Good news I don't need the vaccination for Japanese Encephalitis. That saves $$ and inconvenience.

Received word that friends working with Wycliffe in Tanzania have been exposed to H1N1. 4 members of the family are sick. They need our prayers. They are meeting with in country health officials today for evaluation/confirmation and possible course of treatment - tamiflu.

Shots

Successful visit with the travel nurse yesterday. I am pretty much set for the trip to Bangladesh. Just needed a tetanus booster and schedule the Japanese Encephalitis series - two or three shots in a series costing around $300.00. Here comes the first of expenses. I worry about that, but then criticize myself for doing so when I know that this to is under HIS purview and will be met in His time.

Mean while it was the morning in the courthouse examining title and the afternoon here at Postal Connections packing and shipping.

I've really been enjoying the Exiled Preacher's blog: http://exiledpreacher.blogspot.com/
Suggest you give it a read. Check out his recent posts for a short hx on John Calvin.

Oops! I arrived at the clinic where I had booked my travel consult appointment only to find our they had no record of such an appointment being made. So now my appointment is scheduled for July 21st. Guess I'll have to wait to get poked.

Tomorrow morning I have been given a great honor and delight. I've been asked to lead the commissioning prayer for a group of young people headed out for a week of work in a community in Indiana that was struck with damage due to inclement weather earlier this year. The kids raised their hands and committed to this challenge a while back without any knowledge as to where they would be going or what they would be doing. It was not until this past week that the "Where and What" were revealed. The unknown causes hesitation and, to some extent, fear. Yet we have a all knowing God who's direction to us is to"Go". Paul and Barnabas http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%2013:2-3;&version=31; were commissioned and were directed in a variety of ways by the Holy Spirit to "GO". They did just that. I am sure they were blessed, but they were also challenged and in the face of challenge they maintained the Gospel. My prayer is that our team will go with the Gospel of Christ on their lips.

A Journey Begins

Ok, Prayer friendly followers I need you! Friday, February 20 through Sunday, March 8, 2010 I will be embarking on what for me may well be one of the most arduous challenges yet. I’ve been invited and have accepted the invitation of Dr. Doreen Mar to travel and work on her medical team to Bangladesh. The team may have new members, however, Dr Mar has been to Bangladesh multiple times, (6 teams in 7 years). Medical Missions as a facilitator to sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and supporting the local church as our goal. Serving the cup of cold water while telling those we serve about our awesome Savior.

This will be my second trip with Dr. Mar. In 2005 I traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where we worked with HIV patients. In Bangladesh we will be working with members of the Bawm tribe through invitation from the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Bangladesh. The clinics will take place in the Bandarban Hill Tracts.

My sending agency considers this trip “high risk” based on a variety of challenges not the least of which is political. I must confess to some anxiety at the prospect of this. It is one thing to acknowledge that our Father is in control mentally, but it is sometimes hard to live that fact. Yes I will accept your prayers on my behalf!!!

Today I start my prep for this challenge/opportunity with a travel consult for a check of my immunizations. In prep for the aborted trip to Myanmar trip two years ago I received numerous inoculations. I hope they are still valid. My hope for this blog is to chronicle the preparation, both spiritual and practical as God prepares me for this journey.

Travel with me on this journey.