MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 01-25-2006

Greetings! We had a weekend off due to a rescheduling (a good reschedule – it got us into a missions conference in the same church in Februrary). Our meeting in South Campbell Ave. Baptist Church went well. Turns out their Pastor, Joe Decker, has heard of BBTI (Baptist Bible Translators International), the school we'll be attending in Fall of 2007. He would like to attend also, but his duties as Pastor preclude this. However, his heart is in bringing accurate Bible translations to groups who lack them, as are our hearts. We are of one heart on this matter.

We'll be heading to Tabernacle Baptist Church in Lebanon, MO with Pastor Don Ball on Saturday afternoon for their missions conference. Pray for the conference that God will be involved, and we'll be used of Him to be a blessing, and an encouragement to the church, particularly as it pertains to His children answering the call to preach or to missions. Pray for our travelling. The weather has been unseasonably warm so far (good thing), but we do have a trip up to Sioux City, IA in February to make, so pray for our safety in travelling. We have a pretty full schedule ahead of us (also a good thing), but I still need to schedule some more meetings in July and August, so pray I'll be able to line those out, meaning, God lines them out.

Pray for my friend, Kyle Guimon. He and his wife, Debbie, are the two-term missionaries in Uganda we'll be working with. The Guimons are home in America to get some badly needed rest, and, as it turns out, one of the reasons he's been so exhausted is that he has some serious blockages in his heart. A routine checkup revealed significant blockage in three major arteries, and a mitral valve prolapse. He will be in surgery in Jonesboro, AR on Monday to remove the blockages, as well as to replace the malfunctioning valve. It's open heart surgery, so be in prayer for him and his family during the surgery, and the fairly lengthy recovery time in which he'll be involved. He is still planning on being in some conferences with us in March, so apparently if he takes it easy, the risk must not be great enough to forbid travel. Pray for him and his health. He wasn't planning on being here for the long-term, but evidently, God had other plans. We love Kyle and Debbie, and we'd like his health to do well.