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 and Cryan'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!