Travelogue

Wind Turbine Blade!

Holly Still In The Snow

Germany is Awesome!

I Love Being Cold!

View From Our Hotel Room in Wurzburg

This is what we saw when we woke up and looked out our window this morning.

Papenburg Germany

Holly's first snowfall!

We Made It To Germany!

We are all settled in at our hotel in Papenburg and taking showers. Looking forward to having dinner with Donna and Jeff.

Pumpkin soup here we come!!!!!

Arrived in Paris

We just arrived in Paris and it is 60 degrees colder here than in Ougadougou! We leave for Dusseldorf, Germany in a couple of hours to start our mini vacation until I go back to work on the Disney Dream. I will be sending pictures and updates when I can.

Thank you all again for your prayers, the entire team made it safely to Paris. Some are on their way home and some are staying in Paris for a few days to rest before going home.

Love and prayers Jim, Holly and the team.

Current Travel Status

All checked in at the Ougadougou Airport and will be leaving for Paris in 3 hours.

Thank you again for your prayers throughout this trip!

Back in Ouagadougou

We left the village early this morning and we are back in Ouagadougou. I don't have the exact numbers yet but we treated around 700 people, 25 people gave there lives to Jesus and we cut 6 witch doctor idols off of children. 

We're shopping and then back to the mission house for showers and then to the airport at 8PM for an 11:50 flight. 

Thank you for your prayers, they were felt and heard. 

Prayer Request

Lynn Kennedy needs your prayers. Her asthma is bothering her along with a very annoying cough and cannot sleep.

Thank you for keeping her in your prayers.

Decisions for Christ

We have had almost 20 people in Tenkiedougou give their life to Jesus Christ... the most I have ever seen. Tonight we are showing the Jesus film in the village. 

Please be in prayer. 

Prayer Request

Please pray for two very sick and malnourished babies that were brought to us today. Patrice drove them to the hospital in Dano just before sunset. Not sure they will make it through the night.

Happy Thanksgiving

God has been so good to us today. We finished with the school children in the morning and opened the clinic back up to all. Vegetable stew for dinner tonight. So much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving!

No one on the team has gotten sick. Praise His name, this has never happened before. God's love is all around us.

Wound Care

Another awesome day in West Africa! Today Holly and I cleaned wounds for the wound care specialists in the morning and in the afternoon we did malaria testing. Time for dinner and a bucket shower. Tomorrow is our last full day in the village.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Clinic Day

What a day we had today! The hardest but most rewarding I can remember. So many wounds and malaria. At lunch time we had 124 children from the village school come through the clinic with various illnesses and wounds. The kids are amazing, I want to bring every one of them home with me... If you want your reward before you get to heaven, go on a mission trip! We're all exhausted and need your prayers!

Finished First Day

We just finished our first full day in the village and treated 37 cases of malaria, various infected wounds, one broken thumb and prayed with every patient. Your prayers are being heard. The Healer is with us always! Love and prayers, Jim, Holly and the entire team.

Please pray! Today a woman brought her very dehydrated young baby to us for treatment. Prior to that, she visited a witch doctor who told her to starve the baby and then kill her as a demon sacrifice. I prayed away all curses put on this child and we are praying that she will live to glorify God all the days of her life.

Jim & Holly

We're At Tenkiendougou

We have arrived at the village of Tenkiendougou. After setting up the tents, we had dinner and are now off to bed. We start the medical clinic first thing in the morning.

Love and prayers to you all.

Jim and Holly

I had my last bowl of pumpkin soup before leaving Germany

I just finished my last bowl of pumpkin soup in Papenburg, Germany. I'm doing my final packing and then I'm going to bed. My driver will be picking me up at 3AM to take me to the Dusseldorf Airport so that I can catch my 7:25AM flight to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa. Lynn Kennedy and I will be meeting in Paris and taking the same flight to Burkina, one day ahead of Holly and the team of doctors from the United States. We'll get a good nights sleep and get up early Sunday morning for a 5 hour ride with the medical team to Tenkiedougou.

Please keep us in your prayers!

Sea Trials Today

Today we are about 200 kilometers off the coast of the Netherlands. The Disney Dream is conducting 2 days of sea trials and then we are heading back to Eemshaven, Germany. Most of the tests are no big deal but the "roll test" is exactly what you would expect. They did it in the middle of the night last night and all you can do is lay in bed and try not to barf. Our satellite connection is not very reliable but I will try to make another update before I go to bed tonight.

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Leaving Papenburg, Germany tonight.

Leaving Papenburg Germany

Netherlands today

On our way to Groningen to buy props.

This is what moves the heavy pieces of the ship

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Disney Fantasy

Disney Dream in Papenburg Germany

Its such a tourist attraction they sell cotton candy in the parking lot to people taking photos.

Need encouragement? Ask the One that created it...

A few days ago I was praying and I told God that I needed encouragement.

I also told Him that I didn't want it in the form of money but that I needed something that would encourage my heart.

Yesterday, we received a check in the mail for $860 with a note saying that it is to be used for solar power for another maternity clinic.

This morning, I deposited that check at the bank and the teller said "HE sent me, that's a great name for a business. What do you do?" I told her and as she held on to every word I said, she then told me how amazing it is to see how God is working through us.

He always knows exactly what you need at the perfect time!

Hope you all are encouraged by this...

Our Third Medical Mission Trip To West Africa

As we begin packing for our third medical mission trip to Burkina Faso, we can't help but think about all of you that have made this happen through your giving and time spent in prayer for us.

These trips are both difficult and rewarding. While enduring extreme temperatures and sleeping conditions, limited food and water sources and the risk of illness, we focus on God and our mission: helping the people in this neglected region of West Africa.

I will be traveling from Dusseldorf, Germany to join Holly and the team of doctors from the U.S. on November 19th in Burkina Faso. After a short rest we will head to the village of Tenkeindougou (about a 7 hour drive) to set up the clinic.

There is no more important team member on a mission trip than the ones that commit to meet with the Lord daily on behalf of the ones who go. Thank you for being a part of the team!

Happy Thanksgiving,
Jim Dotson
Executive Director

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