Emily Russell discusses her mission trip to Zimbabwe, Africa last summer at today’s JOY Club at First Baptist Church of Eupora. She is showing the group one of the handmade wooden bowls she purchased from a needy family during her trip.
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FBC Eupora member to serve as summer missionary to Africa
For Emily Russell, the summer mission trip to Africa is “a great opportunity to reach out to those who don’t know the good news of Jesus Christ.”
Russell has been appointed through the Mississippi Baptist Student Union and the International Mission Board as a 2014 Mississippi BSU Summer Student missionary to Zimbabwe.
Russell said her trip is the chance “for the Lord to work through her and her teammates to further His kingdom.”
“Not only that, but it is the opportunity for the Lord to grow me in my own spiritual walk, to build faith and trust in him above all else,” Russell said. “It is also the sweet opportunity to love on some children who have nothing else in this world.” Continue reading
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