2020: Borthwick travel and ministry schedule

Greeting friends and thank you for your ongoing interest in, prayer for and support related to our ongoing ministry with DAI and beyond.  We will try to update this schedule with greater detail as the year unfolds, but below you will find our current ministry trip schedule for 2020 – along with prayer requests along the way.

SEPTEMBER (working from SW Florida as our home base)

No trips on current schedule, but please pray for:

• Diligence in study, writing, and preparing for strategic ministry in early February
• Follow up with 2019 support raising 
• Writing our report that goes with the DAI Annual Report

FEBRUARY (working from SW Florida as our home base)

Two international trips ahead. Please pray:

• 3^rd through 8^th: Paul will be joining cross-cultural workers (who are themselves from a “closed country” and who now serve in the Muslim and Hindu world) to offer Bible teaching and encouragement for their lives and work. Please pray for a true Holy Spirit-connection between his messages and these faithful workers. The meetings are in Turkey.
• 28^th through March 9^th: Paul will be facilitating the “Culture, Ethnicity & Diversity” course in the DAI MAOL* program in South Asia (specific location is in a country that is opposing the Gospel and pressuring Christians). Pray for problem-free travel and excellence in teaching cross-culturally. (*MAOL = Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership)

MARCH (working from SW Florida as our home base)

• 1^st through 9^th: DAI MAOL teaching (see above). Please pray for the teaching trip in South Asia: 

APRIL (working from SW Florida as our home base)

• 1^st through 3^rd: Guest Teaching 2-3 days in the GCTS DMIN program. This teaching will be part of the Gordon-Conwell Seminary Doctorate in Cross-Cultural Ministry led by Dr. Peter Kuzmic and Dr. Robert Hoskins. Go to https://www.gordonconwell.edu/doctor-ministry/tracks/385-2/ for more info.

MAY (working from Lexington MA as our home base)

• 11^th through 15^th: London/Oxford for meetings and ministry site visits. Paul & Christie will join other trustees and spouses in the Crowell Trust to allocate funding and meet personally with Trust partners.  Pray for our joint wisdom as we respond to requests.

JUNE (working from Lexington MA as our home base)

• 24/25^th through July 3^rd: We are in the planning process with colleagues in Costa Rica to go and teach the principles of indigenous Fund-raising (i.e., raising ministry support in their own countries or regions) to Costa Rican leaders. And if the political situation is stable, the trip would include an encouragement trip to DAI Colleagues in Nicaragua. Please pray for details to be worked out and for effective teaching though translation. Pray that it will be relevant in various contexts.

• Book Note: Paul latest book, Mission 3:16 – God’s One-Verse Invitation to Love the World, is scheduled for release June 9^th. Note to new and faithful donors – you’ll receive a copy simply as our way to say thank-you! Check it out at https://www.ivpress.com/mission-3-16.

JULY (working from Lexington MA as our home base)

• 24^th through August 3^rd: We are in the planning process with colleagues in West Africa to go and teach the principles of indigenous Fund-raising to leaders in Senegal and Togo.  Please pray for details to be worked out and for effective teaching that is relevant in contexts where the Christian population is very small.

AUGUST (working from Lexington MA as our home base)

• 1^st to 3^rd: West Africa trip (see above)

• 17^th through 24^th: Borthwick “Clan” gathering in Scotland – joining Paul’s sister Sue and brother Scott (and his wife Donna) in exploring our Scottish heritage (FYI: if you want to meet the kind of people we’re descended from , watch Mel Gibson’s movie Braveheart!) 

SEPTEMBER (working from Lexington MA as our home base)

• 13^th or 14^th through 24^th: We are in the planning process with colleagues in East Asia to go and teach the principles of the Culture and Ethnicity course in two countries there. Please pray for details to be worked out and for effective teaching that is relevant in contexts where the Christian population is small and under pressure.

OCTOBER (working from Lexington MA as our home base)

• 16^th through 18^th: Mission Conference speaking Lansing, MI

• 25^th through 29^th: Trustees meetings in Colorado Springs

NOVEMBER (working from SW Florida as our home base)

• 1^st through 8^th: Asia specialist David Ro has invited Paul to come as an observer/participant at the Asia 2020 conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Please pray for the leaders who are planning for this gathering to reach the most populous, most unreached, and most strategic continent.

DECEMBER (working from SW Florida as our home base)

• No travels at this point

Joyfully on the journey & grateful for you, 

Christie & Paul

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