Uganda Trip 2015

I haven’t been able to post any Uganda trip updates on this blog.  Not because I haven’t had time, I just don’t have the words.  This seems to happen every time I come here.  I just have so many mixed feelings on these trips.  It all seems to be such a contradiction when we are here.  We are so encouraged as there are so many wonderful things going on, and Jesus loving people that we love so very much. 

  AND then there is the sad reality of so much poverty and overwhelming amounts of need.  My heart is encouraged by the people that we know here and the ministries that are doing so much IN THE AWESOME and GLORIOUS NAME OF JESUS.  And then in just a split second my heart is broken by the massive amounts of suffering.

I always ask the Lord on these trips what is our purpose.  What can we do?  And He has made it abundantly clear on this trip, that just the relationships that we have made and the people that He has put in our lives over here are encouraged when we come to spend time with them and will join them for just a few days and encourage and care about their lives.  We have gone so many places and everywhere we go we  see people that we have met before and then it just multiplies, because we meet new people.  

All the kids and adults are doing great.  It is fun to see how the Lord is using each one of the members of our team in a very individual way, and each of us are growing in different ways.