Sammy and Tex Tippit leave Tuesday, January 22^nd for South Africa and Angola.  This will be their first overseas trip for the year of 2008.  

They are expecting amazing things to happen this year and the ministry that is to be held in these two countries of Africa will be the first of many exciting journeys that God has in store for them for 2008.

Sammy and Tex will arrive in the city of Welkom, South Africa on Thursday January 24.  Tippit will preach in the gold and silver mines on Friday and Saturday.  This endeavor is something that is new to STM.

“I am really excited about preaching to the miners,” said Tippit.  “People from all over the southern part of Africa will be among these miners and we will be able to share the Gospel with them.”

On Sunday and Monday, Tippit will preach in a church in the city of Randfontein, and then on Monday he will hold training for evangelists throughout that area.

On Tuesday, Sammy and Tex will travel with a team from America to Angola to hold major evangelistic events throughout the various province capitals in Angola.  Dave Tippit, director of Eternal Concepts, is one of these speakers, who will have already arrived in Angola on Sunday, January 27^th.  Dave will first conduct the Eternal Concepts discipleship-training seminar in the city of Benguela.  This city is the major university city in Angola and young people from every province will be in attendance at the discipleship training school.  This will be the first of several EC training schools that will be held overseas throughout the year.

[For more information on Angola, please go here or here .] 

On February 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd, the rest of the team will begin the five major evangelistic events, as well as the leadership training that will take place throughout Angola.  Dave Tippit will continue his outreach in the city of Benguela, while Wayne Jenkins, director of the Evangelism for the Louisiana Baptist Convention and his wife Martha, will be in the city of Luena.  Gary Maroney, pastor of First Baptist Church of Cameron Texas and his wife Darlene, will minister in Uige and Marshall Wolcott, a lay evangelist in Oregon and Billy and Darleen Honc, staff members at Alamo City Christian Fellowship church in San Antonio, Texas, will speak in the city of Cabinda. 

Sammy and Tex Tippit will not only hold the outreach events in the capital city of Luanda, but over the weekend, they will also be training 1000 business men to teach Tippit’s newest book and devotional series, Praying For Your Family.  Praying for Your Family is translated into Portuguese, the official language of Angola and the series will be launched throughout the country during this time.

“This is very exciting because this is the first time we have attempted to do something like this in the country of Angola,” said Tippit. “Angola is a war torn country.  The infrastructure has been destroyed and this is a major undertaking.  We are looking forward to seeing what God has in store for the Angolan people.”

Please keep the team in your prayers as they are traveling over the next few weeks.  They begin their journey home on Monday, February 4^th and return Wednesday the 6^th.  Pray that God will give them safe travel and that while the team is in Angola, many will come to know, love, and build a relationship with Jesus Christ.