Our fourth trip to Uganda is coming up this fall, and I thought I’d begin a little journal here that chronicles the preparation of our trip. Consider this Part 1 of an undetermined number of posts related to the upcoming trip…
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Ten Sundays. Seventy-three days. Either way you look at it, the countdown for our next trip to Uganda is going by very fast.
Preparations for the trip have been going on for quite a while now, but as we enter these last couple of months, the reality of the trip is beginning to set in. Namely because tasks like raising financial support, getting everyone vaccinated, and securing the proper travel documents for the entire team are beginning to reach a critical state.
As our team has begun meeting every two weeks, we’ve been getting to know the other members better. And I’m excited! There are five of us, one of which is a dear friend I met several years ago while volunteering at a Passion Conference in Atlanta. God has sustained our friendship over the years despite the fact one of us lives in the amazing Pacific Northwest and the other lives in what National Geographic has determined to be one of the best places to visit this fall. Can you believe that? The part about National Geographic.
The other two members are a couple that attends our church. They are full of energy and excitement, and we are so thrilled God has put it on their hearts to make this trip.
And then there is the possible sixth team member… She is still deliberating. Still praying. Still coordinating schedules. Pray that God gives her clarity as she seeks his direction.
We also have a few honorary team members who are so entirely essential to the trip that we could not go anywhere without them. I’ll talk about them at a later time… they are that special!
With only ten Sundays to go, the excitement is building!
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Current Prayer Requests:
- Financial Support ~ Please pray that God would provide our needs in time to purchase our airfare next month (about $2,800 per team member).
- Team Meetings ~ As we meet together, please pray that our time would be prayerful and productive.
- Ugandan Partners ~ Please pray that there would be peace, effective collaboration, humility, and a seeking to “build one another up” between our two Ugandan partners — one is our logistics partner and one is our ministry partner.
- Team Members ~ Please pray that God would soften our hearts with His grace so that we might be sensitive to the ways He wants to prepare each of us individually.
