Entries by James

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 07-09-2014

Greetings! I trust everybody had a great Independence Day celebration. It is, of course, not even a thing here. So, all us missionaries get together to celebrate in our own way. We had a great time – burgers, tube steak, potato salad, the works. Afterwards, we had a piñata (a giraffe) filled with some of […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 04-21-2014

Happy Easter, folks! Our churches are doing well here. I am preaching through 1 Corinthians, because it deals specifically with church problems, and the doctrine of the Holy Spirit. We have many Pentecostal congregations here, and they are preaching a lot of misinformation about the Holy Spirit. This has the effect of creating a lot […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 02-26-2014

Greetings (finally) from Uganda! We have been here three weeks, and the internet has been off for roughly half that time. Every time I would sit down to write a prayer letter, the Internet would be in absentia. Every. Time. So frustrating. Anyway, I will take advantage of this brief foray into the 21st century […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 01-28-2014

Well, here we are again. We are STILL in Chicago. We actually made it to the airport on Sunday. Everything seemed to be going according to plan, but then we find out that the flight to London has been delayed and now we’re going to miss our connecting flight to Entebbe. ARRRGGHHHH!!! Each time, we […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 01-23-2014

Remember my promise that serving the LORD will be an adventure, never boring? Yesterday, that promise was once again fully realized. We got off to a rocky start preparing to leave because our junky van wouldn’t start in the cold. That made me late getting to UHaul to pick up the trailer I had reserved […]