The Africa Project: Support Needed

If you’ve been a regular reader on the blog, you might remember my Africa Project Post. I’m so excited to tell you that we have raised the $30,000 plus an extra $5,000. The $5,000 will be used towards a clinic added on to the orphanage which will benefit not only the orphans but the surrounding community. We have the opportunity to send a team to Tanzania this summer to be there for the dedication of the orphanage and to spend a week with the orphans. This is both an exciting and nerve racking time for a small group of college students going. Raising support is new for a majority of the students and we’re at the point where we’ve been sending out support letters to everyone we know. ICM is helping us with the logistics of the trip but ultimately, it is up to us to raise the support needed.

Being a part of this club has been an extraordinary opportunity and experience for me. It is incredible to begin to take on responsibility and consider the needs of others above my own. To think that my efforts, as a college student, have the capacity to impact a village in Africa by touching the life of a child who is in serious need of a home and protection. The construction of this orphanage literally has the potential to impact a life for generations, not only the life of a Tanzanian but mine as well.

We’re planning on going May 24-31. I share all this information with you to let you know what is taking place in my life and the opportunity that I have to visit Tanzania. Every person going needs to raise $3,000 for the trip. During our stay, we will have the opportunity to meet the children as well as the caretaker of the orphanage. We will have the chance to show them love, just like Christ loves His children. I am eagerly anticipating the precious time I will be able to spend with the children. If you can support me in a financial way, I would be very grateful. And, most importantly, I also need your support in prayer. Prayer is the fuel that will allow us to be successful as we follow God's leading in Tanzania.

If you would like to be part of this mission through your financial support, you can send me a check addressed to:

Kate Scheel
1000 University Pl#3107
Newport News, VA 23606

Please make your check payable to Kathleen Scheel and write "ICM The Africa Project" on the memo line. All contributions are tax deductible. We need all the help we can get, so anything you can give us, we would greatly appreciate it. The Lord is the ultimate provider, and He is the reason we can even go on this trip. I can’t wait to see how the Lord is going to reveal Himself in Tanzania.

This video was created by ICM's Kody Zenger, an amazing photographer and videographer. It shows footage of his recent trip to Tanzania. Please watch and enjoy.

AIDS, Orphans and Hope. Tanzania. from Kody Zenger on Vimeo.