Significant things often start with a conversation between friends. Such was the case when five young women – Jesanya Scale of Jamaica, Natalie and Tabitha Wendt of Tennessee, and Michelle and Annie Fleming of Orlando discussed their passion for mission while meeting last spring at the Generations Ministries Camps and Mission Events Leadership Summit held near Dallas, Texas.
The outgrowth of the conversation was a mission trip held last July to support the annual Vacation Bible School (VBS) held in Jamaica (for a previous GCI Weekly Update report on this trip, click here).
Because of the success of the Jamaican mission trip, the girls are now planning follow-up trips in 2013 and 2014. In addition to again supporting the Jamaican VBS, they will be conducting a one-day family enrichment seminar in 2013 and a one-day health clinic in 2014.
The girls, along with the Jamaicans, are grateful to GCI’s Orlando church, pastored by Steve Schantz, for their financial and prayer support of this mission work. Over the past year, the congregation has kept a J.A.M. (Jamaica Ambassadors Mission) jar on a table at services to collect donations. In preparing to help fund the 2013 trip, the congregation hosted a fund raising concert on December 2 (pictured below) where over $900 was raised.
Now there’s a real “JAM session.” Great work ladies and pastor Steve. A great example for us all.
Well done thou good and faithful servants. Where in Jamaica was this held? Who is the pastor there? Would like to know so we can be me specific in our prayers.