Circle Tour 2010

* Please pray as we put together a short video reflecting our tour in 2009 in preparation for advertising and reaching out in preparation for 2010.

* Please pray as we lift our speaker Liz Curtis Higgs who will be joining us in 2010.

* Please pray for our Thailand Orphanage as they go through a transitional period of new management. The President of WAR, Int'l is looking to visit them this summer in preparation for our upcoming trip in 2010.

Stay tuned for more updates.

The adventure of Kathy B.

In looking over my journal entries, in order to write you about my trip to Thailand, it occurs to me that perhaps the best way to relate the experience is to simply use my journal entries, with perhaps some minor modifications. So here goes:

Thursday, February 12, 2009 - Okay, so Semper Gumby it is (Always Flexible—our team motto)! My flight from Knoxville to Minneapolis was canceled, so now I fly 2 hours later to Detroit, but after a few moments of anxiety, found out from Carol (group travel agent) that I will be on the same flight from Detroit to Tokyo as the other WAR team! And the really good news is—I am over my stomach virus—yea, God! The scripture that comes to mind about my connection in Detroit is: “For by You I can run against a troop, And by my God I can leap over a wall (Ps. 18:29).” The close connection was made devastatingly so as the gate was not prepared for our arrival and our debarkation was delayed. Naturally, I had to make it all the way through Concourse C on those moving sidewalks carrying what felt like a 30 lb. carry on bag! I walked as fast as I could; then as I was ascending the escalator to Concourse A, Jen called to say I’d better run, because they couldn’t delay the flight! As soon as I got off, I ran like crazy; my lungs were burning, I was gasping for breath; I must have looked like a mad woman as I dashed up to the gate waving my ticket and shouting, “Wait! Wait!” even though the doors were shut! Thankfully, they let me board, and as I huffed to my seat, Jen called from across the aisle, “Are you Kathryn Bailey?” I said, “Yes,” and everyone cheered! They said they had been praying for me to make the flight! What an awesome God we serve!

To be continued......

April 2009 Update

NOTE: Now that we have all settled back into our every day lives we have noticed on common denominator: We as a group of 36 women WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. Our eyes have been opened, our hearts have been broken, and our spirits have risen to know God's power works and thrives in the lives of each and every one of the women we met (even the ones who do not know the Lord). God is moving and no one is going to stop what he has in store to heal and restore his lost and wounded children. These women are truly DAUGHTERS OF THE KING!

Over the next couple months you will see more postings of our adventures through a series of letters and insights written from our Circle Tour 2009 team. Our prayer is you will join us on our continual adventure to be prayer warriors not only for the women we left in Thailand, but the missionaries who are on the front lines fighting for truth.

In Him

The Women of '09