Reading this morning in Amy Carmichael’s “Edges of His Ways,” my heart was drawn to the call of Joel in 2:26… “Praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you.”
Today we simply must praise Him!!! He hath dealt so wondrously with us! We are saddened to have just said good-bye to our first team of volunteers. Our ten new friends from Indiana Wesleyan University were such a blessing to us and to the people we have come to love and serve here in Arua! From VBS with children at Uganda Christian University to loving on the missionary community we have joined here in town, the Lord dealt so wondrously to us through these me
n’s ministry! We praise His name.
Billy and John Rinehimer were to return to Arua today from Kampala. They prepared to come and just before they left discovered a major issue with the car that would have most certainly been a serious injury on the road, had Jesus not given them eyes to see the problem before they left. We are sad not to have them and the visitors they were bringing with us today, but we cannot fathom the love of Jesus, that He has dealt SO WONDROUSLY with us that He spared the boys lives. We praise His name!
Joanna has an interesting skin issue at the moment…she has scabbies, most likely picked up from playing with, holding and loving on kids the last couple of weeks. While we are not thrilled at the intense itching and burning all over, we are praising Jesus today that He has dealt so wonderfully with us, that this is not an issue that will affect our baby. He is so kind! We praise the name of the Lord our God!
Even our cutie pup Marori is sick! She has an interest skin rash herself. She has been quite sluggish the past couple of days. Tonight as Billy is still in Kampala with the car and we have no way to get her to the vet up here, we praise the Lord for His wondrous dealings with us, that the vet in Arua makes house calls!!! We never imagined! Even in the little “unimportant” realities of life, Jesus is being oh so faithful and kind to us!
Also we want to thank so many of you for praying for Christopher, our guard. We got to visit with him this week and while he is so much stronger and improving, he has aged quite a bit and his arm may never have full motion again. That is very upsetting to him, and while we are sad, we praise Jesus with Him for His wondrous dealings with us that Christopher is alive and continuing to heal. Thank you for praying with us!
We are also grateful for your prayers for Jeannie. Her arm has consistently improved since her bike accident and now she can fully straighten it! Please continue to pray that Jesus takes the pain that is involved with a lot of motion and lifting.
Today we simply must praise Him!!! He hath dealt so wondrously with us! We are saddened to have just said good-bye to our first team of volunteers. Our ten new friends from Indiana Wesleyan University were such a blessing to us and to the people we have come to love and serve here in Arua! From VBS with children at Uganda Christian University to loving on the missionary community we have joined here in town, the Lord dealt so wondrously to us through these me
n’s ministry! We praise His name.Billy and John Rinehimer were to return to Arua today from Kampala. They prepared to come and just before they left discovered a major issue with the car that would have most certainly been a serious injury on the road, had Jesus not given them eyes to see the problem before they left. We are sad not to have them and the visitors they were bringing with us today, but we cannot fathom the love of Jesus, that He has dealt SO WONDROUSLY with us that He spared the boys lives. We praise His name!
Joanna has an interesting skin issue at the moment…she has scabbies, most likely picked up from playing with, holding and loving on kids the last couple of weeks. While we are not thrilled at the intense itching and burning all over, we are praising Jesus today that He has dealt so wonderfully with us, that this is not an issue that will affect our baby. He is so kind! We praise the name of the Lord our God!
Even our cutie pup Marori is sick! She has an interest skin rash herself. She has been quite sluggish the past couple of days. Tonight as Billy is still in Kampala with the car and we have no way to get her to the vet up here, we praise the Lord for His wondrous dealings with us, that the vet in Arua makes house calls!!! We never imagined! Even in the little “unimportant” realities of life, Jesus is being oh so faithful and kind to us!
Also we want to thank so many of you for praying for Christopher, our guard. We got to visit with him this week and while he is so much stronger and improving, he has aged quite a bit and his arm may never have full motion again. That is very upsetting to him, and while we are sad, we praise Jesus with Him for His wondrous dealings with us that Christopher is alive and continuing to heal. Thank you for praying with us!
We are also grateful for your prayers for Jeannie. Her arm has consistently improved since her bike accident and now she can fully straighten it! Please continue to pray that Jesus takes the pain that is involved with a lot of motion and lifting.
Continue praying with us that Jesus, even these days as we have visitors and are quite busy around our own home, that we will be His hands and feet and share His heart with those around us...particularly pray with us for our neighbors, Vincent and Jessica, Tom and Gertrude, and Simon and Gladis are dear friends. Pray that they might see His wondrous dealings and cry out to praise His name with us!
Truly the Lord has dealt wondrously with us, we praise His Holy Name!!!
2 comments:
Coppedges,
It is soo exciting to read about your lives and how you walk with Jesus in such a distant place. We miss you closeby, but we are awfully thankful to God and you that you are there and doing what you are doing.
We congratulate you on your baby!! How wonderful is THAT? we pray for everyone's health and safety during this time as I am sure that having a baby in Africa presents its own challenges.
As you know, graduation weekend was last weekend and I did actually manage to graduate. My parents and a friend from home had flown over...we had a great time. I was appointed to a UMC church back home starting in Sept., so we are heading overseas again...while in the process of adopting another child from Nepal (a girl). We are soo excited about all this, and rejoice to read about your lives and what Jesus is doing.
what can I do but worship him with my life?
Under His mercy,
Andreas
Billy and Jo~ we love you much and rejoice with you over the Lord's constant faithfulness. Would you join us in praying for a bus driver at my day care- we need one by June 19!!! Things are getting desperate- but God always shows up on time. Thanks for lifting us up as we lift you up!
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