Hallelujah! Praise God Forever! This last week we saw Jesus work in some tremendous ways for which we praise Him. Some of them were quite exciting and yet others were just reassurances of His nearness. Somehow the little scheduling adjustments that He made and the relational interruptions we didn’t plan carried a divine weight all on their own. They were intangible evidences that He is working for us… One of the big excitements earlier in the week was that we got the “green light” to move to Arua on January 8th! While we were soaking in that reality, we met with our potential land lord a few days later. He lives here in Kampala but has a great little house to rent in Arua. He is graciously willing to work with us but he is asking we give him until January 15th to have everything ready. We honestly were a bit disappointed but trust Jesus knows the right time table and regardless, we hope to finalize on the house with the landlord this coming week! That is a huge praise and thank you so much as many of you all have been praying with us for just the right housing set-up. On Saturday, we went downtown and felt like Jesus really led us to some things for the house… to be honest, it is a little thought-provoking to be setting up a home in a place like Arua, Uganda. Exciting. Challenging. Prayerful. A whole mixture of emotions. Sunday, Billy got to preach at Kampala International University and that was a terrific experience. There were numerous African countries represented in the student body and it was just exciting to be able to share the word with hungry African hearts. They were very warm and we counted it a privilege to celebrate Advent together. Many of you were praying and we want you to know we are grateful. Thank you. This coming week we have Swahili each morning except Friday when we again go up to Arua to visit. We will be traveling this time with our field director, Jon Mayo and our close friends, John and Erica Rinehimer. We would ask for prayer for traveling mercies as we will be driving, the right network of contacts and relationships, and specifically a house for the Rinehimers. We have shared with some of you, but Kampala does not feel like home. Arua already has that sense and so we both are anticipating “going home.”
(We tried to include a picture of the house we are prayerfully pursuing! Thanks for praying with us for Jesus' Arua Home.)
2 comments:
I love you both so much! Thanks for keeping us posted on all the happenings. Jesus brought you to my mind this evening as the door blew open with the wind. :) He works in strange ways. I am excited that Arua has the feeling of home. Much Love Scott and Meg
Billy and JO, Chrissie sent me the link to your blog page. I am so excited for the two of you and the Lord continues to be faithfull. Andy and I would love for you to send us your update so we know how better nad more specifically to pray for you. YOu both know that The people in Africa have a special place in my heart and I want both of you to know that after a lot of prayer together Andy and I feel like the Lord has place you two specially on our hearts to help out financially. We need to know where to send the check each month so if you have a minute to email me that would be great. I love you both and pray for the Lord's work to be done through you. Love you
Haley Edwards
haleymikeska@gmail.com
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