A Rainy Day in Arua

Many of you have sweetly emailed and checked up on us due to the flooding in our area. Thank you so much for your prayers and support in that way. We are doing well. In general the Arua area is ok…we have had much rain and many gardens are ruined, but most people have not been displaced from home or anything at this point. Again, that is in our area. We have heard the same stories you have about areas around, so do continue to carry the weather in your prayers. Dry season is due to arrive soon!In the mean time, Billy has enjoyed the privilege of pulling people out of the mud! He thinks that is great fun! Last Saturday was an interesting pull/push situation. Our friend and colleague John Rinehimer found himself making room for another car to pass when the road fell away into the ditch beside him. He called for us to come and pull him out. Another missionary friend reached him before we did and as Frank pulled John forward we tried to keep him from rolling down the steep rode backward! That was an exciting challenge. Thank you for your prayers for our safety on the roads…during the rain and always!

Earlier that same day Erica Rinehimer blessed me with a baby shower!!! (Erica and I with Baby Elsie in all her glory!) She invited all of the international ladies from a bible study we attend here in town. We had SO MUCH FUN!!! Did you know that Americans are some of the few in the world who celebrate babies in this way before their birth!?! Our friends thought it was an “interesting” idea to have a party in honor of an unborn little one. They have obeyed Jesus and followed Him to Arua from Austria, England, Germany and New Zealand. We enjoyed not just celebrating Elsie, but also learning each other’s cultures that day! (I am pictured with my friend Sarah, from England, who made Elsie a mobile!)

Thank you for joining us this weekend in Nebbi, through your prayers. We travel Saturday to teach the five men there who have been so eager to learn more of God's Word! Also continue to pray for the pastor's that Jesus has entrusted to us in Sudan. We'll be meeting with at least one of them, John Onek, in two weeks time.