MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 10-10-2005

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Greetings from Rhode Island! Our conference in Narragansett Bay Baptist Church (Pastor Todd Stricklin) went great. We had great preaching from Dr. Ron Bragg all week. The people are wonderful. They just went out of their way to make us feel welcome and loved. The family we stayed with, the Brandenburgs, treated us like family and made us feel right at home. Our whole time here has just been a marvelous blessing.

On Friday, we went to Newport, and my wife and children got to see the ocean for the first time. It was magical. I took them right down to the water, showed them how to look for little crabs and starfish in the tidal pools, how to keep from getting wet by observing the waves and staying out of their way, and how to look for cool seashells. They loved every minute of it. The weather was supposed to be nasty on Friday, but we all prayed for good weather, and the LORD granted it. The clouds cleared, it got warm, and the sun came out long enough for our outing and gave us the opportunity to get some great pictures. Hurricane Tammy had added to the splendor of the whole thing, by way of the massive breakers it created. For lunch, we ate on the pier. Anna discovered what I meant when I said that seafood bought in the Midwest isn't fit to eat. Until you've had really fresh fish, you can't appreciate how delicious it can be. Ours was outstanding. What a great day!
 
Best of all, this church will be supporting us! So it's been a very worthwhile trip. On Wednesday, we'll be in Southington , CT. We'll be in Central Baptist Church's Missions Conference (Pastor Jim Townsley). In the meantime, today, one of the members here has arranged for both Anna and I to get eye exams and new glasses (she's an optometrist). What a blessing! We've been needing that for ages, but neither of us have insurance, and had no way to pay for them.

It's been a great trip so far. Thanks for praying for us! Pray for the upcoming conference, that God will work, and that we'll be a blessing.

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.

Tomorrow, we'll be driving to Lamar, PA, and from there to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island on Wednesday, for a missions conference in Narragansett Bay Baptist Church (Pastor Todd Stricklin). Dr. Ron Bragg will be the main speaker there as well. We're all looking forward to it. The next week, we'll be in Southington, CT for a missions conference in Central Baptist Church (Pastor Jim Townsley). Pray for us as we travel, and travel with a newborn to boot. Pray for the conferences, that we'll be a blessing to them. Pray for Anna. She's doing well, but she did just have a baby, so she tends to be rather tired these days. Pray for her continued health. We'll home for almost a week afterwards, and then we have another conference in Fort Dodge, IA (Harvest Baptist Church, Pastor Marvin Smith).

If anybody's interested, I have new pictures up on the website under Mission Pics. Also, the new BIMI produced video about the work in Soroti (where we'll be) has been released, and I've placed copies up on the website, under General Info. You can watch it streaming in your browser, or you can download a copy in either Quicktime or Windows Media formats. It demonstrates very well the great opportunity for ministry that God has created in Uganda, and the urgency of why we need to get there as missionaries.

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!

The new young'un

 

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.

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.

God bless,

James Huckabee
Missionary to Uganda