MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 08-20-208

Hello, again! Our trip East went well. We had a great meeting with Pastor Barry Pace at Antioch Baptist Church in Sunset, SC. We made it to the service this time, and had a great meeting. On Sunday, we were in Mile Creek Baptist Church, with Pastor Jim Roberts. The meeting went great, and they are going to support us! Wednesday again we were in Trinity Baptist Church in Mocksville, NC with Pastor Darrell Cox. We had a good meeting and God blessed. Finally, on Sunday, the 17th we were in West Madison Baptist Church in Madison, WV with Pastor John Browning. This is the same church where we had to reschedule so fortuitously a year-and-a-half ago when a big Nor'Easter swept into Maryland and the accompanying rainfall flooded the church basement. We had another tremendous Sunday, and God moved and helped us present our burden for Uganda well. It was a good trip, and I think some solid support will come of it.

Tomorrow, Anna and I are flying to Hawaii for meetings in six churches. Our children will be staying with her folks while we are gone. Pray that they will be safe and well, and that they will have fun at Grandma's. Pray that our flight there and back will go well, and that our meetings in Hawaii will be fruitful. Like Alaska, the remoteness of Hawaii keeps missionaries from coming to the islands as often. Yet, the churches in Hawaii need to hear about missions, too. I intend to be a servant to the churches where we are as much as possible. Pray that we will be an encouragement and a blessing as we seek to present our vision for Uganda with the churches in Hawaii.

After our return from Hawaii, we will be in our church's Missions Conference in September, and then we will all be driving up to Alaska for meetings in 11 churches. Our Fall is as full of meetings as the calendar would allow. Pray that all our travels will generate the support we need so that we can be ready to go to the field in Spring of 2009.