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Oct 31

Hi Friends!

All is well here in Dar. We have enjoyed a day resting, journaling and debriefing at the hotel. Our time here has gone so very fast. Alice is preparing a full debrief which we will post when we get to Amsterdam. I just wanted to let you know that we will be heading to the airport around 3:00 a.m. to catch our 5:30 a.m. flight to Nairobi. From Nairobi, we will transfer planes then head on to Amsterdam. Please pray we make our connection and that our luggage makes it to Amsterdam as we will have a fairly tight connection when there.

Thank you so very much for praying with/for us. We feel God\'s presence and it has been such a special time. I will post pictures of our time here on my facebook page (faster downloading there), but will post some here when I get back to the States.

Know you are loved and missed.

Ciao for now ...

Carolyn

Oct 27

hi Friends!

I have a brief window where i have internet this a.m. and wanted to let you know that we are doing great and the clinic is going very well. We are encouraged as we see the leaders teach and facilitate. They did more teaching than facilitating at first, but as the week has gone on, they are moving to a more interactive/facilitative approach. One of the highlights was watching Judith teach - her first time ever. This woman is one flower who totally blossomed before our eyes ... (Karla Boy, her discipleship leader, would have been so very proud of her!) We were and are amazed at God\'s work in and through each of the leaders. To sit in the back of the room and to have the privilege of seeing them teach Jesus, Grace, the PROCESS of LOLMD, relationship and how to target a person\'s heart using their own stories and illustrations, etc. is a joy that is hard to express.

Today, is our first day of rain - a welcome relief from the hot sun/heat and the last day of the seminar. I will lead devotions this morning and then Andres and I will facilitate a debrief session with the leaders this evening. Tomorrow, we will meet with the Imara staff for a further debrief and coach them as they perpare for tne next clinic. On Sunday, we will worship with Bishop Sheggah and then transfer to a hotel that is near the airport. We will write more of the week when we get there as we should have wifi there.

Know you and your prayers are very much appreciated! We are so grateful for you and them!

Serving with you,

Carolyn

Oct 24

Just a quick note to let y\'all know we had a restful evening in Amsterdam and are now sitting in the KLM Lounge having breakfast awaiting our flight to Dar. We are praying our luggage makes it onto the plane. Would you join us in that prayer? You never know what can happen during a 22 hour layover. :)

We are so looking forward to seeing our friends in Dar and are anxious to get on our way ...

Know y\'all are loved, missed and appreciated. Thanks for joining us in prayer!

C

Oct 23

Hi Friends! 

This evening, Andres and Alice Arraez and I will leave for Tanzania to support the Tanzanian core leadership team as they facilitate their first Tanzanian-led LOLMD Clinic in Dar Es Salaam. Since the graduation in October of 2009, the Tanzanians have been leading discipleship groups and developing LOLMD leaders in their respective regions. At the strategic planning clinic that was held in November 2010, the Tanzanian Core Leadership team decided to launch a pilot LOLMD Clinic in Dar Es Salaam. Since November 2010, the nationals have been leading groups, coaching leaders, preparing LOLMD Clinic facilitators to lead the clinic, prayerfully selecting clinic participants and writing a contextually appropriate LOLMD curriculum that incorporates the spiritual growth elements of TEAMS (truth, equipping, accountability, mission, supplication). We are so looking forward to seeing the fruits of their labor and celebrating the work God has done in and through their lives and ministries.

Would you consider praying for us as we go and serve our brothers and sisters? I would be most grateful for the covering \'as we go.\' I will keep you posted, as we are able (you never know about power, etc. in Tanzania).  

Thank you for your love, support and prayers. You have been (and continue to be) an integral part of the team and we are so grateful for you all.

Serving with you,

Carolyn

TRIP PURPOSE: 

To serve, coach and support our Tanzanian brothers and sisters as they facilitate the first fully Tanzanian led Life on Life Missional Discipleship Clinic.

TEAM: 

Andres and Alice Arraez, Carolyn Bahr

TRIP VERSES:

Team Verses:

1Peter 4:10-12 - \"As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.\"

1 Thessalonians 2:8 – “Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us.”

John 17:23 – “I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.”

