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1 | Tom's January 2018 Ministry Trip | Please Pray for: | Answers: | ||
2 | 6 | Sat | 1825: fly to London | uneventful travel and sleep on the plane | Thanks be to God for uneventful travel |
3 | 7 | Sun | 1315 - 1645: fly to Budapest | jet lag to be short | Connections smooth, good night’s sleep |
4 | 8 | Mon | pastors/leaders arrive, first day of retreat session A | jet lag to be over, retreat prep to be smooth and safe arrival for participants coming from Hungary, Croatia and Serbia | Thankful for ease of travel to mountains, positive start to first retreat. |
5 | 9 | Tue | pastors/leader's retreat session A | for meaningful conversations, rest for participants, and energy for me | Pastors noted the helpfulness of the new resource, found it helpful, small size of group fostered quietness, restfulness and discussion. |
6 | 10 | Wed * | noon: end retreat session A; MY 24 hours of REST | for me to sabbath well after departure of participants | a fruitful time of reflection and planning |
7 | 11 | * Thur | my 24 hours of REST; mid afternoon: different leaders arrive for session B | for my morning of sabbath and safe arrival for participants coming from around Hungary | good discussions as session B begins |
8 | 12 | Fri | pastors/leader's retreat Session B | for meaningful conversations, rest for participants, and energy for me | good discussions that were of mutual edification |
9 | 13 | Sat | end retreat B; to Bp | for final aspects of retreat and my travel to Budapest | smooth closing of session B and travel down to Budapest |
10 | 14 | Sun * | Preach DelPest; rest | for God to use His preached word to encourage and challenge His people | The preaching on the steadfast nature of God was used by God for His own glory |
11 | 15 | * Mon | rest; to retreat house; final group pastors/leaders arrive, first day of retreat session C | retreat prep to be smooth and safe arrival for participants coming from Hungary and Croatia | ease of travel and begining of session C was without surprise |
12 | 16 | Tue | pastors/leader's retreat session C | for meaningful conversations, rest for participants, and energy for me | good discussions were helpful to all |
13 | 17 | Wed | end retreat C; to Bp; to Osijek | for final aspects of retreat and my travel to Osijek, Croatia | the travel to Osijek went without a hitch, great conversations with young leaders and preching was reportedly used by God for His glory |
14 | 18 | Thur | Osijek: Evangelical Theological Seminary | for helpful conversations and meetings at the Seminary | fruitful meetings concluded with a last minute invite to share about how the Holy Spirit workds through the Scripture was blessed by God |
15 | 19 | Fri | Osijek: breakfast meetimg; noon train to Zagreb | for a productive board meeting that I will help lead and safe travel to Zagreb | a new route from Osijek to Zagreb was found and was much easier and faster, very good meetings that afternoon and evening |
16 | 20 | Sat | Zagreb | for good conversations in Zagreb | two encouraging and hopeful meetings were a blessing to be a part of |
17 | 21 | Sun | Zagreb - preach; 1600 train to Budapest, arrive 2200 | for God to use His preached word to encourage and challenge His people and an uneventful train ride to Budapest | God was present in the service, at the lunch and then I had a largely uneventful trip on a long train ride from Zagreb to Budapest |
18 | 22 | Mon | rest | for me to sabbath well | a quiet day |
19 | 23 | Tue | 10:07 to Vác | for safe travel to and from Vác and helpful conversations | a helpful trip to Vac was enjoyed |
20 | 24-25 | Wed - Fri | Budapest, Vac and Szeged: meetings and conversations with ministry partners | for good conversations and meetings with partners | good conversations and a teaching on how to pray for an hour and some rest |
21 | 27 | Sat | 0755 to LHR, bus to Oxford for lunch, 1700 flight to IAD; 2050 | for uneventful travel to England, to Oxford and home | smooth travel, connections and good lunch meeting, home at last, thankful to God for having all the details worked out. |
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