MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 01-30-2006

Remember to be in prayer for missionary Kyle Guimon today. He should still be undergoing open heart surgery at the moment.

As for us, we're having a great conference here at Tabernacle Baptist Church (Pastor Don Ball) in Lebanon, MO. I'll have more to report in a few days when we're finished with the conference, but the most pressing news is that last night, during the invitation (Mike Edwards, Heritage Baptist Church, Woodbridge, VA), my son Ethan prayed and asked Jesus to forgive his sins and be his Savior! He raised his hand during the invitation when Bro. Edwards asked if anybody needed to be saved. We had been praying for him for some time, and talking about salvation a lot in our family Bible times. He had raised his hand before, but when I talked to him about it, I could tell he didn't quite "get it". This time was different. He was clear – Jesus had died for Ethan. He knew he'd done bad things to displease God, and he understood that Hell was where people who didn't have Jesus as their Savior went. He knew Jesus died for him, and that God raised Him from the dead. So he very simply prayed and asked Jesus to save him, and He did.

Great news!