Posts by Olivia Alligood
Guatemala Update 3: VBS in the Village
Today, we returned to the village we installed the stoves and water filters last Saturday. We joined the staff at AVIS to do a VBS for the children in the community. It was a cool, rainy day but the school was full of kids and adults despite the muddy roads and cool temperatures. Our team…
Read MoreGuatemala Update 2: Casa Gloria
The last two days in Guatemala have been amazing! We had the pleasure of traveling to Casa Gloria, a children’s home right outside of Santa Cruz Verapaz. We were inspired as we heard stories about the incredible recoveries of the kids that live in small apartments with their nannies at Casa Gloria. Our team was…
Read MoreGuatemala Update 1: Stoves and Water Filters
We arrived in Guatemala! After two easy flights we took a bus to our hotel. The bus ride ended up being a little longer than we thought dude to some traffic, but it just gave us more time for team bonding! Today, we got to go into one of the villages and installed stoves and…
Read MoreArmenia Update 3: Places of Worship
Wednesday, March 5, the team drove to the Garni Temple, a structure originally built as a pagan temple and later rebuilt and regarded as an important pre-Christian monument. We stopped here and prayed for a number of Armenians who are beginning to participate in pagan worship in attempt to connect to their heritage. We drove to…
Read MoreArmenia Update 2: Stories, Fellowship and Prayer
Today, we spent the morning with our partners at their workplace in an unhurried time of worship, prayer, and devotion. This multi-language extended time with brothers and sisters from across the globe, including those from adversarial nations who now work together, was a picture of the equipping and building up of the body of Christ…
Read MoreArmenia Update 1: Faithful to Pray
Monday, we did a prayer walk through the city of Yerevan, stopping at 6 important locations to pray over the city. All of these locations (i.e., St. Gregory’s Cathedral, Republic Square, the Armenian National Opera and Ballet, and others) are gathering spaces where Armenian believers encounter nonbelievers regularly. In these places across Yerevan, we stoped…
Read MoreEast Africa Update 5: Rejoice Project Camp
Today was another great day here in East Africa, working with Rejoice Project. We spent the day helping provide clean water filters to schools, making sure the kids have access to safe water and know how to use the filters. I also had a lot of fun running games with the kids and taking pictures…
Read MoreEast Africa Update 4: Men and Women of the Word
Today, we held the first ever women’s conference in the community while Nathanael led a pastor’s training with the men down the road. By the Lord’s grace, more than 80 faithful women in the community gathered today to worship, learn, and encourage each other. Our African sisters led us in worship and a teaching from…
Read MoreEast Africa Update 3: Worship and Fellowship
Today was an incredible day of worshipping the Lord through song, dance, and fellowship! It was amazing to worship the Lord with our East African brothers and sisters in Christ. Their passion for the Lord and worshipping Him was so inspiring and encouraging. We went to a home in the community for a water filter…
Read MoreEast Africa Update 2: Sharing Life Together
We had a wonderful and humbling day with the Rejoice project leaders. They share their life with us and taught us how to make some of the local dishes. We even caught a chicken and had it for lunch. It was a sacrificial gift from the families we visited. The women were a wonderful testimony…
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