August 18, 2015
Praise God for the answers to our prayers so far!
All of the needs for funds and volunteers have been met!
Only a few “open spots” in Nashville area need invitations for Gioia to share!
Please continue to pray that the open segments will be filled with invitations!
Bold-Italics Denotes Needs Provided & Events Confirmed/Completed!
Bold Denotes Volunteers or Funds Needed
Italics Denotes OPEN Dates
Underlined Denotes a Sunday
THAILAND TRIP
July 4 - Depart Phnom Penh by air - Arrive Chiang Mai, Thailand
(airfare provided!)
Gioia gives presentations at Global Consultation on Music and Missions:
- “Discipling Artists,” with Artists in Christian Testimony, Byron Spradlin
- “ Pictures that Preach” at Tea Time Talks
Gioia interacts with Allan & Joan Eubank, Christian Communication Institute
(scholarships awarded to Gioia for hotel and conference fees!)
July 10 - Depart Chiang Mai by air - Arrive Phnom Penh
U.S. TRIP
July 17 - Depart Cambodia by air (airfare provided!)
July 18 - Arrive Nashville, Tennessee (ground transport to Oak Ridge provided!)
July 19 - Share at West Village Christian Church, Oak Ridge
July 20 - (ground transport provided back to Nashville on 20th to pick up DeeAnn arriving Nashville by air – ground transport from Nashville to Florence, Alabama provided!)
July 21-25 - Visit local family and friends (local transport provided!)
DeeAnn and Gioia work to organize and pack supplies at storage unit
July 26 - Share at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Florence
July 27 - DeeAnn departs Nashville by air (ground transport to Nashville, provided!)
Jul 28-Aug 1 - Visit local family and friends
Purchase and pack additional supplies for Cambodia (local transport, packing volunteers, and donations to purchase supplies provided! – 3 trunks packed with supplies to take back to Cambodia!)
July 29 - Share at El Reposo Home, Florence, where Gioia’s mother is a resident
August 2 - Share at Parkway Methodist Church, Florence
August 3-8 - Fly to Boise, Idaho to visit children and grandchildren for family reunion
(airfare provided – ground transport to Nashville airport on the 3rd provided!)
(pick-up provided for Gioia at airport in Pensacola, FL on the 8th and food-lodging in Pensacola provided!)
August 9 - Share at Grace Community Church, Pensacola, morning and afternoon
August 12 - Photo Shoot at Grace Community Church
August 15 - Fly to St. Petersburg (airfare provided)
August 16 - Share at Central Christian Church and at a new Khmer Church
August 18 - Fly to Nashville (host family and airfare provided)
August 20-22 - “Nashville Gathering of Artists in Ministry and Missions,” ACT International
(confirmed - registration fee provided!)
August 23 - OPEN SUNDAY (Franklin-Nashville Area)
August 26 - OPEN WEDNESDAY (Franklin-Nashville Area)
August 27-29 - “Theology of Imagination and Artistic Expression” (confirmed)
Seminar taught by Byron Spradlin, President of ACT International
(seminar fee provided! - Gioia’s hostess in Nashville has decided to attend the special ACT International conference and seminar with her!)
August 30 - OPEN SUNDAY (Franklin-Nashville Area)
August 31 - Depart Nashville by air to return to Cambodia (airfare provided - ground transport from Franklin to Nashville airport provided, plus transport of 3 trunks of supplies from Florence to Nashville – donations for extra baggage fees provided!)
September 2 - Arrive Cambodia! (confirmed)
Praise God from Whom all blessings flow!