a Zeelander's journey to Africa

Jennifer Hamm a local Zeeland resident is advancing towards her final destination as a missionary to Kisumu Kenya Africa with a gathering of family, friends and the wonderful people of Zeeland who have supported her since she moved here 5 years ago. Jennifer who attends Ridge Point Community Church has served her neighbors and the local community in many different ways. She credits the wonderful people in Zeeland for encouraging her vision, helping her step out in faith and fulfilling her destiny.

You can learn more about Jenny's story from her blog ,

http://jennysjourneythruafrica.blogspot.com

a message from Jenny:

Dear Friends , Neighbors, and Love Ones;

I remember the moment when I was 13 years old when I heard HIM call me to Africa, It was a still, small voice and yet so very powerful it still rings like thunder into the very core of who I am. Although my life's journey has taken me from place to place I cannot abandon this stronghold of my soul.

Africa, a place of death and poverty, a landscape scattered with bones of the dead and yet HE calls me to a people that cry out to HIM for compassion and mercy. How can I not submit to this yearning that has been within me for years? If I abandon this longing, surely I will die. I am consumed with this passion for faces I have not seen and a people I do not know.

I humbly come to you to help me fulfill this calling that burns within me. I am willing to go to a place of poverty knowing full well that my eyes will see things that are unspeakable. My arms cannot wait to hold the HIV/AID child who no one wants and that has been left for dead and I will smooth its fevered brow.

To be able to get to where I need to go to and hold that child I feel I must go to Iris Harvest School of Missionaries in Mozambique, Africa where I will be trained in the ways of the people of the countries I will be entering into too. The school starts October 12th
2009 and I am in need of much prayer to see that my feet touch the soil of Africa.

I promise not to fail you and that of The Lord Jesus Christ.

Allow me to show you the faces of those who draw me away to a place of delightful passion for the LORD. You are invited to

A CELEBRATION OF HIS CALLING TO AFRICA

To be held on Saturday October 3 2009
At The Baert Baron Mansion
Between the hours of 6:00 & 9:00 p.m.
Hor d oeuvres & Refreshment will be served

RSVP Jennifer Hamm at (616) 212-6533