Evotional.com - Mark Batterson

I'm checking out of the blogosphere for the next ten days. We leave this afternoon for Ethiopia and I don't think we'll have internet access. It's so wild that ten days without internet seems so unbelievable. In some ways, it is a "technological fast" that isn't all bad. The flight will take about twenty hours so I'm packing lots of books. We'll be loving and serving the people of Ethiopia via outreaches. I think I'll be preaching a few times as well. We also have one excursion planned into the Awosh Game Park.

It was July of 2000 that I went to Ethiopia last. And it was about ten days after returning that my intestines ruptured. The doctor said it was totally unrelated to my trip to Ethiopia, but I've always doubted that. I don't have that same feeling of "invincibility" that I had when I went five years ago. I sort of feel like I'm facing this unspoken fear that has lingered on the back burner for five years. I'm getting back on the horse or back in the saddle. I'm excited to see what God does in us and through us. I'd appreciate your prayers while I'm gone!