Friday, July 20, 2012

2012 Beacon of Hope Team

Small but might team this heading to South Africa and Zimbabwe. Don't under estimate us, we have a lot of experience in Dog Years.

Left LAX at 07:00am On Thursday July 19, 2012.  

We arrived in Johannesburg on Friday evening, had a great curry dinner with my brother Darrell and his family.  We will be spending the day with them tomorrow also getting to know our new little great niece who was born since we were here last year
We will start our mission activities on Sunday by preaching at a church in Johannesburg.  This church was started by a friend from Swaziland who we met two years ago in Richards Bay.  At that time he was one of the volunteers that was working with us on the Smart Choices AIDS prevention program.

On Sunday afternoon we drive up to Pretoria where we will be staying for the first week.  On Sunday night we will be showing Louis Giglio's Video named "Indescribable" at Zodwa's Church in Soshanguve. If you haven't seen this video yet find it on YouTube and watch it.  It describes how indescribable God truly is.  Our program for the remainder of the first week is teaching the Smart Choices program at two schools with Zodwa's teams on Monday through Wednesday is:
  1. Teach the Smart Choices program at two Schools with Zodwa's teams on Monday through Wednesday.
  2. On Wednesday evening Zodwa has scheduled a meeting for us with Campus Crusade representatives and other interested parties including hopefully a government representative from either the education department or the health department. 
  3. On Wednesday evening we have a possible interview with a radio station that will be broadcasting from a sporting activity in Soshanguve.
  4. Thursday is still an open or as yet unplanned day and is our last day with Zodwa and her team in Soshanguve.
  5. On Friday we will be driving about 400 miles down to a farming town called Greytown. We started a Smart Choices program here 3 Years ago but it has been inactive since then.  We will be meeting with interested parties and potential financial supporters of that team to try and revitalize the program.
  6. The next week and a half will be with our old and faithful friends in Richards Bay, Clement, Derrick, and Kenny.
  7. The last week and a half will be in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe with Jeff and Tammy.
Keep checking the blog for more details as we go.  Signing off from South Africa for now.

Glynn Smith
Beacon of Hope International
Skype: africanson3

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