Below is a post from the Ekstrand’s blog (http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/wp\/ekstrand\/) detailing the travel schedule for Dave, Curt Peterson (executive minister of World Mission), and Pete and Cindy Ekstrand (Covenant missionaries in Africa). They will be joined by James Tang in Sudan. We will update here as often as we hear from Dave but he will likely be out of touch until he is back in Kenya. Keep them in your prayers as they travel.<\/p>\n
Africa trip schedule
\nSept 20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 arrive Nairobi
\nSept 21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 visit Rift Valley Academy and the CURE Kijabe orthopedic pediatric hospital
\nSept 22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 visit the poultry project at the Kitengela Covenant Church just outside Nairobi.\u00a0 Meetings with the Evangelical Covenant Church of Kenya
\nSept 23\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fly from Nairobi to Juba, Sudan.\u00a0 Juba is the capital of southern Sudan.\u00a0 Visit with World Relief International program directors
\nSept 24\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fly from Juba to Malakal.
\nSept 25-26\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 visit Evangelical Covenant Church of Sudan (ECCS) projects, begin meetings with the ECCS leadership.\u00a0 Topics will include the relationship between the ECC and the ECCS, relief and development, projects: proposal, management, reporting and accountability, the role of women and women ministries (by Cindy), and more
\nSept 27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 worship
\nSept 28-29\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 travell by boat from Malakal up the White Nile and tributary to Bentiu with an overnight stop in Fangok
\nSept 30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 visit the Covenant school in Bentiu
\nOct\u00a0 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fly from Bentiu to Juba
\nOct\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Juba to Nairobi
\nOct\u00a0 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nairobi to Lamu Island on the NE coast of Kenya
\nOct\u00a0 4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 travel by boat and bus from Lamu inland to Mpeketoni early to arrive in time for worship with the Evangelical Covenant Church of Kenya (ECCK).\u00a0 Visit with leadership and members.
\nOct\u00a0 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 visit Covenant World Relief projects managed by the ECCK.\u00a0 Meeting with the ECCK leadership and pastors about:\u00a0 relief & development projects and their role in the church, project management and reporting, women\u2019s ministries and the role of women
\nOct\u00a0 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 visits continue, travel back to Lamu.\u00a0 Visit projects on Lamu
\nOct\u00a0 7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 visit projects on nearby Manda Island.\u00a0 Return to Nairobi in afternoon and fly out to the US that night.<\/p>\n