It is hard to believe that it is already October.  As we enter into fall, let us share with you some things that have happened since we returned from South Africa. In August, soon after returning home, we took a three-week trip to Florida and Georgia, a mix of ministry and pleasure.

Chip had the opportunity to preach at New Hope Church in Orlando for pastors Joe & Kim Palm. Chip and Joe were MDiv students at ORU together. What a blessing it was to spend some time with Joe and Kim and minister in their church. If you are in Orlando, we recommend visiting New Hope Worship Center. (Church Information)

 

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES Would you like Chip to minister at your church or some other event? Click HERE or email mollie@sonriseintl.com. We are looking for more opportunities in the USA for Chip to share the story of what God is doing in WACA.

 

   

 

UPCOMING TRIP

Chip is preparing for an upcoming trip to West Africa from October 23 through November 17. We thank you in advance for your prayers.  The countries he plans to visit are listed below with brief prayer requests. Senegal – Chip flies from Tulsa to Dakar, Senegal on Oct. 23-24, where he will meet with Paul, a WACA team member, who is flying from Conakry, Guinea. They plan to spend Oct. 25-26 there with Guy and Nathalie who are currently coordinating Senegal. When Chip flies to Mali, Paul will travel through Senegal to The Gambia, Cassamance (southern Senegal), and Guinea Bissau encouraging and exhorting our coordination teams there. We are asking the Lord to also make a way and open the door to another country that we believe the Holy Spirit has been highlighting to us in the last months. Please ask the Lord to give us sensitivity to the voice of the Holy Spirit and His timing, for the doors to open, for favor, and for wisdom.  Mali - On Sunday, Oct. 27, Chip flies to Bamako, Mali to have two separate meetings that will overlap for several days with the two church associations of Mali. Essentially, the Lord has given us great favor to speak to the entire Church there! We currently have about six Live Schools operating in Mali, but believe this is the time the Lord wants to add much momentum to the Church there. We are expecting these meetings to be significant and bear much fruit.  All we hear on the news is the bad news happening in the Sahel region, but God is doing an amazing work there! May God be exalted and the Malian Church be encouraged and empowered during our time with them! Please pray for boldness and favor as Chip and the team from Burkina Faso minister to the Church in Mali. Pray for good fruit to come from these meetings. Pray that Live School would help to unify the church in this land.    Chad – While Moise and the Burkina Faso team finish ministering, Chip flies to N’djamena, Chad on November 2 to spend some time with Justin, who is providing oversight to the work in Central Africa. He will also spend the week imparting to the Leadership Development Academy students during their last week of school. On November 7, the LDA students graduate. Please pray over this time with Justin, as we will be discussing the future development of a more empowered WACA Team.  Nigeria - On November 8th, Chip flies to Abuja, Nigeria and will spend time with the ministries translating and dubbing Live School into Hausa. The translation is 42% done and must be complete by May 2020.  This will allow us to have the Hausa Live School units ready to launch by the end of August.  While we have faced delays, the Lord will see this project through to completion, for the Hausa People Group is the largest Unreached People Group in West and Central Africa. Please pray the translation and dubbing team understand the urgency to get this project completed. There is a saying, “Time is money.” This is way more important than that! In this case, literally, “Time is souls!” Countless thousands will enter into an eternal personal relationship with our Father through faith in Jesus Christ, as a result of indigenous missionaries being trained with the Hausa Live School! Togo - On November 14th Chip is scheduled to fly to Lomé, Togo and spend several days with our East Gold Coast Team (Benin and Togo). While in Togo, he will be coordinating details for our 2020 WACA Team Meeting to be held there. Please pray for good communication to the East Gold Coast Team of all the logistics that need to be scheduled and done for this WACA Team Meeting and for them to take “ownership” of them.  Also, trust God with us that Chip recognize the venue we need and be able to negotiate a competitive price for it.   On November 17, Chip finally flies home in time for Thanksgiving. After such a trip, there is no doubt Chip will be thankful to be home with his family!

Thank you for your continued support! We often say, “It is going to take the entire Body of Christ working together to fulfill the Great Commission” (Phil 1:27). Every member of the Body of Christ is important. Your partnership with us in prayer and giving is resulting in 1,000’s of indigenous missionaries being trained in local, rural churches across WACA, who are making disciples and planting churches among the neediest! To think that we began this work just 10 years ago is shocking! Only God could do such a thing! To Him be the glory! As we each do our part in Christ, may the glory of the Lord fill the earth! Love,  Chip & Kathy Carroll