MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 05-02-2005

We have returned from Minnesota. We were in Heritage Baptist Church (Pastor David Watkins) in Blaine, MN this weekend. It's a bit of a drive, but the kids weathered it very well. It was May 1 on Sunday, but you'd never know it from the weather – we got snow flurries and some sleet. It was a great meeting, and God truly met with us. Pastor Watkins has a great church there, and the people seem to really love the LORD, and each other. They're currently meeting in the gymnasium of a Christian school, and are saving money and looking for property to buy in the Minneapolis area so they can have their own building. Be in prayer for Heritage Baptist Church that God would provide for this need.

The trip back went well. We stopped at a Cracker Barrel in Devils Lake (intriguing name, eh?), WI on the way. The kids were starving. To give you an idea of how hungry they were, they got an orange slice with their egg, and, having eaten the orange, Ethan wolfed down the skin too before I could stop him. "Was it good?" I asked. He grinned and nodded with a full mouth. John, not to be outdone, decided he'd try his orange slice, but, based on his prune-faced expression, I don't think he enjoyed it. Kids…. We're home this weekend on account of it's Mother's Day. Be in prayer for us. That van in Georgia is still available, and we'd like to put a deposit down on it if God provides. We're praying that He would do so in the next few weeks so we can go ahead and buy it, because we really do need it. I'll keep you posted as to how He answers.