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Elizabeth White is now on her "World Race Mission Trip" where she will cover 11 countries in 11 months doing a variety of missionary works along the way. You may keep up with Elizabeth on her journey by subscribing to her blog. There is a place on her blog where you can sign up to receive an e-mail message telling you when she posts a new blog.
This is a picture of Liz and her team called Team Cannonball. Liz says they are awesome and she can’t wait to live with them possibly for the next eight months. She would love it if everyone would pray for her team, for unity, for vulnerability, for love for each other, etc. Liz has written a blog about her team entitled Team Cannonball.
The other members of her team are:
 | Erin Miller |  | Tommy Chapman |  | Sarah Ball |
 | Jenny Meunier |  | Carl Prox |  | Allie Elliot |
In August, she and her team went to Kakamega, Kenya. It is located in Western Kenya close to Lake Victoria. She worked with Logos Celebration Ministries International. She did everything from house to house evangelism, hospital ministry, children's ministry, mercy ministry, teaching, to church planting.
Details of her experience there can be found in her blogs entitled Bringing Life, Picture Blog from Kakamega!, Bwana asifiwe (Praise the Lord), African Interest #1, The Day I Was Broken in Africa, Welcome to Kenya!
In September, her team and another team named Tuna Moto were in Mbarara, Uganda to work with All Souls for Christ International Ministry. The twelve of them lived at an orphanage/ school/church named Adullam Model Orphange.
Details of her experience there can be found in her blogs entitled Adullam, Pure Joy, Lets just talk a little bit about prophetic dreams, On to Month 2.
In October, she and her team were in Kabuga, Rwanda near Kigali, Rwanda, the capital of Rwanda. All of the teams were located in Kigali or just outside Kigali. While they are there they taught English to children and adults.
Details of her experience there can be found in her blogs entitled VIDEO with Support Update, A is for apple, A Little Bit of Rwanda, Favorite, Remember that one time when, Unexpected Ministry, Picture Blog from Rwanda.
A letter to family and friends along with several pictures was received from Liz in late October as she wrapped up her adventures in Africa. To read the letter and view the pictures, click here.
After leaving Rwanda, their entire squad met up outside of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, for a few days of debrief. It was awesome catching up with everyone.
In November, she and her team left Africa and traveled to Southeast Asia to Manila in the Philippines. They stayed there for 6 weeks instead of just a month.
Liz decided to work with Josie's Angels. The daughter of their contact started a ministry for the girls in the community that they lived in. They did Bible studies twice a week and also took shifts spending time at the girls' home.
Details of her experience there can be found in her blogs entitled Pono, pono; Team Cannonball, Unforgettable, Thanksgiving Video, What God can do..., Beloved, Thanksgiving in the Philippines, Manila Picture Blog, Change of Perspective and Girl Time.
On December 16th, Liz and her team went to Thailand. They met with some AIM (Adeventures in Missions) staff for debrief. Then the guys went to their "manistry" location in Kanchanaburi, and the girls went to their location in Phuket.
Liz's team, along with two other teams, worked with SHE (Self Help and Empowerment). They work in the Red Light District on Bangla Road and love on the prostitutes there.
Details of her experience there can be found in her blogs entitled She, I'm going home in 26 days, The day Jesus turned the lights off, Bangla Road, This is what Christmas in Thailand looks like, All I want for Christmas, Merry Christmas and Philippines/Thailand Video,
A letter to her supporters along with a picture was received from Liz about her time in Thailand. To read the letter and view the picture, click here.
On January 14th, Liz and her team went to Takeo Province in Cambodia. They worked at Teen Challenge, a place where boys go to recover from addiction. They also have a girls home, which is where the all girls team went. They taught Bible, English, music, sports and agriculture every day.
Details of her experience there can be found in her blogs entitled Cambodia Video, The most beautiful view, Cambodian Cribs Video, and A little bit of Africa in Asia.
On February 4th, Liz and her team went to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Soon after their arrival, Liz sent another letter. To read it, click here.
This month, they had a pretty free and open schedule. They went house to house and invited people to church and taught English lessons for children in a predominately Muslim neighborhood. It was exhausting. Their responses were one extreme or the other. People were either very welcoming and kind, or they didn't want anything to do with them. In their free time they went to a park to spend time with the people there and offered English classes for anyone who wanted them.
Details of her experience there can be found in her blogs entitled Chinese Karaoke in Malaysia, Fun in Malaysia, More videos from Malaysia, Most Random Month on the Race So Far, Picture Blog from KL, A Gift From God and Super Bowl Video.
On February 26th, Liz and her team travelled to Harbin, China. Harbin is nicknamed "The Ice City." It is located at 45 degrees North Latitude, half way from the equator to the North Pole. The warmest it got while they were there was 23 degrees. It snowed about half the days they were there. They spent around 3 weeks in China. Two weeks doing ministry with their contacts and several days in Beijing for their squad's 8th month debrief.
Details of her experience there can be found in her blog entitled China, 38 Hours (video) and Harbin (video).
On her way from Harbin to Ukraine, she had a layover in Moscow. She sent another letter from there. To read it, click here.
On March 21st, Liz and her team travelled to Kiev, Ukraine for a few days. Then they went to Odessa in the south close to the Black Sea. Liz and her team did college ministry there. They spent a lot of time on college campuses. They did a program called "tea for cigs," where they traded tea for cigarettes. Liz was the official tea lady for it.
Details of her experience there can be found in her blogs entitled The Thankful Game and Odesa: Picture blog.
Before leaving Odessa, Ukraine, for Romania, Liz sent another letter to her friends. To read it, click here.
On April 22nd, Liz and her team traveled to Draganesti-Olt, Romania. To see a time table of their journey, click here. They are working with church planting and reaching out to the area they live in. Less than one percent of the population is Christian.
Upon arrival there, Liz sent another letter to her friends. To read it, click here.
She has published her first newsletter. To read it, click here.
Here is a list of the countries she has visited, is visiting, and will visit:
She will fly home to New York on June 26th.
She is visiting three areas of the world: East Africa, East Asia and Eastern Europe. Here are three maps of these areas showing how the countries she is visiting are related to each other:
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Perhaps you are wondering about the time difference between Belton and where Liz is now located. Here is a map of the world's time zones to help you visualize the differences.
During Central Daylight Time, it is 8 hours later in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova than it is here. It is 12 hours later in Thailand and Cambodia than it is here. It is 13 hours later in Malasia, the Philippines and China than it is here.
During Central Standard Time, it is 9 hours later in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova than it is here. It is 13 hours later in Thailand and Cambodia than it is here. It is 14 hours later in Malasia, the Philippines and China than it is here.
You can also find the present time of day in several cities in the world by clicking here.
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Click on the name of each country to go to Wikipedia's information about that country and a map showing where it is located.
As her World Race is drawing to a close, Liz is already making plans for her future. She sent an email letter explaining them. To read it, click here. For more information about her next adventure, click here.