MTS Team
Abuse and Trauma Ministry Trip
The MTS team will be conducting a series of conferences for pastors, relief workers, care givers of abuse survivors and street children, prostituted women, and soldiers. They may be adding one other East African country on this trip. Please check back for updated details.
(exact dates tentative)
God is Amazing! Please take some time and read about what He did in Africa during the time we spent in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our team was able to provide three different conferences in three different locations. What a privilege and honor to work with all those who the Lord connected us with [...]
Vulnerable Child Conference
Kampala was just incredible - God did amazing things through the conference there. This conference was designed to educate leaders in the care of abused children through the use of a new resource “Caring for the Vulnerable Child” by Steve and Celestia Tracy. The Director’s of World Vision and Compassion International were among [...]
The team is excited to be traveling back to Congo in 2009. Below is a newsletter from Christine Stephenson that explains what the schedule looks like for the team and how you can pray for them.
Click the link below to download and view the newsletter:
Newsletter - Congo 2009
They have arrived!
Christine, Peggy, and David are in Africa! Please continue to pray for them and for Steve as he will be joining them shortly.
Click on the link below to view the newsletter for information regarding the plan, their schedule, and how you can specifically pray for them while they are ministering to those the Lord [...]
Democratic Republic of Congo
2008 Congo Trip
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the third largest country in Africa, roughly the size of the United States east of the Mississippi. In spite of its rich natural resources, its population (approximately 60 million people) has suffered horribly for decades under repressive and corrupt regimes, invading armies, and [...]
Dear family and friends,
We arrived back in the U.S. Monday night after a rather grueling 40 hour return trip. (I guess we’re pretty spoiled given the fact that missionaries used to take a couple months by boat to get to Africa). Sorry I wasn’t able to send out an email earlier but I have been [...]
Dear friends and family,
We arrived back from our Africa trip this past weekend safe and sound. Before we even packed our bags to return to the U.S., we wrestled with how to communicate what we experienced in Congo. We unanimously agreed that: this was one of the most profound experiences of our lives; God utterly [...]
The Kingdom of God is Within Us
Spending time in Africa has changed us. America’s affluence has removed us from what is real. Our comfort affords us the luxury of a lullaby - if we are not careful we can drift off to sleep and never know what we have missed. Jesus ascended so that we [...]