader's preparation manual before the end of this year, and a young person's preparation manual before the middle of March.