Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"The time is approaching come June 2nd myself and a group will be headed back to Uganda. These past couple weeks have been tough, I feel as though God has been pulling on my heart strings, creating in me ache for Uganda and for the smiling faces I miss so much. I was able to talk to a friend and he was headed back with a group this past week. They were working on building a church in the new Village of Hope. This team comes a couple times a year and proceeds to accomplish so much while there. They are truly such a great blessing to RUHU. With hearts fully for the Lord and a willingness to serve I am so glad I was able to meet them my last time in Uganda. Also this past week my dear friend Becca headed back. You see I was already missing Uganda and then Jake going back made me miss it a little more, but Becca knowing that she was headed back too just made my heart ache. You see I had the pleasure of living with this young lady for a month while in Uganda and now see her as such a great friend. In that short month we experienced so much together. We managed power outages, village riots, she hugged my while I cried when finding out my grandpa had cancer, she checked on me in the night when I was so sick, we laughed and prayed together. Becca has such a heart to follow Christ even when that means leaving family and friends, but I think that is because she truly knows how rewarding it is.
But ultimately I know that my time to be back in Uganda will be here soon, and that it will all be on God's perfect timing. I know that God is already preparing the hearts of those we will be coming on contact with. It is my prayer that God would give us the words to speak, put is in the right places, and use us to be part of furthering His great kingdom. When I return to Uganda in June I am grateful to be able to share this experience with 9 other people. Most of whom will be experiencing out of country missions for the first time.
Some of the things we hope to do on this trip include. First of all spreading the love of Christ wherever we go. We also want to be able to serve others. Some ways we will be doing that is by doing some cleaning in the children's home, going to the slums to feed street children and offer wound care, doing a prayer walk through the government hospital, evangelizing in the new village of hope, and doing any other tasks that may be placed in front of us.
We have a couple fundraisers coming up specifically for this mission trip we will be taking. April 10th and 11th we will be doing a brat fry at the Waupun Piggly Wiggly serving time is from 10-6 both days.
Also we will be doing a Pizza Ranch fundraiser night on Monday May 11th. I believe serving is from 5-close. Both fundraisers are a great way to take a night off of cooking and enjoy some great food, while supporting our mission trip.
We will also be having the basketball fun night Council vs youth again this year. A meal will be served before the game. And a bake sale during half time of the game. The proceeds go to the youth group and the mission trip. Date is looking to be April 22nd. Specific dates and times can be found in the next week on my Facebook or the church bulletin.
**correct date April 29th. Meal begins at 5:30 game at 6:30**
I want to say thanks for all the support I have had on my last trips to Uganda, and I'm so excited to share it with others and just ask that if God puts it on your heart to support us you would consider doing so. If you are not able to make it to these events but would still like to make a donation checks can be made payable to BYPS and put in my church mail box or mailed to me. You can email if you need my address at amp9461@gmail.com
Also I will have a list in the near future of things we will be collecting to take along for the kids!
