3 Wild (I mean wise) Men Following Jesus

 I am a firm believer in missions right where we live and wherever God may lead us;
 and He is leading these 3 crazy guys to Uganda.

 His plan for His people is to live on mission everywhere all the time.
 It's pretty simple, love God and love people.

  God does all the hard stuff, we just get to follow His lead and experience Him and be a part of what He is doing here at home and wherever we may go.

Charlie had decided awhile back he was going back to Uganda around Christmas time, then Kole jumped on board and said he would go.  We haven't even had a chance to think or plan, we had only made the reservations with the airline and then put it all on the back burner and had a wedding.  :)

The other night, out of the blue, Holly (Ben's mama and my good friend) texted me and asked when the next time any Brewers might be going to Uganda, because Ben would like to know....

I texted back that Charlie and Kole were headed out right after Christmas. 
 Her reply was, "Gulp."

I giggled a little bit, because I know my friend, and I knew she was hoping for
 a real vague - long time away - kinda answer. 

As it turned out....less than 24 hours later Ben is a confirmed addition to the mission trip. 

I am excited to see what God has in store for all these guys as they are on mission together
again.

  We have done ministry with Ben's family quite a bit before.  We used to have a  group of teens that would meet at one of our houses on Sunday nights, and we would feed them (a lot), and they would play and get crazy, and then they would hear from the Word of God.  It was a sweet and fruitful time.
  For some of the kids, that was their first introduction to Jesus, and for others it was just a growing and fellowship time.
  Many of the kids that were part of that group are continuing and growing in their relationship with Jesus as adults.  We have seen so many kids from that group go on various mission trips and get involved in ministry at their colleges and in their churches.

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I texted Ben once I knew he was going to Uganda with the guys and I told him how happy I was that he was going, and he texted me right back.

From Ben:  I have been praying for God to give me a task and it was just like, BOOM, here you go buddy! Have fun!!  

I knew that God had obviously gone before and paved the way for this all to come together and happen the way that it did, with the timing the way that it was.  It reminded me that when our prayers match the heart of God, the answer is,
 "YES."
Oh it's such a blast when we respond in prayer to what God is stirring in our hearts and  we ask Him, and He says, "YES, and HAVE FUN!!"

John 14:13-14 (NIV)

¹³ And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

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 For part of their time in Uganda they get to help finish building Redeemer House.  There has already been a lot of work going on and wonderful progress, as we have watched progress via pictures sent from Mulando Patrick.
It has taken all of Charlie's self-control to wait until now to GO. 
He is so proud of what they are doing there and so proud of Mulondo Patrick and many others at
 Redeemer House
 for their part in it, and their hard work.

 AND NOW, Charlie, Kole, and Ben get to join a team from xHope, the awesome ministry that takes care of Redeemer House, and come alongside them and help finish what is already going strong.
 They get to encourage and work and use the skills that He has given them to help our Ugandan brothers and sisters.

  Their mission to come alongside the people and what they are building, and share their gifts and talents in Jesus name.

Charlie and Kole will stay an extra week and stay with our bestest Ugandan Jesus loving friends from
 Christ Sanctuary International
  and serve them in ANY way they can.  It gets difficult to do anything for them as they are the most hospitable people on the planet, but maybe just maybe God will show Charlie and Kole something they can do to bless them.
 Charlie will definitely take a day and to go and see the progress on the farm that CSI has and brand any new cows they have added to the herd.

Of course  Simon will be a big part of every single thing they do there.  He will spend every minute with Charlie and Kole.  Simon is our Ugandan son and we love and miss that kid like crazy.

  Charlie will have 3
 21 year old guys to keep up with on this trip.
 I'm pretty sure, Charlie of all people is up for the challenge.
If I know Charlie he will kill himself trying to out work and out play these guys,
 and he will surely put the hurt on them in the process.

People from all over the world can learn and teach each other so much, and when we let God lead and let 

Jesus

 be the focus and the center of

 every project,

 moment,

 conversation,

 and relationship

wherever we live and wherever we GO

 we have a wonderful Jesus filled, God sized 

MISSION.

I linked the xHope web page, in case you want to learn more what their ministry.
I linked CSI web page, in case you want to learn more about their ministry.