East Africa Mission 2010

We are currently planning a mission trip to Kenya. The dates are December 30, 2009 through January 10, 2010. The video is a compilation of pics from previous trips and video footage from our 2008 trip. Please contact me at cmontroy@qwestoffice.net if you would like to receive further information. I will also be sharing more details on the blog.

stay off the paved road...

--craig

PRECIOUS

There is nothing like time with the grandchildren to keep one off the computer. Hannah and Noelle did request that I share these pics with you.

Hannah is ONE

Well, it doesn't seem possible, but grandchild #1 is a year old today. This is Hannah Elizabeth's first taste of cereal. I took the video last July before we moved to New Mexico. This is my first experience in video editing so it is somewhat brief. There will be more grand children (Hannah, Caleb, Noelle) videos to come. We are traveling to Pennsylvania next week and will certainly take many pics and video.

stay off the paved road...

---craig

Leer School Project

This is the site of the Leer School Project that was begun last summer. Leer is close to the Nile in the South Central part of Sudan. This is an area that was totally devastated during the North South civil war. Many of the communities have had to be totally rebuilt. There are thousands of children in the area with very limited school facilities. In fact, this would be the only school for a large population of children. Our goal is to finish the project. Resources are needed for completion of the school. If you are interested in helping, please contact me by e-mail (cmontroy@qwestoffice.net) for more information. We also plan to return to Sudan in January of 2010. When e-mailing you can also request more information about the trip.

stay off the paved road...

--craig

"Into Africa"

If you check out my blog history, you will find a great deal about Africa.  In the coming weeks and months you will hear much more.  We are in the planning stages of a January 2010 trip to Kenya and Sudan.  We are partnering with some awesome believers in Africa and look forward to being "on mission" with them soon.  We will be working in a new area on the Kenya/Uganda border.  We also have an unfinished project in Sudan that we would like to complete.  We started building a school last summer and would love to see it finished.  I will share more details in the future.  Please let me know if you have an interest in mission work on the African continent.

stay off the paved road...

--craig 

On Being Well

I have been ill since making my last post --which of course is never fun. Whenever I am sick, it gives me greater appreciation for "being well." It also causes me to think about the fact that there are many places in the world where a large percentage of the population has never "been well." I have looked into the eyes of children who have carried the HIV virus since birth; others who continuously deal with the physical pain of malaria, dysentery, or TB; and many more who have been devastated by ongoing famine or war. They have never "been well."

just some thoughts ...

--craig