Wednesday, September 27th
I had hoped that today would be the day of rejoicing in the return of Pamela’s suitcase, but it was not to be. The bag has been located and for whatever reason, is still in London waiting to be flown to the Entebbe airport. Please pray that they would send it for arrival tomorrow. We are thankful that it has been found, and will be even more thankful when it is returned to Pamela.
We are uncertain as to the location of our container with all of our belongings. We have conflicting accounts as to whether or not it has left Kenya. American reports seem to think that it is on its way here, but updates from here think that it is still in Kenya. God knows it status and we are grateful that we can trust in Him. Please pray that we will not be taxed on the contents. Our personal belongings are supposed to be exempt, but that is not always the case. We also brought items that were donated for ministry including the fitness equipment. We need God’s favor to avoid paying import taxes on the ministry items.
I am pursuing an alternative electrical supply for Uganda that is based on burning of a bio-engineered crop. The home company is based out of Gulf Breeze, Florida and I met one of the principals 2-days before leaving Florida. It seems like a perfect solution and fit for Uganda. I am praying for two things right now: 1) that God would move in the hearts of the company in Florida to desire bringing this solution to Africa; and 2) that I can make the right contacts in Uganda to facilitate bringing it here. The American company is doing very well in Central and South America and may not feel the need to come to Africa. Uganda has an energy crisis that limits everything in the country for both personal as well as economic development. They are currently relying on hydroelectric power, which is also causing a water shortage. The climate and soil type in Uganda are perfect for growing the crop that is used to fuel the plant. This would be an awesome thing for Uganda in terms of electricity, and it could also produce jobs as well as resources for ministry. I would greatly appreciate your prayers in this endeavor and for God’s favor and wisdom. I have already made some contacts in Uganda that are interested in pursuing this further.
We are supposed to receive our vehicle today. I will provide an update tomorrow.
We have all of the boys in the same school now. We discovered on Saturday that Word of Life, where the youngest three attend, will be adding an additional grade each year. We had thought that it would always be limited to grades 5 and below. The school that Christian was attending had a totally different annual schedule than Word of Life, which would have made it very difficult to ever do any family vacations or even local traveling. This is much simpler on a daily and annual basis. Christian has had a great attitude about it. He really liked his other school, which had a much nicer campus and also some older kids and activities to participate in. He made the adjustment in stride and never complained. Though he is doing Grade 5 activities, the school is very aggressive academically and it appears to be similar to what he was doing in Grade 6 at the other school. There are three classmates who are older than him, too, though he looks like a giant amongst the other students who are all Africans.
We are scheduled to view a house on Saturday that we like based on what we have seen of the outside. We need to secure a home soon as we can only stay in this guesthouse as long as no one from the Baptist mission requests it. As it should be, IMB missionaries have priority for the house. Fortunately, no one has asked for it yet.
We are doing all that we can as quickly as we can to apply for our work visas. This is going to be cumbersome and complicated as we need many documents from the US that we don’t have with us.
We have a praise on email. Someone showed me how we can work offline to compose email and then send it all at once. We had not been able to do this from anywhere here and would have to either write emails in Word and then cut and paste or compose all of our emails while on line. We still will be limited to only sending to 20 addresses or less at a time (that will not change), but we can now have emails ready to send whenever the internet is available. I am composing this offline this morning and have been waiting three hours for the internet to work so that I can post this blog.
Pamela and I found a place that serves good hamburgers and ice cream yesterday. It was way too expensive, but a nice treat. This probably will not happen often, but it was a great comfort for a day after having eaten beans and rice many days in a row.
Finally, please pray that we can find the right location to put the fitness center. Everyone seems to be excited about this and I am anxious to get it going when our container arrives.
I had hoped that today would be the day of rejoicing in the return of Pamela’s suitcase, but it was not to be. The bag has been located and for whatever reason, is still in London waiting to be flown to the Entebbe airport. Please pray that they would send it for arrival tomorrow. We are thankful that it has been found, and will be even more thankful when it is returned to Pamela.
We are uncertain as to the location of our container with all of our belongings. We have conflicting accounts as to whether or not it has left Kenya. American reports seem to think that it is on its way here, but updates from here think that it is still in Kenya. God knows it status and we are grateful that we can trust in Him. Please pray that we will not be taxed on the contents. Our personal belongings are supposed to be exempt, but that is not always the case. We also brought items that were donated for ministry including the fitness equipment. We need God’s favor to avoid paying import taxes on the ministry items.
I am pursuing an alternative electrical supply for Uganda that is based on burning of a bio-engineered crop. The home company is based out of Gulf Breeze, Florida and I met one of the principals 2-days before leaving Florida. It seems like a perfect solution and fit for Uganda. I am praying for two things right now: 1) that God would move in the hearts of the company in Florida to desire bringing this solution to Africa; and 2) that I can make the right contacts in Uganda to facilitate bringing it here. The American company is doing very well in Central and South America and may not feel the need to come to Africa. Uganda has an energy crisis that limits everything in the country for both personal as well as economic development. They are currently relying on hydroelectric power, which is also causing a water shortage. The climate and soil type in Uganda are perfect for growing the crop that is used to fuel the plant. This would be an awesome thing for Uganda in terms of electricity, and it could also produce jobs as well as resources for ministry. I would greatly appreciate your prayers in this endeavor and for God’s favor and wisdom. I have already made some contacts in Uganda that are interested in pursuing this further.
We are supposed to receive our vehicle today. I will provide an update tomorrow.
We have all of the boys in the same school now. We discovered on Saturday that Word of Life, where the youngest three attend, will be adding an additional grade each year. We had thought that it would always be limited to grades 5 and below. The school that Christian was attending had a totally different annual schedule than Word of Life, which would have made it very difficult to ever do any family vacations or even local traveling. This is much simpler on a daily and annual basis. Christian has had a great attitude about it. He really liked his other school, which had a much nicer campus and also some older kids and activities to participate in. He made the adjustment in stride and never complained. Though he is doing Grade 5 activities, the school is very aggressive academically and it appears to be similar to what he was doing in Grade 6 at the other school. There are three classmates who are older than him, too, though he looks like a giant amongst the other students who are all Africans.
We are scheduled to view a house on Saturday that we like based on what we have seen of the outside. We need to secure a home soon as we can only stay in this guesthouse as long as no one from the Baptist mission requests it. As it should be, IMB missionaries have priority for the house. Fortunately, no one has asked for it yet.
We are doing all that we can as quickly as we can to apply for our work visas. This is going to be cumbersome and complicated as we need many documents from the US that we don’t have with us.
We have a praise on email. Someone showed me how we can work offline to compose email and then send it all at once. We had not been able to do this from anywhere here and would have to either write emails in Word and then cut and paste or compose all of our emails while on line. We still will be limited to only sending to 20 addresses or less at a time (that will not change), but we can now have emails ready to send whenever the internet is available. I am composing this offline this morning and have been waiting three hours for the internet to work so that I can post this blog.
Pamela and I found a place that serves good hamburgers and ice cream yesterday. It was way too expensive, but a nice treat. This probably will not happen often, but it was a great comfort for a day after having eaten beans and rice many days in a row.
Finally, please pray that we can find the right location to put the fitness center. Everyone seems to be excited about this and I am anxious to get it going when our container arrives.
posted by Ironside Tribe at 6:27 AM
1 Comments:
Dear Christian, WOW! Two new schools in such a short time--we are proud of you for keeping such a positive attitude. You are such a role model for your younger brothers! We are praying for you!
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