Dad in East Africa

{Photo credit to dad}  Taken during one of mom & dad's annual visits to Kenya

Please join me and my family in prayer as my dad leads a team of Korean medical students to East Africa on medical missions! They'll be there for the rest of January and all of February. Many of you who have experienced short-term missions know that God uses the prayers of supporters in powerful, faithful ways on the field. So again, please, we would be so grateful if you could lift my father and his team up with prayers over the next two months. Here are some specific requests:

• God. Pray that the team, the missionaries, and the people that will be served will be blessed with a rich, undeniable experience of God. That God would make His presence known to all who are touched. That His powerful gift of salvation would be received by many.
• Team. The medical students that attend this trip are part of my dad's program for students who are interested in becoming medical missionaries. Pray that their hearts will be convicted through this trip, and that God will raise up future physicians who willingly forsake a rich, prestigious career at home to bring spiritual and physical healing to the ends of the earth.
• Dad. Pray for physical strength to endure the long traveling hours and the pressure of leading this team without my mom, who couldn't join him this year. Pray that he will have intimate times with God every day. Pray for love for his students.
• Safety. For physical, mental, emotional, spiritual safety. Some of their ministries take place in areas of unrest. Many of their ministries are located in rural, middle-of-nowhere areas. Pray for this team's safety. 
• The rest of us... For me, sister, mom, grandparents. That we would not be anxious about my dad's safety and well-being, but that we would be vigilant in prayer and thankful for a chance to serve the Lord as a family, even though this time it's only my dad making the trip. 

Thank you for praying. Really. 

{Photo credit to dad} Oh, that precious children like these might come to know the healing and forgiveness of the Lord...