hurray we got another 3 min phone call!

tirzah recorded a radio interview. it will be broadcast in 3 countries.burundi, tanzania and rwanda.and she is bringing acopy home.it is pouring rain there...and she left her poncho! oops!

there is a petrol strike in rwanda so they can only get approx 5 gals at a time.this is creating obvious difficulties. boy do i feel guilty for griping about gas prices...atleast we could fill up if we could pay for it.

also "On Monday, the day we got to byumba, a terrible van accident happened that killed 11 students from the University here in Kigali. One was a wife of a pastor that Pastor Samuel knew very well. It affected the whole area of Byumba. On Tuesday they held a memorial service for all 11 people that were killed and we attended it. Thousands of people came to pay their respect. Only the immediate family show emotion but everyone else looked very sad.
one of the biggest challenges- poverty and the need for jobs. Only one percent of the population works to get a paycheck. All the rest are self employed in their gardens and fields trying to raise enough to feed their families.

We met with a group of widows. they meet weekly to pray, dance and sing. Boy, can they dance ~ and us too! We each had a opportunity to encourage them in the Lord and in trying to raise their grandchildren and make a living everyday. In the evening we went to several of the churches that are under Pastor Samuel. Each of them were up high in the mountains. Even if they have nothing and I mean nothing they dance and sing like they are rich. Each time we got to give our testimonies and gave words of encouragements. They gave us gifts and even served us tea, bread and bananas as we were the first white people to visit their churches. It was very hard for us to eat in front of them when we knew they had nothing that day for food. God humbled us in their presence."

mama comment- tirzah is soo picky! i am so thankful that what they offered was food she likes. that made it a little easier on her. i doubt she will complain about food after this trip :0)

Update!

1-“WE ARRIVED SAFELY IN KIGALI ON TIME. THE FLIGHTS WERE NOT FULL SO WE WERE ABLE TO SPREAD OUT. EVERYONE IS FEELING WELL AND ARE TO BED. PLEASE TELL EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR OUR TEAM AND THAT GOD WILL BE SERVED WELL.
2-We head out today for Gisnezi and Byumba so probably won’t have email access. Everyone is doing fine and feeling good. Continue to pray for us as we move onto the locations.

the best thing was having the phone ring and hearing tirzah smile thru the phone,
"my feet are in rwanda"

pkease keep her and the team in prayer!

HI!

I raised over $1400 recycling! and got all the money I needed fore the trip. PLUS Stirling City Assembly gave an offering I am bringing to the Orphanage!

PLEASE keep me in Prayer!

One Sunday I am supposed to share my testimony on the radio in Kigali! Pray That G-d gives me the right words!

God bless.

A few weeks ago I needed $1000(70%) .I had 7 days to get that money .
+$700
So I prayed and God blessed me with $1200 (76% . wow!!!!!!)so I want to thank all the people
who God used to bless me . genesis 27:29b says "may every one who curses you be cursed and everyone who blesses you be blessed." so thank you again and God bless you .

Time to mail the letters out

Dear Family and Friends,

When I got my passport, I realized that I will be going to Rwanda with my Missions Team in a few short months. I have my passport done and now I want to tell you what Jesus is doing in my life. I really want you to be a part of this life changing opportunity for me and for the people of Rwanda. God has something special planned and I hope you will want to be a part of it with me.
The people in Rwanda have had horrible things happen to them in my lifetime and I am not very old.. I want to do something in my lifetime that will make a difference in theirs. I want to share the love of Jesus with them. I want to tell them they are not alone. So many children in Rwanda have been left alone, no mama, no daddy. Yet the Bible says God will be a father to the fatherless, Psalm 68:5 says, “father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.” I want them to know this is true.

Would you please pray and find out if God wants you to help me fulfill this call on my life? Would you please ask God what you can do to make a difference in the people of Rwanda?

I have been recycling cans and bottles since January of this year to try and raise my mission trip funds on my own. I have raised half of what I need to go to Rwanda. This means God wants me to learn to let others help me and teach me that I cannot do this on my own. I need your help too.

I need your prayers most of all.
Prayers that I will hear God clearly and plainly
Prayers for my health to continue to improve
Prayers for my Walk with Jesus to grow
Prayers for my team-members safety
Prayers for the lives we will touch
Prayers for P.E.A.C.E*


Would you consider being my prayer partner?
If it is possible and the Lord leads you, would you please make a donation to my Mission trip? Just $5.00 a week between now and November would go really Far., and if just 25 people would share $100.00 that would take care of all my expenses. Are you one of the 25 people I need? I have to send in 70% of my expenses by Sept. 28 , that is only one month from now I really need help quickly now..

I will be leaving for Rwanda, from Saddleback Church on November 28 and coming home, December 14, 2008. I have longed for this day all my life. Although I am the youngest member on my team, I know God has called me for a time such as this. Has He called you to come along side of me?

Thank you for praying for me and for the people of Rwanda.

Loving Jesus, Tirzah Walker

*Plant churches
Equip servant leaders
Assist the poor
Care for the sick
Educate the next generation

Mrs. Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of the Republic of Rwanda “As a nation, we’ve decided not to surrender. As a nation, we’ve seen the worst, and the people have learned a lot. We’ve taken stock of the past, and we’re building on it to change it. We are now on the path of hope, instead of despair. The path of hope includes partnership with the institution of the church and with individual churches in Rwanda."

Path of Hope Yarn

Remember i told you about my friend Sarah at Perfect Day yarn, dyed me special yarn?


isnt it beautiful? here is what she wrote on the website:
Path of Hope -
With each Path of Hope skein sold $7 will go toward helping a lovely young lady, Tirzah, make her way this fall to work in an orphanage in Rwanda. As per her request the colorway reflects the colors of Rwandas new (as of 2001) flag- blue, yellow and green.

"The blue band represents happiness and peace, the yellow band symbolizes economic development, and the green band symbolizes the hope of prosperity. The sun represents enlightenment."

Due to Volume each skein could not be individually photographed, yours may differ in intensity from those pictured & may arrive reskeined. Skeins are still drying so your order may not ship till the weekend.

rwanda yarn

I want to thank my friend Sarah
for dyeing Hope for Rwanda yarn !!!
$7.00 of each skain of yarn bought will go to raising money
for my mission trip to Rwanda !
if you would like to buy some talk to ~*yarn yenta*~

if you would like to you can use the yarn to knit
hats for the orphans.