Prologue

Many great stories have a prologue. It sets the stage for the drama and excitement that begins with Chapter 1.

On June 30, we will travel to Kenya and Malawi. This trip represents the initial steps of a journey to be known as The Colonial Global Orphan Project.

Here is what you need to know up front.

• Jim West, lead pastor at Colonial Presbyterian Church, will be preaching to thousands at the Bahati Martyrs Church in Nairobi on July 5. We will broadcast this sermon back to the US and simulcast it at our two campuses in the KC area. You will be able to see this sermon on the church website starting July 6.


• The Colonial Global Orphan Project is part of the new C3 initiative to radically transform the care of orphans around the world. Check out the cool website and promotional video and tell your friends.


• To understand why Colonial and our family have sold out for the care of orphans, watch Joe Knittig tell a compelling story about Aslan and the "deeper magic" behind this movement. You can find the video here.

It has been almost 30 years since Out of Africa hit the big screen with Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. This film won 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Music, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. It was a great movie by all standards.

But it was still a movie. And even though it was based on the memoir of Karen Von Blixen, Out of Africa is now a fictionalized dramatization of reality from Hollywood reduced to memories on a DVD.

The Colonial Global Orphan Project is going In to Africa and will be the dramatic realization of a vision from God to be remembered forever through the changed lives of orphans.

Blessings until next week.

Chuck Wolfe, Debi Wolfe, Jim West, Heather Bass and Golden Davis