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Costa Rica Mission Trip March 2009 - NCC Team
We are getting ready to leave on a Short Term trip March 28th to serve alongside our partners at CCA in Alajuelita, Costa Rica! God has brought together an awesome team. Please pray for us as we prepare and while we are there! We will be updating this blog regularly, so please check back often! This is a picture of the team on the last night.

NCA/NCC Dominican Republic Team
Our flights were all delayed, but we made all the connections. We were met at the capitol city and picked up by staff from COTN. A 4 hour bus ride brought a tired bunch of NCA/NCC staff to the COTN compound. God is so good! We are so blessed and so taken care of. We have visited 5 villages and COTN schools in the last two days! Our mission is clear, and God is changing our plans. The 37,000 meals will not arrive until July 15th, but again, we know why God has brought us here! We will be teaching in one of the villages: recycling, hygiene and taking care of the environment. We will be cleaning up the village (with a multitude of the young people helping us - the villages - to give you an idea, look like the slums) We will plant flowers, and trees. Kari and Eudis will be meeting with the young men whose dreams are to be baseball players (baseball is their ONLY dream and hope). Mike will be teaching on leadership - sharing and challenging the youth to be men of God and leaders in their community. Mike and Tom will be doing handymen projects for a few days (there is so much to do---they don't even have screw drivers here.) Holly and I will be working in the medical clinic for few days. A team of Dr.s and Dentists are arriving from the US today. We have spent time playing with the kids. They can hardly wait to grab our hands and hug us and get filled with the love of the Lord! We are touched, changed and can't wait to continue to be used by the Lord. We covet your prayer! Pray for our safety! Pray for us to be an impact to the wonderful people here. We met a couple of the school principals. We showed them pictures of our students and what they did. They were so thankful and so touched at the 37,000 meals that will come to feed their students! We are full of tears of joy and thankful for God's goodness and his mercy and love. FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS...! Lots of love to all of you! Esther and the team

Costa Rica Mission Trip April 2009- NCA Team
The team from NCA will leave on April 4th to join 3 of us from the first team. We have another great team of students, parents and teachers going! We will update this blog regularly as we are in Costa Rica so please come back daily for updates. Please pray for us as we travel and serve with our partners, brothers and sisters in Christ. This is a picture of the team on the last night.

Costa Rica Missions Trip - July 2010
The team is organizing and brushing up on their Spanish skills! We have 21 people signed up to go! God is preparing each heart for our time in Costa Rica and paving the way for us! We appreciate your prayers all along the way!

South Africa - Leslie Leaves June 23, 2010
Leslie Elvig leaves on June 23rd to head to South Africa for at least a year. She will serve with our missions partners at Charity and Faith Mission. Stay updated by following her blog at: http://howvoicebegan.com/ Please pray for her and consider supporting her as she follows God's call to "GO".

Albania Mission Trip May 2009
Imagine what it would be like to be among 110 men from Albania, Kosovo, and Macedonia who have gathered for the next four days, May 5-8th, to hear God's heart for them and their place and purpose in His Great Story. They represent pastors, missionaries and lay people from various ministries and denominations. Many different parts of the body of Christ are represented, but they have one heart in common...a heart to worship God and hear His heart for each of them...Please pray that our Lord meets each man in a powerful, and deeply personal way, and that their lives are profoundly impacted by the King of Hearts for the restoration of each man, his family, and in his sphere of influence in the world around him...Thank you in advance for the part you will play in this through your powerful prayers of intercession. Amen!

Graham Smith heads to West Africa!
Graham leaves Friday, Aug. 21st and will arrive in Accra, Ghana at 3:30 on Sat. Sunday he will visit churches in Accra and meet with local leaders. Monday he travels to Notse, Togo to attend and teach at a Pastor's Conference for about 200 pastors from West Africa. Graham speaks Wed evening on the "Christian Leader and Globalization Challenges". He hopes to inspire them to create a legacy that will roll into the future when Africa is a source of spiritual strength for the rest of the world. God uses hardship and suffering to refine some mighty men. These men are fortunate to be leaders in this process. On Friday morning, he will visit with the Chief of Notse. Friday afternoon and Saturday morning he will travel to some of the churches in Togo. Sat afternoon and Sunday morning, he will travel to Benin to visit some churches. Sunday afternoon, he will travel back to Accra for a meeting with some national leaders. Monday night, he flies out and arrives back in Seattle on Tuesday afternoon. Your prayers for mighty things to happen as well as safe and uneventful travel is greatly appreciated!

January 2009 India Trip
Jeff and Janet Spesock head to India

Leslie Elvig serving in South Africa
July 26 to October 21, 2009: Leslie will be serving with our partner, Charity and Faith Mission alongside Pastor Titus Sithole in Mamelodi, South Africa. Leslie will help with their nutritional planning for the children's meals. Please pray for Leslie and check this blog regularly for updates!

Leslie Elvig is back in SA!
Leslie Elvig flew back to South Africa on New Years Eve to spend 2 weeks with Charity and Faith and Titus Sithole.

Missions Week 2009!
We had an amazing Missions Week with lots of missions interest and great messages!