Something crazy has happened. I went from a little girl going on international mission trips to a married woman leading a short term mission trip. Just to be honest: this scares me to death. But that's ok. I'm not doing it alone. For one thing it is obviously joint with Jonathan. But most importantly God is in control. If He so desires that this trip be taken then it will. We have tons of planning to do, and tons of money to raise. The greatest wall we seem to be hitting is a lack of faith. We have quite a few people willing to go, but say they cannot because they cannot afford it. Those of you who have read my blog before know that I have never paid a dime for the trips God has sent me on. I've lived my whole life on the grace of God, so for me it is second nature to not even concern myself about the funds. Nothing is impossible with God. He is the Creator of the whole universe, if He wants something done, He can get it done. None the less this is the wall people can't seem to see over.
This trip is going to be from May 24th to June 4th 2013, and we will be in Kampala, Uganda. We have made contact with a Ugandan pastor who we will be helping. Most of what we will be doing is evangelism discipleship. One of the issues in this area is that the pastors and church members do not know how to make disciples. Our desire is to have "classroom" time to teach these pastors how to make disciples and afterwards have a time in which we can go with them to evangelize and make contacts with them. Our goal is to have classes for pastors, deacons, and other church members, and also have classes for women (taught by women).
More posts will come as we continue to learn more about what we will be able to do, much of which depends on the talents of the team that we take with us. Please continue to pray for us! Thank you!
