Praise the Lord that life is so full!!! From my full belly (which resembles more of a
beach ball) to the fullness of school life and time with friends, life is
good.
Over the past two weeks some of my students have been
working on a garden. With the hopes they
will learn more about subsistence farming and the value of arable land and of
food in general. The past two 30 min.
outings have consisted of hoeing the ground and weeding. When a hoe wasn't available one of my
students went a little “stone age” and used a stick. I have to say it is quite humorous to watch
the whole charade! They are doing
amazing and even making some progress. We've even found old shoes, a buoy, and ceramic tiles buried. It’s sort of an archaeology experiment all at
the same time.
We've also had some wonderful sports competitions
lately. They've kept the whole school
going at a rapid pace! Here’s a few
pictures from the Men’s and Women’s soccer matches and the Swim Meet (or Swim Gala
as they say here). I’m helping coach the
swim team and we are having a great time.
And at 6 ½ months prego I can still do a flip turn I’m happy to say! J
Last week was the Secondary School’s Spiritual Emphasis
week. Here are a few pictures from
chapel. Students responded mightily when
asked to nail struggles to the cross.
Praise the Lord the Holy Spirit is moving in our student body even among
the non-believers!
We finished out the week with a really fun photo scavenger
hunt, pizza & movie night!
A few prayer requests:
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Uganda celebrates 50 years of independence on
Tuesday! WOW!! Prayers for many more
years of peace and growth for this country!
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October 17-19th is the High School
Spiritual retreat. Ernie & I will be
going and helping and we are praying for the Lord to continue working in the
hearts of students. I can tell Satan is
trying to work over time to pull many of our students down. Please pray that these students will come to
know the saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ!!!! And for those who do know Him, that He will
continue to transform lives.
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That our pregnancy would continue to go well. Our little buddy is breach so if he could
turn in the next two months or so that would be wonderful! But I’m feeling great & my last doctor
appointment was fantastic.
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Prayers for health & safety for our sports
teams. We've had 4 injuries in the last
3 soccer games, including a broken arm & a serious concussion. (Everything
is fine but they were quite a scare!)
Thanks for praying with us!
Abbey, Ernie and baby
Reynolds!
We had the most wonderful time with friends at Murchison Falls National Park in Northern Uganda. What a beautiful country! Here's a link to our pictures. (Well at least a sampling I took over 1,500!!!) Hope these pictures can say more than I ever could about God's amazing creativity & beauty! The earth is filled with HIS glory!
"And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?" -Matthew 6:28-30
