{"id":77,"date":"2010-01-14T09:36:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T09:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/01\/exciting-news-opening-a-new-country-in-africa.html"},"modified":"2010-01-14T09:36:10","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T09:36:10","slug":"exciting-news-opening-a-new-country-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/01\/exciting-news-opening-a-new-country-in-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"Exciting News – Opening a New Country in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday morning I'm leaving for South Africa. This country is #1 in the number of AIDS orphans in the world with over 1.4 million<\/a>. The total number of orphans is 3.4 million<\/a>, a massive amount of children trying to survive without one or both parents.<\/p>\n

This is a partnership formed between Children's Hopechest<\/a> and Focus on the Family<\/a> that's been in the works for a number of years now. Focus will help us recruit churches and sponsors for the many orphans will be ministering to through media, print and radio. I'll meet with Amon, the President of Focus on the Family Africa, to assess ministry sites and see the needs. <\/p>\n

Then, we'll be off to Swaziland for a few days to visit our staff and see the carepoints. Riaan Heyns, the missions pastor at New Life Church in Colorado Springs <\/a>will also be in Swaziland with me. They will be sponsoring a carepoint as a church, but he's also there to see the sites <\/a>Desperation<\/a> and Heartwork<\/a> are building. They are doing some amazing work in Swaziland! Building kitchens and schools, feeding a thousand orphans, drilling well, it's going to be incredible. <\/p>\n

Please pray for us! This is a fast moving trip with lots to do. I'll be posting updates, pictures and video on my blog so keep checking back or sign up to receive the email updates. <\/p>\n

Watch this music video of my buddy, Jon Egan of the Desperation band who will be in Swaziland in May. It's inspiring! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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OFFICIAL-Light Up the World Music Video<\/a> from Desperation Band<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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