20191110 Newsletter

                                   

The road to Lwambogo

Dear Family and Friends,

I am so blessed and encouraged by your emails, prayers, love and financial support. Thanks for being part of the Africa mission team. I’m especially thankful for your donations as things cost a lot more than I budgeted for.

Due to organ harvesting and human trafficking The Republic of Uganda is closing its doors to foreign adoptions resulting in many hopes and dreams being dashed for both children and adoptive parents. Please pray that Welcome Home adoptions already in process will go through as mutual bonding and dreams of a forever family are being cemented.

I love going to Welcome Home and seeing the happy faces on the children.

One of the older girls reading to the younger ones (clothes

and books donated by friends of Welcome Home)

Our staff work hard to make sure the children are well cared for.

“Samuel” is my son in the Lord. I pass by his chapati shop on my way to Welcome Home and share the Good News of Jesus with him. One day he told me, “I want to be born again”. I shared the Gospel with him again and he surrendered his life to Jesus Christ. A few days later, this former Muslim man told me, “I know God is in me. I am so much happier”. Sunday came. He was afraid to close his small shop and called each of his Muslim parents on the phone. Both of them told him to go to church with me! Please pray for this babe in the Lord that God would bring mature Christian friends to help disciple him.

                 Samuel and his chapati shop

Victor our English teacher is doing well and learning many different teaching methods and approaches. My challenge is to go slow enough so he can learn everything. It’s all new to him as well. Sometimes I feel like I’m giving him water through a fire hose! Our students really like the new methods, especially the emphasis on conversation. Victor teaches 4 hours a day in the village, spending one hour in each of these areas: Bible study discussion, conversation, grammar, and discussion on various topics. (Thanks to Spring and Paul Henry in China for the Bible curriculum).

 Victor working with James, an English student in Lwambogo.

(The room is also used for a car/motorcycle mechanics shop).

In the next room is a sewing class for the ladies.

John, our Bible teacher is learning how to lead a Bible study instead of preaching to a crowd. He is encouraged by the responses and participation of our Welcome Home staff. He is going through a study of the birth of Christ in preparation for Christmas.

I’ve begun to do a Bible study with Jose (my good friend with Parkinson’s disease).  Honestly, it’s a bit intimidating to study the Bible with a seminary professor but he enjoys it and lets me know when I’ve done a good job. We just finished the book of Ephesians.

Let me know how things are going on your side of the world. I’d love to hear from you.

Areas for prayer:

• ·         Samuel, a new believer
• ·         Welcome Home families processing adoption
• ·         Continued wisdom and discernment as I mentor Victor and John
• ·         Washing Machines for Welcome Home (washing clothes and diapers for80  children is a chore for our workers!)
• ·         Personal energy level