Entries by James

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 10-03-2005

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Howdy! We're back. Having the baby went well, and the recovery seems to be going well for Anna. Gaelin is progressively sleeping more and more at night, so it looks as if we're on track to getting him to sleep through the night. Our home church's Missions Conference went well. Dr. Ron Bragg, our director with BIMI, was the main speaker, and we had Paul Strosneider (started Ephraim Church for the Deaf in St. Louis, MO) and Don Brush (new head of Pioneer Baptist Ministries), in addition to us. Anna and the new young'un weathered it well, but we made sure she laid low this week to make sure the both of them would be able to make the trip to Rhode Island tomorrow. The great news is that our church's Faith Promise giving increased dramatically this year, which is a huge answer to prayer.

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 09-15-2005

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Gaelin has come!! The newest member of the Huckabee clan has finally arrived. We showed up at the hospital on Monday night at 2100 to be induced, and 48 hours later, he was finally born. He weighed in at 9lbs 10oz, which is pretty much what we figured he'd be, which is why we were anxious for him to be born before he got any bigger. Anyway, I'm off to the hospital so the younguns can meet their new brother.

God is good!

James Huckabee
Missionary to Uganda

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 09-13-2005

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Hey folks! We went in to DePaul hospital last night so Anna could be induced. We didn't want to go much past her due date because our babies tend to get huge, and her blood pressure tends to jump up if we do.
Please pray that everything will progress and that we'll have ourselves a Gaelin today. I came home to get some provisions and have to get back right away, but I wanted you all to know so you could be praying.

God bless,

James Huckabee
Missionary to Uganda

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 09-06-2005

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Hello all! I trust everyone had a good Labor Day (we did – barbecue and homemade ice cream, mmm, mmm, good). Our meeting at Calvary Baptist Church in Belleville, IL (Pastor Gary Huffman) went well. It was a good meeting, and we had some great fellowship with the Huffmans afterwards. On Monday (last Monday), Anna had significant labor, enough that I had her pack a bag and get ready to go. We had the grandparents (Anna's folks) on standby and everything, but I wanted to watch it for a while in case it petered out, which, true to form, it did. We haven't had a peep out of the little critter since then. Be in prayer about that. Anna would like to have this one without chemical assistance if possible. We had asked you all to pray about our finances this month (no meetings = starvation) this month. Well, the LORD provided $900! This was right on the heels of another $400 He provided (which paid last month's house payment), so we'll be able to live this month. What a blessing, and so timely, too. That's about it for now. I'll let you all know as soon as the baby acts like he intends to be born.

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 08-27-2005

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Greetings! Just a quick update to let everyone know what's going on. Our trip to North Carolina and back went very well. Anna weathered it just fine, so thanks for praying for her. We had a great service and a wonderful time of fellowship with the Churchills. Charles (the younger) is a friend of mine from a while back, and it was good to get to visit with him and his wife, Susan, and Gavin, their cute little boy. Best news of all, the church voted to take us on for support on the spot! Can you believe it? I've never had a church do that before. What a blessing!

The meeting in Festus had to be bumped to Wednesday due to some last minute re-scheduling, but it went very well nonetheless. Bro. Himes has a great church and it was a blessing to get to visit with him and his family.