Zero hour approaches

Eleven hours from now and our little group of 26 will be at the airport awaiting to embark on a very unique adventure. There will be little or no sleep for our team as we must meet at 4am Thursday at BBC to begin our much anticipated mission. We have a general outline of our duties, however as with all mission trips we will remain flexible. I called this trip unique, we will literally be living history for the next few weeks. Hopefully, with God's help and leadership, we will help bring hope and healing to a land that has seen much turmoil and unrest . Just ten years removed from apartheid, we will be going where few mission groups, especially white Americans , have been willing to work. HIV/AIDS have devastated this part of the world and have left many adults and children with little or no hope for a future, ANY future. Please pray that we can do some small part to help change this.

I'm sure our views and hearts will be dramatically changed by this experience, as for now we are not sure what to expect. We can only be willing to be used as instruments to show love and grace to those that have basically been outcast from their lives and homes.

I personally look forward to working with the other 25 members that have sacrificed time, money, and themselves to be a part of this. We will try to keep you updated each day.

Roger Sigmon

This is an aerial view of the city of Cape Town. It's at the southern most tip of the country and continent of Africa. As pastor John Thomas once said, You can't get any more Southern Baptist than that!

3 weeks and counting

In a little less than 3 weeks, a team of 26 members will embark on a journey from Brentwood, TN, to Cape Town, South Africa where we will be assisting the Living Hope Church with mission work. Details are still not cemented as to what each team member will be doing on a day-to-day basis, but we know we will be helping with the construction of a hospice for AIDS patients, working with children and teens in an after-school program, teaching crafts, and doing some evangelism and outreach. But not to worry! We are told that there is a great need for us, and will be put to good use the two weeks we are there. Each team member has been called by God to be on this trip for many different and specific reasons that only He knows, so we are excited to see how God can use us as a team.

Our group leaves Nashville on Thursday morning, September 30th, and will arrive in Cape Town, South Africa Friday morning (can we say jet lag?). This first day will be spent unpacking and seeing some of the sights, because the nest day we jump right into our work. No rest for the weary! More to come later...