Already August

August's already here and there are a couple of things on the calendar...will you pray with us?!

7-10 (tomorrow) We will welcome and host in our home 8 pastors for facilitators training, that they might learn to train others to share the stories of God's Word!

11-17 We welcome Community Health Evangelism (CHEIII) to Arua.

13-17 Holiday Bible Club in our front yard! Pray with us as this idea was birthed in the big girls' hearts and they are so excited to be apart of sharing Jesus with their friends and neighbors!

7-21 We get to host a friend serving in the middle east, who is coming for a bit of time away and a storying refresher!

19-25 Billy will be in Kampala for meetings including a Pastors Training of Trainers. The men that are with us earlier in the month with help facilitate this training!

27-3 September-We host a Mango Ministries (South Sudan) orientation in our home! Praise Jesus for new teammates!

We are on week four of illness in all four girls and just confirmed today Lucy is fighting malaria. The others have all started antibiotics now for throat and ear pain and deep deep coughs. Lucy's fever today was high and she seemed miserable. While holding her at the clinic, waiting on her test results, I could feel her heat radiating into my own thighs and she said, "you know the best part of today, mom?" "what is that, Lucy?" "my blood was pink mom; I never knew!"  She was so delighted her blood when smeared around on a little glass looked pretty perfectly pink to her! Pray with us as we go into these intense days of training...that we might have a Christ-like perspective and live each day giving thanks! Truly, Jesus is going before us!

A look at where July has gone...

Enjoying time with Melody!
Play dates are one way Joanna gets to share Jesus with those who haven't heard and
encourage those who have said yes to keep walking in Him!

Being stuck at home sick means more time for school which both of the big girls LOVE!
Obviously we all have different strengths.
Lucy may be an administrator!

Our friend Jennifer made us fabulous new dresses and we even got to paint our fingernails with Eva!!! 
All this preparation but not able to go to the wedding...I think two had fevers that day!

The pastors from South Sudan were happy to pose with the twins even if they did feel a little under the weather.

Joanna welcomed a group of ex-pat ladies for an evening together early July!
Six nations represented.

Precious baby Melody made one year!!!
We joined David and Medline in a fun celebration!

Feeding 9 pastors three meals a day...
We held a facilitators training in our home in July for South Sudan pastors and now beginning tomorrow we will host the second training for our Ugandan pastors. 



Pray Jesus will enable the men being trained in storying to share the Scripture clearly and others might be drawn to walking with Jesus!

Will you pray with us for our friends Simon and Beatrice (pictured)?
There just seems to be a burden of needs at their home right now.
Nothing is too difficult for Jesus!