Ready for Departure?!

Hello friends and family - This Friday 8 women from Women of Global Action: Los Angeles are getting on a plane for 9 day in Ethiopia. Members of our team include: Erin Affourtit, Jennifer Dickinson, Sharone Goe, Cheryl Lovejoy, Casandra Morgan-Loyer, Andrea Mills, Kelli Payne and Amalisa Piccinino.

We leave this Friday, August 15th and return Sunday, August 24th.

The following are our daily prayer requests during our trip. Thank you in advance for your prayers!

Friday, August 15th - Pray for safe travels from LAX to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Saturday- Keep praying for travel and good arrival in Addis Ababa and that our luggage arrives.
Sunday - Pray for our team's entrance into Ethiopian life - We attend church at Beza and get oriented.
Monday - Pray for our interaction with those suffering from AIDS and being equipped with life skills by Beza.
Tuesday - Pray for our time rejoicing in those who are coming to the faith in large numbers.
Wednesday - Pray for us as we interact with young women - many at the risk of being trafficked - in the Life Empowerment Program.
Thursday - Pray for us to be an encouragement to young women who've been trafficked. We'll be hearing their dreams and sharing with them.
Friday - pray for our time connecting with Beza staff - for mutual encouragement and blessing.
Saturday - Pray for our time spent with women from Addis - hearing about the issues that impact them and sharing our stories with them.
Sunday, August 24th - Pray for safe travel back to th3e US and discernment regarding what message we need to bring back!

Additionally, please pray that:

• We will see with God's eyes ad not become overwhelmed with poverty or with the effects of AIDS and trafficking
• We will function well as a team together in unity and love and understanding
• We will be healthy and well
• We will have eyes and ears and hearts that are open to what God as for us in each day
• Those in Beza and in Beza's communities would feel encouraged by our visit
• The Lord would expand and pour out blessings on Beza's work
• God will give us divine appointments as we connect with our Ethiopian brothers and sisters in faith
• We will learn how God would have us and our church respond to all we see and experience
• The Lord would bless our families and those who are taking care of our responsibilities at home while we are gone