I have a confession to make...we're horrible about updating the blog. We've been working on so many great things that I could write about, but I'll try to keep it short.
It's official. We're going to Africa this summer. Plane tickets have been booked, passports have been renewed (and expedited to make it here in time), and we're up to date on all of our vaccines. One of our volunteers, Doug Wegman, and I will be spending two months in South Africa working with some great organizations and looking for some potential partners that we'll be able to send teams to in the future. We'll be gone May 18th- July 20th. While this isn't what we had originally expected for L4L's second summer in Africa, we believe this is exactly where God wants us and are using this time as a chance for L4L to continue developing so that when we send teams to Africa in the future they will be more effective and beneficial.
This weekend L4L is having a retreat in the Appalachian mountains to help prepare for this summer. Throughout the weekend, Ben Kern and Andrew Vanover will be giving Doug and I some advice and tips that they learned through their trip to Africa last summer. We'll also use this time for team bonding and lots of prayer as we strive to glorify God through all of the work that we do.
Andrew is using this summer as a time to handle all of the stateside work and will be working to finalize the branding of our organization. We'll also be redoing our website so keep an eye out for that!!
We'll make sure to update the blog in our last 3 weeks of preparation for Africa. Please be praying that even with the craziness of finals we have time to seek God and focus on His will for us.
-Alison
Co-founder
