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  I tell you what… my life is blessed beyond measure though everything I have and do experience on this race–inside and outside of it lately.

Before you read, my brother is continually fighting hard daily and I just ask that you guys still keep him in your prayers. He was involved in a motorcycle accident over a week ago and is still in the hospital recovering and is known as a miracle-He will soon be placed in a rehab center and it will be along haul of recovery. Again, thanks for praying if you guys have and I just ask for more on the behalf of my brother, Donny.

Also, what you read below is from Rusty Jackson (the squad leader) and I just thank my Father in Heaven for the safety that He surrounded all of us with in a time of what I call the “unknown.” God is so good and He truly heard our prayers and cries.

Before you read, I just wanted to tell you guys that everything I had for this trip was taken from the men at gun point (no one was physically injured). They came to our hostel here in Johannesburg, South Africa late one night. If you guys feel led to help out financially with me having to replace many of these missing items, it would be amazing and I just ask for more prayer of protection, no fear, and that we, as a team, can reflect on this time and just bless the Lord through all of it.

Thanks so much for everything always and love you guys!

I leave for India Saturday and will be arriving with probably nothing, so if you would like to help out in any way, it would be great.

You can send the money to my parents and inside the envelope please put a note telling them that it is for help with my items that were stolen.

Address: Kelly Riggs

 

                    525 Hillcrest

                                     Lumberton, TX77657

The Lord is teaching me so much through this… it is beautiful.

  1. Credit Cards
  2. Passport
  3. Small Carry on Backpack
  4. Back Packers Backpack (where everything is stored-clothes, etc.)
  5. Bible
  6. Journal
  7. Olympus 8.0 mega pixel Camera
  8. 2 SD Memory Cards for camera
  9. 1 4gb Flash Drive
  10. Western Digital Hard Drive
  11. IPOD
  12. RCA Video Recording Camera
  13. Electric Shaver
  14. Timex Watch
  15. Running Shoes
  16. Sunglasses
  17. REI Dry Towel
  18. Rain Coat
  19. All Travel Adapters
  20. First Aid Kit
  21. All my shirts, shorts, jeans, socks, boxers, etc.
  22. Many small items such as: my money holder for passport, etc.
  23. 250 U.S. Dollars

By Rusty Jackson:

First off I want to apologize to ya’ll for just now getting in touch with you. The last couple days have been hectic and stressful to say the least. And my TOP priority has been getting the squad moved out of the hostel and into a location where the folks can feel safe. Not to mention, some of us have been scrambling to get new passports and visas for our upcoming trip to India. So thank you very much for your patience in all this. I can’t even imagine the worry ya’ll must have been going thru and are still going through.

I’m sure you have heard all sorts of things about what happened two nights ago, so let me just give you the facts. Tuesday afternoon the whole squad, minus Patrice’s team, (Patrice, Nate, Angie, Andi and Jen) arrived at The Brown Sugar Hostel in Johannesburg.

I realize it’s got a funny name, but the hostel is not in a bad part of Johannesburg plus we have stayed there three different times while in Africa. So I felt safe about bringing the team here. Anyway, around 8p that evening probably four, maybe five men came into the hostel armed with pistols and told everyone to get on their face in the lounge area. That’s where about 12 of us were and the rest of the squad was being held in their dorm room.

Guns were pointed at people, threats were made, but NO ONE was physically harmed. Praise the Lord! However, LOTS of our stuff was taken: cash, cameras, computers, passports, phones, clothes, I Pod’s, etc. I’d say the whole thing lasted about 20 minutes. As soon as it was over, the first thing we did was to make sure everyone was OK. Then we started taking an inventory of what was taken, I called AIM, and then people began calling and canceling cards. So anyway, things are just now settling down.

Just so you know, I got the squad at a missionary base an hour away from Johannesburg. Luckily, when we get to India our team coaches Michael and Kathy Hindes will be there to help us process thru everything. Believe me, we are taking this matter seriously and we do understand the need for counseling at this time.

Now speaking of India, those that needed new passports got them and the whole squad has its visas. So, we will fly out in two groups this weekend. The first will leave Friday and the next group Saturday.

Thanks for reading guys and your prayers… I love you all.

Robby

Philippians 4:4