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MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 02-10-2024

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Greetings everybody. In case you were still wondering, we made it back to Uganda!

Thank you all for praying. I think this was quite possibly the smoothest return trip to Uganda we’ve ever had.

Anna got us packed up in record time. This time around, I put Apple AirTags in each piece of luggage so I could track our bags in realtime. It was kind of cool. The minute they’d unload the bags from the hold of the plane, I could see the bags moving around on my phone. Before any of our bags rolled out in Entebbe, I knew we had all of them. What a relief!

The folks in customs barely gave us a second look. So no hassles this time. Our mechanic met us with our car. We made it to the hotel without trouble. We spent a couple of days resting, in which our mechanic fixed a few extra things. Then we traveled the 4 hours home.

There were no rats waiting for us this time. I hired a lady to clean while we were away, check for rats, and put out poison if needed. That did the trick. No rodents and their attendant mess awaited us, and we were able to go straight to bed without having to spend 6 to 7 hours cleaning first. It was a blessing to be able to come back into our home with ease.

We are at home, still getting over jet lag, and working our way through the list of things that you always have to do when you first get back.

Several people gave gifts adding up to a substantial amount of money for the work out at the camp. I almost have enough now to rebuild our Isanja church building. Keep praying. This is a good start, but we still have several humanitarian relief projects desperately needed out at the camp. It would also be a blessing for our support to increase a little more.

Pray for the coming year. We have lots to do. I want to see God accomplish much in 2024.

We are praying for you. Politics in America affects us here too. I am praying that evil will be defeated and that righteousness will triumph.

God bless and keep you.

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MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 01-05-2024

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I hope you had a great holiday, and were able to spend it with family. Most of our children spent Christmas with us in St. Louis, and we were able to be with our whole extended family. Wonderful!

Yesterday, my son Ethan and daughter-in-law Juliet informed me that Anna and I are now grandparents. In September, we will have a new Huckabee in our family. SO COOL! Pray for the new young’un, and for Juliet. We are praying for a smooth pregnancy, healthy growth, and a complication-free delivery.

As of this letter, six churches in total have voted to begin monthly financial support! This is an answer to prayer! Please continue to pray that of the 19 churches we visited, that God will bring in sufficient missions giving to their budget, and they will be motivated to support us. We need it.

We are flying back to Uganda on January 29. Pray for our trip. International travel is exhausting, highly stressful, and carries an element of risk.

  • Pray we will make all our connecting flights.
  • Pray that all our luggage will arrive with us and not be lost or stolen.
  • Pray that the customs agents in Entebbe will not harass us over our personal belongings.
  • Pray for our health, that we will remain healthy before, during, and after the trip.
  • Pray for safety on the road back to Mbarara.
  • Pray for smooth transition back into the work.

We are very much looking forward to going home and getting back to work. We have a number waiting to be baptized and several marriages planned in our churches.

This year, our goals are to 1) continue training men and women 2) train more leaders 3) finish needed projects at the camp, such as clean water storage tanks, rebuilding several of the church buildings, and repairing our national pastor’s home. You can find more details here: OUTSTANDING PROJECTS

Please pray people will continue to be saved and added to the churches. Pray for the refugees. They are being denied rations, because the government of Uganda likely wants them to repatriate whether it is safe for them to do so or not, and the United Nations is a corrupt and godless organization.

God bless and keep you in this New Year!

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Merry Christmas!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.” Isaiah 9:6-7

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 11-07-2023

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Howdy folks!

We are back in Pensacola at last after two and a half months of traveling and ministering in churches in Texas, Florida, Kansas, Michigan and Tennessee. God was gracious. I was able to pretty thoroughly fill all the available time slots. In addition to visiting some of our supporting churches, I was able to present our ministry in 19 new churches. We have heard from one already that they are going to join our team and begin supporting us monthly. Pray specifically that God will provide the funds in the remaining churches to be able to finance more missionaries, and that they will be motivated to support us also.

Thank you for praying for our health and safety as we traveled. God kept us healthy throughout. Our vehicle has been very reliable and only required minimal maintenance.

As it stands now, we are planning to return to Uganda in January after the holiday rush is over and the ticket prices become somewhat less expensive. The cost of living has skyrocketed everywhere. The cost of fuel continues to rise thanks to the wars in Europe and the Middle East. It was already over $6 a gallon when we left and my deacons tell me it has gotten higher since then.

It is difficult to be away from our churches for this long. I get regular reports from our deacons in Uganda. The ministry seems to be doing well. Several in our church at Sangano are awaiting baptism. We have three couples who want to get married as soon as possible after we return. Some of these are young people who were children when we arrived in Uganda. I look forward to the privilege of performing these marriages and baptisms.

I am excited to return to the field and continue doing the work God called us to – preaching the Gospel, helping people come to Christ, baptizing them, discipling and training them, and adding them to the churches. We are eager to pick up where we left off in our men’s and women’s classes.

The need for funding to do several projects in the camp remains. If you could help us, you’ll be bringing aid and comfort to a lot of Christian people. I cannot do this alone. You can find out more here: OUTSTANDING PROJECTS

Thank you for praying for us, and thank you to all the churches who worked so hard to make our time with them these past few months a blessing.

God bless and keep you!

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