MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 01-17-2005

Greetings, one and all. Much has happened since our last update. On Friday, we received news that another soldier has left us. Burton Brush, my wife's grandfather died of cancer. He'd battled the disease for 4 years, and Friday morning the fight ended. He was a longtime BIMI missionary in South Dakota, and his creation, the Pioneer Bible Institute curriculum, is being used by missionaries and pastors all over the world. He will be missed terribly. We were in the middle of a missions conference at Lafayette Bible Baptist Church in Manchester, MO (pastor: Ed Bragg)at the time. We finally decided that, since all we have to drive in now is my cramped old mini-van, and it's a sixteen hour drive, Anna would go to the funeral with her sisters and cousin, taking Elizabeth, and I would remain to finish the conference and keep the three boys. I have a meeting at Bible Baptist Church in New Franklin, MO on Wednesday (about 2.5 hours away). Anna should be back late on Wednesday.

The missions conference was great. I got to teach a mission lesson in Children's Church on Sunday morning. I taught a missions lesson about a boy named Madugu, which involved the wordless book, a tool for giving the gospel to children. Afterwards, a nine year old boy named Anthony asked Jesus to be his Savior. That afternoon, after Anna left and we said our goodbyes, I went over to a nursing home in Eureka, MO and reached from John 3. Afterwards, an elderly gentleman named Bob also asked Jesus to be his Savior. Tremendous! Old or young, all need to hear the gospel, and all are precious to the LORD.

Then we drug our weary bodies home so the kids could get a nap. They got an hour. I got everyone up and fed them rapidly (had to finish on the way). Made it on time, tho'. We finished up the conference, and came on home. All in all, it was a great conference, with great preaching, and, in spite of fierce opposition from the Enemy, God's will was done and the Church was edified.

Home today, holding down the fort. We're resting up, running errands, cleaning house and what not. Missing my wife and daughter, tho'….

Well, that's all for now.