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this is a letter my daughter is working on to send to some folks to ask for support for her missions trip to africa this summer. i can’t think of a better investment in the next generation of Kingdom builders than sending her to africa. am i biased? absolutely. but i will also say that there are a lot of sharp young next generationers on this team…. check out tori’s letter and you’ll get a feel for the heart they all have:

Hey people!!! I want to let you know that Refuge, Elevate, the Sports team at HPC, and Go Global are going to SWAZILAND this summer. And I get to be part of the team!!!!!!!!

I am honored to have been chosen to go to Swaziland! I love Africa. (I’ve been to Zimbabwe twice. Once when I was nine and then again the following year.) My experiences there molded my life and the way I think. Missions has been bred in me. And I’ve got jitters about being able to go to Africa again, to let God open my eyes wider and refresh the vision in my heart.

When our team gets there, we’ll be doing some day camps with kids. We’ll be buliding a well so the people in the community can have clean water. We’ll also be doing a lot of work on the new HPC Swaziland campus!

AND…Throughout the whole trip, we’ll get to hang out with the lovely Rodgers family (my cousins and aunt and uncle!), and also with the Rehmeyers (my best friend is Swaziland is a Rehmeyer! GABBY), Patrick Conti, and (the new missionary lady…) NATALIE ASHY SPERA!! Wooohooo! Along with so many others… It’s going to be amazing to be able to hang out with them and serve them-and um…LEARN from them. These people are truly the inspiration of mission-minded people. They’re the ones on the front lines. And we get to come support them in the work they’re already doing.

God has had so much favor on Children’s Cup and HPC and the work we’re doing in Africa! So many doors have been opened to us. What a HUGE thing we get to be a part of. So many lives, so many stories we get to reach into. This is one of the most hurting places in the world… and we get to be part of building up “healing places” there. It’s so humbling to be in the mix of something this big!

This trip is going to be amazing! I know it! Our team is HUGE! We have probably almost 40 people signed up to go so far. And my dad is heading it up! (Be praying for him big time! The team, like I said, is a mixture of Refuge, Elevate, Sports team, and Go Global. All in one. It’s going to be big, and crazy…but so AWESOME! Blending generations and focuses into one team…God’s definitely gonna do something amazing with this trip.

Africa has endless needs. But God has endless love! And He can do endless things through His people.

IT’S SO EXCITING!!!!!!!

So hey, we need you to get yo pray on!!!! BIG TIME!!! We need protection, wisdom, unity, health, open eyes, open hearts, open ears, and humility!…

And if you can…gather up some green stuff and send it our way. That would be spectacular!! I have $2,100 due on April 15th and then another $1,675 due on June 13th. So do the rest of our 40 team members!!!! Green is such a beautiful color. So spread it around.

Thank you all so very much for reading. You’re amazing.

Thanks for being a part of reaching Africa!

-Tori Ohlerking

if you wanna help send her, shoot her an email at (tori at childrenscup dot org) and let her know. thanks!