--- celebok <celebok@...> wrote:

>
> (Sorry for the late response. I shouldn't be
> neglecting this group
> as a moderator.)
>
> We'll be keeping you two in our prayers. God is
> certainly doing
> awesome things through you as you serve Him and
> others in dangerous
> places where the enemy has been hard at work.
>
> Also, if we could all keep our sister Darcy in our
> prayers. It
> sounds like she's been having a really rough time as
> a teacher in
> Alaska.
>
> --Wayne
>
>
> --- In pugetsoundchristiansingles@yahoogroups.com,
> "Robert"
> <robertkrone@y...> wrote:
> >
> > Good Lu8ck with what you are going out to do, I am
> sure God will
> > bless you and those who are going with. I will
> give you one tip
> > though as far as Haiti is concerned, do not have
> your group go
> around
> > wearing all red or all red t-shirts, as red is the
> color is the
> color
> > of Voodoo, at least in Haiti it is, and Voodoo is
> a very big thing
> > there. I went to Haiti with my church as a part
> of a youth mission
> > trip when I was in 11th grade for 2 weeks (my
> church back in MN is
> a
> > part of the Christian Missionary Alliance), and on
> our plane ride
> > there we met another church group doing a mission
> to Haiti as well,
> > and they all had red shirts representing their
> church or
> something.
> > They had not studied the country, so they had no
> way of knowing
> about
> > the color red's connection to voodoo, likely
> because they did
> > missions to several places and didn't stay in one
> place for a long
> > time to build relationships, where my home church
> has been going to
> > Haiti a lot for years, and only when travel has
> been restricted
> have
> > we not gone. Unless something recently happened,
> we havn't had
> > anything bad happen to our missionaries, but it is
> possible in a
> > country with so much crime and poverty, and we had
> some close calls
> > before I went, like one guy having a machete held
> to his neck. So
> > basicly, ju8st be careful about what you wear and
> be aware of what
> is
> > going on around you, as things can get out of hand
> without notice.
> I
> > will keep your group in my prayers
> >
> > On a side not, it's almost December, my last full
> month of duty in
> > Iraq! Yay, I can't wait to get out of this
> country
> >
> > --- In pugetsoundchristiansingles@yahoogroups.com,
> Dean
> > <firemedic98323@y...> wrote:
> > > Hi Group!....
> > >
> > > As some of you know, in a few hours I'll be
> driving to Sea-
> Tac
> > Airport and then to Miami. Tomorrow around noon
> I'll meet the Team
> > and we'll be off to Haiti and then Grand Cayman to
> do Disaster
> > Medical Response Team work there for the next week
> representing the
> > Presbyterian Church in America's Misson Agency,
> Mission to the
> > World....
> > >
> > >
> http://www.mtw.org/home/site/templates/default.asp?
> >
>
_resolutionfile=templatespath|default.asp&area_2=public/Ministries/Med
> > ical/Opportunities/disaster%20relief
> > >
> > > Here is something I thot was very good...
> and I wanted to
> > share with you. The "Team Covenant" was sent to
> each of us... I
> think
> > you will appreciate it.
> > >
> > > Your prayers are coveted.
> > >
> > > Soli
> Deo Gloria!
> > >
> > >
> Dean
> > >
> > >
>
----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > > Team Covenant
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Purpose Statement – The purpose of our mission
> trip is to serve
> the
> > churches and people of Grand Cayman and Haiti
> through our medical
> > ministry. We will be involved in evangelistic
> outreach to the
> > patients we treat, translators and casuals we work
> along side of
> and
> > all others, as opportunities arise, through mercy
> ministry only.
> > >
> > >
> > > Team Character – We Commit to Conform to the
> Character of Christ
> > through the following:
> > >
> > > Teamwork:
> > > We commit ourselves to be a group of individuals
> who unite as
> one,
> > striving to accomplish the same goal. The goal is
> to glorify God in
> > all we do and to help build His church.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Communications:
> > >
> > > We commit ourselves to resolve all team
> differences and conflicts
> > according to Biblical principles. This involves
> prayer as the first
> > step, personal confrontation as the follow-up
> step, and the counsel
> > of a third party (team leaders) as a third and
> final resort. In all
> > issues we commit ourselves to maintain a humble
> spirit of
> > confidentiality, while seeking to obey Ephesians
> 4:29 "Let no evil
> > talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is
> good for
> edifying,
> > as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to
> those who hear."
> We
> > also commit to lovingly listen to team leaders.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Forgiveness:
> > >
> > > We commit ourselves to the recognition of sin as
> our common enemy
> > so that we each may be sensitive to our human
> shortcomings and
> > forgive each other. We are commanded to forgive
> just as Christ has
> > forgiven us, and then we forget. In accordance
> with Hebrews
> > 12:15 "See to it that no one fail to obtain the
> grace of God; that
> > no "root of bitterness" spring up and cause
> trouble…"' we commit
> > ourselves to resolving any bitterness because we
> realize that
> > bitterness will drag the whole team down.
>
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