Hello friends -- the following letter comes from one of our team members for the South Africa trip (Dalton Pigman). If you'd like to respond directly to him, I added his email to the cc field (it's daltonwpigman@gmail.com)
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Hello friends and family,
I have been having a great time here in South Africa. The time spent with the Norman and KC team was a really powerful experience. I am grateful for this opportunity that God has provided for me. I wanted to let you know about another opportunity that has recently come up. While working in the townships here in South Africa, I found my self working along side a man named Raymond. Raymond is a black South African here on leadership at All Nations. Raymond was originally planning an outreach to Mozambique with an All Nations team set to depart the 15th of June. Unfortunately for Raymond most of his team was not able to join because of various reasons. The state of the outreach was looking pretty gloomy.
Just before I met Raymond for the first time another guy from All Nations named Gawie(Pronounced Havi) told me about the Mozambique trip and that Raymond had been scrambling to find the "missing pieces" of his team. Gawie told me that he was almost certain that Raymond would love to have me. It just so happens that the same day that I was to meet Raymond, and talk to him about the trip, he was going to talk to Floyd McClung (The big boss man of All Nations) about canceling the trip. Thankfully I got to Raymond first. When I told him that I was interested, he lit up like a light bulb. He immediately started planning right where he left off. He pulled out a fully packed bag from under his bed and told me "that's all he needed to hear." So now it was only Floyd McClung that we had to face.
After explaining the situation to Floyd we all had a time of prayer and worship. As if reading my heart, Floyd put his hands on me and spoke in tongues. Soon after he took me in the hall and gave me his blessing for the outreach with one requirement, that I get the blessing of Mike and Kayln Arndt (My hosts and friends). After receiving theirs as well, the time has come to ask for your blessing and support. I will be honest, we already have a ticket. We found a good deal and just snatched it up. We are trusting God for the rest of the support.
The trip will be 26 days long and will consist of training, supporting, and working along side black African Christian leaders in Mozambique. We will leave the 15th of June. Our vision is to equip Africans to lead Africans. We want to create something sustainable and not reliant on western thinking or westerners. I am asking God for 6000 rand which comes out to about 750 US Dollars. This money will go towards a two way plane ticket, bus ticket, lodging, food, visas, one yellow fever vaccination, and work projects. So if you would like to make a donation you can do so through All Nations. Here is all the information you will need: All Nations CapetownStandard Bank Fish Hoek Branch
Acc No:072110619
Branch Code:03600980
Swift Code: (Put My Name) Dalton Pigman
Email: allnationssa@gmail.comThanks and Blessings,
Dalton Pigman
ps. you are welcome and encouraged to forward this to anyone else who might know me and be interested in supporting me as I have a limited contact list.