MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 02-07-2023

Good morning!

I have great news to report. I GOT MY WORK PERMIT!

To review the ongoing saga of The Huckabee’s Renewing Their Documents, it took them six months to renew our NGO. We got that last August. We then started the process for renewing my Work Permit. They finished that yesterday. So seven months.

Both of them, the NGO and the Work Permit, involved extortion for them to finish their work. That’s how Uganda’s corrupt, inept bureaucracy operates. They are intentionally slow, cause needless complications, and threaten massive fines for made-up violations so you’ll pay them extortion to make them be competent / work faster / not fine you. All told, between the extortion, legal fees, and associated costs, it look 13 months of negotiations from our lawyer and nearly $7000 to renew the NGO and the Work Permit, so we can remain in Uganda legally, and continue to serve the people of Uganda and preach the Gospel. No good deed goes unpunished.

I applied for Anna’s Dependent’s Pass and Brennah’s Student’s Pass today. Please pray they don’t give me any grief. They delayed so long on my Work Permit that their Entry Visas expired. But they won’t let you apply for anything without the Work Permit. So round and round and round.

We had a great day on Sunday. I went to Sangano Independent Baptist Church. We delivered another load of books (we are gradually carrying books out there for the school library). I preached a message from Ephesians 6 – people live in fear of demons and/or witchcraft. I am trying to teach them they don’t have to be. Our authority in Christ is absolute. The demons are a defeated enemy. The worst they can do is harass us. We do not have to tolerate it as adopted heirs of Jesus Christ.

We welcomed several new members which were baptized back on Christmas. The churches are growing.

Then I taught the men, while Anna taught a Ladies Class. I am beginning a course on Biblical Manhood from Titus 2. As it is everywhere, men struggle to develop an identity as a man distinct from their culture, and in the face of handicaps like fatherlessness. I am trying to address this need. Please pray for our men, and ladies.

We are coming home for a furlough at the end of April. Please pray for us as we finalize everything in preparation. I have two college graduations and two marriages amongst my children. So we have to be in America for that. I am also trying to raise more monthly financial support, as well as fund some projects out at the refugee camp. You can learn more by clicking the link labelled Outstanding Projects.

God bless you!