We pray for the whole student body as they have traveled to Vancouver, BC to prepare for the ministry they will be doing during the 2010 Olympics. Bless the students and staff as they participate in training for effective outreach events during this exciting time.
Although not airborne yet, the CLBI IMPACT teams are moving toward the tarmac as second year students met for their first Cross Cultural Prep Class the week of Sept 28th-Oct 2nd. Students received initial flight plans and instructions as they began to taxi away from the terminal eventually bound for destinations in Asia, Africa and South America. Flight instructors Rob Lewis and Jonathan Aicken will give the final clearance for take-off following flight school # 2 December 7th-11th.
We are delighted that Jonathan Aicken is now onboard as the future “Captain” of the IMPACT program. Jonathan and his wife Marina along with 2 year old Amy arrived back in Canada in early June following four years of service with World Mission Prayer League (WMPL) in Erdenet, Mongolia. As Rob Lewis assumes more responsibility as WMPL Associate Director for East Asia, Jonathan will transition into the position of Director of the Cross Cultural IMPACT Program. The Aickens training, experience, youth and vision will bring freshness and cause the program to move forward in an effective way.
Your prayers are the essential key to a safe taxi, precise take off, a smooth landing and effective service.
Thank you so much for your support as we once again anticipate that these young adults will both IMPACT and be IMPACTED by the people and cultures to which they will journey.
-Rob Lewis, IMPACT Director
Team Bolivia
Team Bolivia comprised of Annelise Rust (Captain, Camrose, AB), Jonathon Leslie (Outlook, SK), Ben Rude (Donalda, AB) and Willow Thompson (Viking, AB) will be hosted primarily by WMPL workers Jay and Paul Mikaelson in the town of Caranavi in Bolivia’s Yungas Valley. The team will be involved in youth ministry and outreach.
Captain Haley Christenson’s (Edmonton, AB) crew is bound for India for a repeat visit by a CLBI IMPACT team. As in past years the team will teach at St Paul’s Lutheran School as well as be involved in evangelism and medical outreach. Sara Chappell (Outlook, SK), Elizabeth Engen (Pincher Creek, AB) and Curtis Middleton (Edmonton, AB) are the other members of the flight crew. Navigational Officer for the India flight will be Pastor Al Pinno of Ends of the Earth Courier for Christ Ministry.
WMPL worker Gloria Sauck will host three CLBI women as she welcomes them to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Following a visit in the capital, Sara Gabelhei (Captain, Westbank, BC) and her crew members Dieta Schlein (Mission, BC) and Melissa Skretting (Sherwood Park, AB) will join Gloria in the medical and evangelistic outreach of the Arsim Lutheran Clinic in Kenya’s northern Rift Valley.
Team Mongolia North comprised of Alanna Book (Captain, Sherwood Park, AB) Nathan Iverson (Astoria, SD, USA), and Jessi Maier (Grenfell, SK) will travel by rail northwest to the city of Erdenet, following several days in the Mongolian capital. The Team will participate in a café outreach called Eternal Springs which ministers to youth and young adults in this young city. The crew will likely plug into helping at the Hope Center, the only school in Mongolia serving the needs of mentally and physically challenged children and youth.
A MIAT Mongolian Airlines aircraft will likely carry Calvin Bailie (Captain, Outlook, SK), Anika Nottveit (Moosehorn, MB), Andreas Schwitter (Switzerland) and Demara Wig (Eastend, SK) across the Gobi desert, over the steppes and into Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital. Following a vist in the capital city Team Mongolia South will fly to Bayankhongor city to be of service at a Youth With A Mission (YWAM) centre in addition to becoming involved in local congregations in the Bayankhongor Aimag (province).
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