Our team

Hey you guys I wanted to give you the inside scoop on our Africa team.
Chad Weaver is our team leader. He led a team in Abuja last year and is doing a great job this year of coordinating and organizing our team. His heart for going to Abuja is to bless the pastors and to encourage and bless them. Chad graduated from the School of Ministry a few years back and is currently on staff with Real Life College Outreach.
Amanda Hershberger is another returning veteran from last years trip. She is looking forward to going back to the Abuja church and fellow believers there. She is the one team member that is not a School of Ministry grad yet.
Scott Griffiths is the tech guy and team genius. (from left to right, Parker Smith, Scott Griffiths, Amanda Hershberger, Katherine Hellesto, Whitney Smith and Chad weaver) After he gets back from Abuja he will be going to Iowa to get his masters in particle physics, and he also recently graduated from Cornerstone School of Ministry.
Katherine Hellesto is our soccer expert (ever so important in a country whose national sport is soccer) and part of our medical team. She graduated from CSOM in 07 and is now pursuing a degree in nursing.
Whitney Smith is the other part of our medical team and is currently in a pre-nursing program. She will also be our worship leader while we are in Nigeria. She is another 07 grad from School of Ministry.
Parker Smith is the blogger and helps guy on the team. I graduated from School of Ministry with Scotty G and 20+ others. I'm not sure what role God has for me in Africa but I am open to whatever God has for me.
Our prayer request right now is that our visas would be approved and delivered quickly. We greatly appreciate your prayers and support. That's all for now and until next time, we are Abuja Bound.

Port-a-Floor

This week the Nigeria team had the opportunity to set up the port-a-floor for the OSU graduation as a way to raise money. We were blessed with help from a whole lot of people without whom we would still be out there today. After the floor was laid we played the first annual football game in Reser Stadium. I had the honor of being on Chad Weavers team and winning 7-4. In other news Calvery Softball defeated the Bohican Bullets 14-13 in seven innings. I will post more when I have more to say until then we are Abuja bound.
Parker Smith

Corrections

A typo I'm the support letter I sent out was pointed out to me and I thought I would correct it real quick. We will be in Nigeria from June 28-July 19. Not July 9th as the letter said. Thank you for all your support. God bless

Shasta

Recently I was able to go to Diet Shasta with Real Life. Most of the Nigeria team was there hanging out in the sun trying not to get burned. For me one part that was wild was the drive up. One question I have is Who names some of these places? Seriously, some of these people had either too much imagination or too little. Lets start with a few towns, for instance, Talent. Why would you name a city Talent? not sure yet but I'm still thinking about it. Moving on, You have all heard of a bedroom community but have you ever heard of a bathroom community? Let's put it this way, we were driving through a shower when we passed Curtin and were coming up on Drain. Who would wan't to name their town drain? Next were the creeks first we have the "Little Muddy Creek" then we have "Dry Creek" but my personal favorite is "Jumpin Joe Creek" You just have to be thinking about what was going through the namer of this creek's head when he named it, and who is Joe? Why did he jump? It would be worth looking into. On a more spiritual note Shasta was an absulutly awesome experiance were I had the chance to make real friendships with real christians. Thats all I have to say for tonight. As the title says we are "ABUJA BOUND"!