Final Support Letter

See previous post for my first letter (if you haven't read it, it gives more explanation of the trip and the reasons behind it).

Dear Friends and Family,

Thank you so much for your support! I wanted to send out one more letter before we leave as a reminder to be praying for my team. I realize that in my last letter I did not include the dates that we will be gone. Our itinerary shows that we are leaving on December 11^th from the Detroit metro airport. We will be traveling through Paris (but unfortunately will not have enough time to leave the airport), and arriving in Bamako, Mali sometime on December 12^th. We will be staying for roughly 4 weeks and then returning on January 8^th. To make it seem a little more real, from the time I am writing this letter we will be leaving the country in 22 days.

We are blessed to have a little more insight into what we will be doing while we are over there. One of the main words to describe this trip is flexibility; therefore, our entire trip could look different than expected once we arrive. That being said, I will share a few things that we know. We will be spending 10 days in Kadiolo. During this time we will probably be working with church and the local school. The students are working on learning English, so we may have the chance to work on their English (without knowing their native language, this should prove to be interesting).

Hopefully, we will also be traveling to a nearby country to visit an orphanage; Kadiolo is fairly close to the border. Lastly, we will be spending some time in the capital city of Bamako serving in a ministry called Street Kids. From what I have been told, this is their story: men travel to the outlying towns and villages and convince the children that they will bring them to Bamako to get a good education and they will become successful. In reality, they are taken to the city and enslaved; the boys for labor, and the girls for prostitution. Some of them are able to escape, but then they have no resources for living. They are literally living on the street. As of now, the Street Kids ministry is only boys, simply because they don’t have the resources to help both boys and girls.

I cannot express how important your prayers are. We serve an amazing and all powerful God. If you would like to help more financially, I am looking at an immediate need of $500 more dollars before I takeoff. However, I would like to emphasize my point that if you are not praying, your money is worthless. The money will come, God is in control of this; but what I covet is your prayers. In addition to praying, I encourage you to keep up with my journey by reading my missions blog called “Live The Jesus Revolution”; it can be found at LiveTheJesusRevolution.Blogspot.com. I hope to post updates and pictures on the blog while in Africa, but the internet is unreliable (again, flexibility is the word).

In closing: PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, PRAY, and give thanks to God for all the wonderful things He has done!

"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." (Ephesians 3:20-21)

With Peace, Love, and Joy found in Christ,

Nate Storvik