Fall 2010 Trip Under Way!

Steve Niemeier wrote:
The long awaited trip now has begun. After months of planning and hours upon hours of studying and preparation the time has come to depart for Sierra Leone. I am in the Indianapolis Airport writing this and will meet up with Jim Lee, Dan Barker and Dan Byers in Chicago. We will then fly from Chicago to Brussels and then on to Freetown via Dakar. Senegal. We should arrive in Freetown around 2:05 P.M. Friday afternoon Indianapolis time (6:05 P.M. Sierra Leone time).

Words will not express the gratitude for all who have made this trip possible. Financially many have contributed to the four of us and we could not do this with your help. Prayers upon prayers have been offered and will continue to be offered and for that we are so thankful. The sacrifices of time made by our families for us to do this have just been tremendous. Each of the congregations that we serve has extended the great hand of assistance to each of us. Other congregations have also supplied for this trip. Again words cannot express the feelings that we have.

This trip finds us with one of the busiest schedules of any trip I have taken. Public teaching Freetown and Makeni, teaching in the Priscilla Street congregation, preaching in as many congregations as we can not only on Sunday’s but in the evenings and the one on one teaching that we will do every spare minute we have. On a trip such as this rest will come when we get home – our time in Sierra Leone is limited and we must prepare plant and water as much as we can while there.

I appreciate John Smith and his willingness to take our comments for the blog and post them. John has been a tremendous part of the start of this work in Freetown and made the initial trip last and then went back this past spring for some follow up work. We will build upon our trip last November and John’s trip this past spring. Jimmy and I are looking forward to going back after a year away and Dan and Dan are looking forward to their first visit.

It seems the Lord has opened the door (and challenge) for us to teach the un-perverted gospel in Sierra Leone and He has provided the opportunity for us to change a nation. We understand the huge responsibility upon our shoulders to do His work in His way.

We will do our best to send John a post each day (depending on the internet service) to keep all posted.

Now – to the task at hand – getting the different planes over to where they need to go in the time frame they need to do it in – not much we can do about that but don’t tell us cause we think we can!