This coming Monday I leave for the Dominican Republic. While there I will be working with our partner that runs a school for undocumented children. These are children that are excluded from getting a public education because they do not have papers showing they were born in the Dominican Republic. We also have a team coming in August that will help continue the construction on the school building. I will also be meeting with a new partner that is using the strategy for wholistic community development called CHE that IGN is now using. The process for building healthy communities takes time and they have spent many years in some of the communities in the DR. I am looking forward to this time to learn from them and see how things progressed for them over time. We (Tim & I) also hope to expand our partnership to taking teams to some of there locations. Pray for doors to open and relationships to deepen.
From there I will return to the states during the month of September before leaving for Thailand in October. Scheduling issues and lack of needed funds played a large part in this decision. (Final total = $6,045 [60% of budget] THANKS to EVERYONE who supported me both with prayer and donations!!). While in the states I will be speaking at churches, libraries, and small gatherings. I am looking to spend the majority of the time sharing with people so if you, or someone you know, is interested in my sharing with them, their church, or a small group let me know and we can set it up.
Concerning Kenya, there have been several issues with our (IGN’s) contacts being available as well as other issues that have arose, not to mention high & rising airfare costs to Africa. Tim and I have not felt that God is opening the doors for me to go to Kenya at this time. We are excited about the work we are doing there and the potential growth in partners as well. We both still feel I will make the trip at some point but this year does not seem to be the time. Other doors however have opened. I will be going to both Thailand and then to India. Thailand was a part of my itinerary since planning began and I confirmed today that things are set with our AKHA partner to go as planned. I am excited about working with the AKHA people and cannot wait to share with you all that we are doing there. Also, if anyone is interested in going to Thailand consider joining the team (Oct. 18th – Nov.1) From Thailand I will travel to India. India has been on Tim and my hearts for a while and we have been praying for open doors to expand IGN’s ministry there. This week huge doors flew open and I am so excited about the potential there is for IGN to serve in India. If anyone is interested in going to India let me know. We are pulling together a team from November 12th to Nov. 22th.
Thank you for ALL your support! Look for me on the blog and please pray for me and those I will interact with. ( say a special prayer for my language skills, or lack there of… my Spanish still needs a LOT of work! J ) MANY BLESSINGS TO YOU!
Also note that IGN has a new address. It is:
IGN
5045 34th St. South Unit 621
ST. Petersburg, FL 33711
In Christ,
Cindie
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