Here We Go Again!!!!

We're off to South Africa again and we would like to ask some of you to pray for us while we are gone! We are going to participate in an event called Youth Week Jan. 3rd thru Jan. 9th and it is sponsored by Youth For Christ South Africa. Our good friend Rolf Weichardt is the director of YFC SA and they have been doing this event for as long as we have known him. We will be working with our close friends Tom and Patty Lane who will be leading a group of young leaders from Alabama that they have been mentoring for several years. We, along with the other Americans are going to be involved with teaching, worship, and having the privilege to minister to about 700 kids from all over South Africa. It will be a life changing experience.
Also, a new development has presented itself. I have been commissioned to write music for a production that is going to target the young people in townships. It will be very hard hitting as it will deal with some pretty ugly subjects, particularly AIDS. Nancy will be writing lyric for the songs as well. Please pray we can cross the cultural barriers, address the serious issues, but also have some light and hopeful moments.  Since it is a musical about Africans, we will be using African dancers and singers. Now that's exciting!! I will be doing some of the recording here but will record the final vocals and some other overdubs in Capetown before I come home late Jan to mix. Please pray for timing as I need to have an incredible amount of work done before I arrive in Africa.
We will continue to send a link every once in a while to the blog. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested. Last time we went, it was so re-assuring to see the comments and encouragement from you beautiful people. You can't know how much it means to us to have a connection back home.We love you very much.
ps. Because of recent events, please pray for safe travel!
M&N