It's been a while so allow me to update you. School has been been an amazing learning opportunity and I'm currently taking a detour. I failed my pharmacology class by 0.8% I can't progress to the second quarter of the nursing program without passing that class. So I am doing the Medical Assistant program to keep my skills up and I will graduate in June of this year! Next fall I will take the pharmacology course again, now knowing how to study for that class (It's way different then normal classes) I am confident I will pass and I will then reenter the nursing program in January 2013.
This only slightly changes my trip to Africa, ok, actually a lot changes the plans for Africa. I will now be going for 4 weeks. 2 weeks in Uganda alone, learning about ministry and life in Uganda to prepare for the future move there. Then a team (unknown who or how big) will join me and we will spend a week in Uganda working in orphanages maybe doing some street ministry and just extending the hand of God's love to the unlovable.
Finally for the 4th week we will take a bus to Tanzania and spend a week with the Forrest Family, missionaries who were launched from my church. There are no real ministry plans but we are going to love on and encourage them. We are intentionally not planning ministry because it's $550 for a work visa, but if we are going just to visit the Forrests it's $50.
I'm excited to just be in Africa again. I'm excited to have more of an independent and leadership roll this time. I'm really excited to see how God will use me.
You have several opportunities to be involved in this trip at varying levels. You can join us. If you feel God is calling you to spend some time in Africa loving His people there, contact me at enlighten.05@gmail.com and let me know. You can also invest in this trip. I mean invest in every sense of the word because your tax free donations mean the world of difference for the lives that will be touched. It means that how ever God uses us while we are there, he's using you too. You become the hands and feet of Jesus through me. Finally you can pray. Let me know that you are consistently lifting me up in prayer about this trip and I'll keep you updated with more details especially as the trip gets closer.
To donate go to valleypraisecenter.com click on "Give Online" then as you enter in where you want your donation to go, in the other box, type "Nicole Card's mission fund" Thank you so much for your investments.
