More video of the misison conference in Dallas

Here are 2 more videos that I recorded. The first is of Dickson Masindano talking about recent events in Kenya. The second is panel discussion of various of Buckner mission directors around the world. Dickson responds to questions posed by Randy Daniels, Buckner Vice President of Global Initiatives.

Geoff Moore video

Naomi & I saw this video at the Buckner Founder's Day last Friday night. We also got to hear Geoff Moore sing. Geoff is a contemporary Christian singer that made a Buckner mission trip to Guatemala this last year and is now a supporter of Buckner efforts.

Team Members

Trying to get 10 people together in one place at a specific time is not an easy thing to do. But we succeeded. We are lucky to have the people we have going on this trip. They have varied backgrounds, varied skills and talents, but have at least a couple of things in common; the love of God and the love for orphan children. In the slide show we also have Buckner members who will be with us on the trip: Julie Schiefer, who is the mission coordinator, and Dickson Masindano, the director of Buckner-Kenya.

Dallas

Naomi and I spent the weekend in Dallas. We had heard about the Go.Be.Do. Buckner missions converence (http://www.buckner.org/gobedoconference/), but had decided not to go. But we heard that Dickson Masindano was going to be there to present. We knew that it would be good if we met with him concerning the trip. So, we contacted Julie Schiefer, our Buckner trip representative, and she set up a lunch date with Dickson, Scott Collins, herself, and ourselves. It was time well spent. We were able to go over a number of details that would have been hard to for us to go over had we not met face to face. Additionally, we were able to renew our acquaintence with him and to see what a joy it will be to work with him. Also, it was great to meet Julie. We will be working closely with Julie as the trip date nears and on the trip itself. And, of course, it's always good to see Scott again. This is also probably the busiest week of the year for Scott, but he took time to be with us. You see, not only was the mission's conference on Saturday, but the annual Founder's Day banquet and a quarterly trustees meeting on Friday. We got to see Dickson present at the mission's conference and see him singled out for his work in Kitale at the Founder's Day banquet. I hope to be able to show video on that later.

Congratulations to Dickson

We found out the Dickson Masindano is receiving an award. This is the Hardin-Simmons University 2008 Young Alumni. Dickson is the director of Buckner Kenya and was with Naomi and myself on our trip to Kenya in May 2006. We enjoyed every moment with him. He was a great help to us. Hardin-Simmons is a Baptist university in Abilene, Texas, where Dickson went to school. Here is the URL to the university's website that talks about the award: http://www.hsutx.edu/news/FAF/story/970.html.

Here's another link, this time on Buckner's website: http://www.buckner.org/enews-kenyadirhonored.shtml

Congratulations.