We leave in less than 2 weeks! We are getting prepared. We have started packing. We have met with the Snyder's a few times and the kids are getting excited to know what life will be like in their home. They already love them so pray for this transition for them.
We also covet your prayers for air travel. Steve and I have not flown very much and we aren't worried, but we do pray that our flights are timely and that our luggage gets all the way with us. We have only about an hour layover in both places that we stop.
We are very excited that our first night we will be staying with my brother's bosses son who lives in Kampala, Uganda. Tim and Angie have connected with him and they actually will be staying with him before their trip to Turkey for and Iteams convention. It is so great to see how God works in all the details.
We are praying for this war torn people. We pray that we will be able to learn from them and also learn what God has for us to do!
This isn't till the end of our trip, but I also want people to be in prayer for my mom. She will be picking us up from the airport and this is a little out of her comfort zone. Pray that God will ease some of her anxiety about it. I am so thankful that she is willing to pick us up, and I want it to be fun for her and not too stressful.
God has been so good to us. We pray that we are fit vessels for his service! Please join us in these prayers.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Getting Ready!!
We leave three weeks from today! I am trying to say no to everything, which is so hard for me. I need to prepare physically, mentally and spiritually. We have been doing alot of our reading and we are almost done.
On Sunday, we had Josh and Mandy Shaarda over for dinner. Josh and Mandy are on the same team as Tim and Angie in Soroti. It was great to get to know them and we are sad they won't be in Uganda at the same time as us. Their one year old son was very ill and they had to return to the states for further dr. appointments Check out their blog at www.shaarda.blogspot.com . Luka, their son, has had miraculous healing and he is doing so well. So fun to see this little boy and his family that we had been praying for.
They were telling us some of the things they do on the mission field and it made us so excited. Steve is anxious to get there and see if some of the ideas that have been brought to him are possiblilities of work that he can do. Please continue to pray for clear direction.
Our kids are getting more and more excited to stay with the Snyder's. We have been trying to get them together a few more times. They keep asking, if they can just stay over night one night now. I keep saying, You will be there soon enough!! I am so thankful for God's blessing in this area. I just hope my kids want to come home after being with them.
We still are thinking that this could really happen. We are anxious to go and say that we are for sure moving there. It is so scary though and you go through all these emotions of : Is this my will or God's will? We just have to keep reminding ourselves of how he has lead us and guided us along this journey. It is just so great that so far our will is in tune with God's will. Will it stay this way? It is hard to express what we are feeling, but their are just so many emotions. I read my Bible and passages jump out at me that I feel I could share with the people we will be in contact with. I just pray that I am not so nervous that I freeze up and can't remember them.
The Bible is just so full of everything we need for life. If we just take the time to read it. I love to read God's word and see what he has to say about the things of life. Pray that we take the time to enjoy and reflect on God's word.
Thank-you for being in prayer for us! Thank-you to all of you that have supported us financially! We couldn't do this without either.
On Sunday, we had Josh and Mandy Shaarda over for dinner. Josh and Mandy are on the same team as Tim and Angie in Soroti. It was great to get to know them and we are sad they won't be in Uganda at the same time as us. Their one year old son was very ill and they had to return to the states for further dr. appointments Check out their blog at www.shaarda.blogspot.com . Luka, their son, has had miraculous healing and he is doing so well. So fun to see this little boy and his family that we had been praying for.
They were telling us some of the things they do on the mission field and it made us so excited. Steve is anxious to get there and see if some of the ideas that have been brought to him are possiblilities of work that he can do. Please continue to pray for clear direction.
Our kids are getting more and more excited to stay with the Snyder's. We have been trying to get them together a few more times. They keep asking, if they can just stay over night one night now. I keep saying, You will be there soon enough!! I am so thankful for God's blessing in this area. I just hope my kids want to come home after being with them.
We still are thinking that this could really happen. We are anxious to go and say that we are for sure moving there. It is so scary though and you go through all these emotions of : Is this my will or God's will? We just have to keep reminding ourselves of how he has lead us and guided us along this journey. It is just so great that so far our will is in tune with God's will. Will it stay this way? It is hard to express what we are feeling, but their are just so many emotions. I read my Bible and passages jump out at me that I feel I could share with the people we will be in contact with. I just pray that I am not so nervous that I freeze up and can't remember them.
The Bible is just so full of everything we need for life. If we just take the time to read it. I love to read God's word and see what he has to say about the things of life. Pray that we take the time to enjoy and reflect on God's word.
Thank-you for being in prayer for us! Thank-you to all of you that have supported us financially! We couldn't do this without either.
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