Andrew and Kate's Journey: August 2012

Sunday, August 19, 2012

8th month of support discovery

Our family is going to Bethesda Orphan Village in South Africa to work with the eleven-year-old ministry caring for HIV/AIDS orphans in South Africa.

Our goal is to bring hope through the Gospel to South African orphans and there will be many ways in which we will be assisting at Bethesda toward that end. We will be involved in community outreach with the Hands of Mercy Ministry, working with house parents to help disciple children to be wholehearted followers of Jesus Christ, coordinate and host guest groups, and Kate will be able to use her nursing skills to provide basic medical care to everyone at the ophan village as well as teach in the community and local churches.

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Winter '08

In our journey to run hard after Christ, we believe God has given us gifts and passion to reach young people not only here in the United States but also those suffering from the AIDS pandemic around the world and specifically in Africa.

This past Christmas, we began to talk about the possibility of going on a short term missions trip on Kate's 3 week summer break in August. In January, we contacted a number of missions agencies and organizations that are also passionate about reaching AIDS orphans. We didn't have to wait long before we got numerous responses from all over the world. Bethesda Outreach Ministries quickly went to the top of our list.

By the first week of February, we were already talking to the Mixon's (the missionaries at Bethesda) on the phone. After much prayer and a whole lot of email conversations, we set the date August 6-23, 2008.

This winter was the first steps on a new journey for the Dodds!

What is Bethesda?

Bethesda Outreach is a ministry of Evangelical Baptist Missions. Bethesda's mission is to encourage and assist local churches in meeting the needs of orphan children, that they may become disciples of Christ. What we think is also really unique about Bethesda is they don't just line up beds in a dorm for the orphans. They have Christian South African couples raise 5 or 6 of the orphans as their own children there on Bethesda's grounds. So the kids grow up in a loving Christian home with "siblings" and get the example of what a mom and dad should be like. They also have a school there and they teach the kids life skills so that when they leave as adults, they have a trade or a skill and can get a job in the workforce to provide for themselves.

Click here for more information Bethesda Outreach Ministry Website

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