Acts 20:28-32 (For the TZ Leaders as we make the \'hand-off\') - ^\"Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. I know that after (our) departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. Therefore be on the alert, ... And now (we) commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.\"

Personal Verses: 

Psalm 96:7-9 (MSG)

Bravo, God, Bravo!

Everyone join in the great shout: Encore!

In awe before the beauty, in awe before the might.

Bring gifts and celebrate,

Bow before the beauty of God, then to your knees—everyone worship!

TRIP ITINERARY:

TODAY - Saturday, 10/22 - Depart for Amsterdam

Sunday, 10/23 - Layover Day in Amsterdam

Monday, 10/24 - Travel from AMS to Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Tuesday, 10/25 - LOLMD Clinic

Wednesday, 10/26 - LOLMD Clinic

Thursday, 10/27 - LOLMD Clinic

Friday, 10/28 - LOLMD Clinic

Saturday, 10/29 - Meet with TZ Core Leadership Team / Clinic Debrief & Prep for Clinic 2

Sunday, 10/30 - Visit LOLMD Leaders in Dar / Sharing in Churches and Coaching

Monday, 10/31 - Vising LOLMD Leaders in Dar

Tuesday, 11/1 - Depart from DAR to Amsterdam through Nairobi, Kenya (Pray we make connections & that luggage arrives in AMS)

Wednesday, 11/2 - Carolyn leaves for Dublin/Callan, Ireland to visit one her disciples / Arraezs\' in Amsterdam

Friday, 11/4 - Arraezs\' Depart from AMS to ATL

Wednesday, 11/9 - Carolyn leaves Dublin for AMS and ATL

PRAYER REQUESTS:

General:

1.  Abide (John 15:1-14) – That we would abide deeply with Him as we love and serve one another and the nationals

2.  JOY!!!! (Psalm 96:7-9 MSG)  - That we would celebrate what God has done!

3.  Humility (Philippians 2:1-11) – Walk in humility and dependence

4.  Serve (Colossians 3:23-24)

5.  Wisdom and Discernment (Proverbs 2:1-9, 3:1-8) to know how to love, serve, equip well

6.  Health (3 John 1:2)

7.  Endurance (Hebrews 10:36) – Energy and strength

8.  Safety (Psalm 62:6-8) – particularly we stay in Dar Es Salaam and travel from Dar through Nairobi to Amsterdam

9.  Unity (Ephesians 4:1-6/John 17) – As we pray, work and serve together

As always, thank you again for your continued love and support. We need you and are so grateful for your joining with us!

Love,

Carolyn, for the team

Oct 23

Hi Friends!

We arrived safely in Amsterdam this afternoon. On Saturday, we took the new 10:40 p.m. KLM flight and got here around 12:30 p.m. this afternoon. We will spend the night at a hotel near the airport and then head on to Dar Es Salaam tomorrow a.m. It is such a treat to have a layover before heading on to Africa - especially love the hot shower and a bed to rest in. Great time to transition and prepare for the clinic which will begin on Tuesday a.m. 

Please pray that our luggage would make it on the plane tomorrow along with us. :)  You never know what could happen during a 22 hour layover. 

Will try to write when i get to Dar (depends on wifi capacity, electricity, etc.).

Much love,

Carolyn, for the team

Aug 21

Hi All!

Will write more later ... (just got internet at the hotel, but we need to head to the train ...)

Just a quick note to let you know we had a lovely time in Ostroda at the LOLMD Clinic. All did a wonderful job and it was such a joy to spend time \'fellowshipping\' and learning with our Polish friends. We are off to Krakow today and will come back to Warsaw tomorrow.Tuesday, the Bahrs/Stringfields head to Paris and the Branscombes/Woods head to Atlanta. Please pray for safe travel.

Thank you for praying with/for us! We have felt the prayer/grace \'bubble\' and are so very grateful for you.

With a grateful heart,

Carolyn, for the team ... 

Aug 12

We are in the Air France lounge waiting for our flight to Warsaw! Although we are tired from the flight over, we are in good spirits and are looking forward to arriving in Warsaw in a few hours. Will check back in with y\'all later tonight when the rest of the team gets in. (They are flying through Amsterdam and will arrive in Warsaw around 5:00 p.m.) 

Thanks so much for your e-mails, etc. We are so grateful for you and for your prayers. The covering is much-needed and felt!

Love, 

Carolyn, for the team