Pre-Uganda Journal 4

This has been a very busy week and the reality that we are leaving for Uganda in just over 2 weeks is starting to set in our minds. We had our spaghetti dinner on Thursday night. It was a lot of work, but also so much fun. We felt so blessed to have so many volunteers. Tanya Tiesenga did the cooking and "ran the show," which was a huge thing for us. She did a great job and the food was excellent and we had just the right amount of everything. When she ended up needing to take her son to the Dr. in the late afternoon and then wasn't there when the health inspector showed up, I felt a little stressed, but then, I remembered that I had prayed earlier that God would keep me weak so He could be strong in me. And I was feeling weak and He proved Himself strong and faithful once again. It was so meaningful to see so many people, especially many from our church, school, and Roosevelt Park. I can't help but think that many of the Roosevelt people who were there were the same people that kept vigil praying for Rebecca when she was born and not expected to live, and now they are sending her on her first mission trip to Uganda. It will be her birthday on the 15th, and I can't help but getting a little emotional as I see God's plan unfolding in her life----a plan we never could have anticipated in those first days when the prognosis was so bad. It is such a joy to be sharing this missionary experience with her.
Please continue to pray for us as we prepare for this trip. Pray also for all those we will meet, that God will go ahead of us and prepare their hearts for whatever He wants to do in their lives through us, and for whatever He wishes to accomplish in our lives through them. Also, pray for Luka, Josh & Mandy Shaarda's son (they are in Uganda now) who is very ill, and for Tim & Angie Sleidrecht who are here now, but leaving for Uganda on the 13th.