“Thanks for joining us by prayer all the time. How important it is to be together in this wonderful walking with the Lord…This long waiting time in our home
country was necessary to have time to reconnect with the people of God.” God is in control of every situation. “The people who we have prayed for long time are still in our hearts. Just asking the LORD what's the next step to do, where, when, and how?”
Thank you for praying for yesterday's MAC meeting. We made one particular decision which will help eliminate a conflict of interest in one job at the clinic. Hope springs eternal.
This afternoon we will have a meeting with all of the team in Karamoja and the General Secretary which will hopefully help us to get all on the same page. We used to have meetings according to the two mission stations in Uganda (Mbale and Karamoja), but we stopped having separate meetings due to having so few personnel on the field. Yet there are details that are specific to the work in Nakaale that get lost in a full mission meeting.
Please pray for a Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) meeting today regarding what's happening at our mission clinic. The OPC's General Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Missions (CFM) is in Karamoja this week for lots of meetings. Please pray for wisdom in communication and clarification of expectations.
Thank you for praying for yesterday's MAC meeting. We made one particular decision which will help eliminate a conflict of interest in one job at the clinic. Hope springs eternal.
This afternoon we will have a meeting with all of the team in Karamoja and the General Secretary which will hopefully help us to get all on the same page. We used to have meetings according to the two mission stations in Uganda (Mbale and Karamoja), but we stopped having separate meetings due to having so few personnel on the field. Yet there are details that are specific to the work in Nakaale that get lost in a full mission meeting.
Please pray for a Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) meeting today regarding what's happening at our mission clinic. The OPC's General Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Missions (CFM) is in Karamoja this week for lots of meetings. Please pray for wisdom in communication and clarification of expectations.
Today we finished the first week of the Old Testament course. Next week, we'll begin the second course teaching an Introduction to the New Testament.
If we can make an extra effort and get 20 NIV study Bibles for these students, that would be excellent. The students do not have any Bible resources here. So we can buy a Bible with study resources that will make their learning go further.
Lokuso has finished his exams and returned home. I have asked him to share his future plans and help gather info for next year's budget.
Please pray for wisdom for all our budget prep before the full mission meeting on November 22nd. I'm glad that it will be held in Karamoja (and also zoom). Lots of details to gather from many different corners of life and ministry.
We are giving thanks to the Lord for His immense grace and strength as we celebrate several huge milestones:
After two years of research, thinking, and writing day by day, Mary Anne has at last finished the memoir of her spiritual journey. (The details are in the attachment below.)
The two of us have just turned 90 and our whole family (children, grandchildren, great-grands and Jack's niece and nephews and their families as well as four close friends) are coming this week-end, November 8-10 to celebrate with us and give thanks for the life He has given us. Please join us in praying for a joyful, loving, meaningful week-end for everyone.
The Seminary in Medellin, Colombia is celebrating their 80th Anniversary and UCU, the student moment with whom we ministered is celebrating their 55th Anniversary. Jack will be traveling to Colombia on November 11th and speaking to both groups in Medellin. He covets your prayers for him during his two weeks in Colombia. (See details in the attachment below.)
Finally we give thanks for your friendship and support over so many years.
Your grateful friends,
Hallowe’en was a pleasure.
The children of two Afghani families and one Ethiopian family gathered around the picnic table and enjoyed peanut butter cups. The parents and grandparents brought a fruit plate, and we all enjoyed our smiles and non verbal conversation,
except for the children, who know all about Hallowe’en now that they are in school.
Bombs are dropping all around the Home of Hope in Kehaleh up the road to Damascus, Including one that flew over their home and dropped nearby. Rita, the secretary, drove up to Alay where the public school is to register the children. The school is full of the refugee children fled from Beirut and Baca’a.
The UBER driver was my first muslim in months. A young father grown up in California (?) and Wisconsin! How had he liked Wisconsin? He got used to it and learned to like the winter and described dry cold etc. Did he know Arabic? Yes he understands it, but doesn’t use it. He understood: “However God, demonstrating His love for us when we were even still sinners, the Messiah died for us “ in Arabic. So the love of God was shared. There was another American passenger in the UBER. Shared ride is cheaper.
Grandson, Nicolas, has a professor who is Lebanese (!) and terribly worried about his wife and new twin daughters still in Lebanon. Nicolas put us in touch and we had lots to share. Nicolas had already clued him in what I had been up to in Lebanon. So God is reaching out everywhere and keeping us in His business. He’s very good at it!
"I woke up in the middle of nowhere in the morning at 3am and decided to start singing almost all the songs we used to sing together praising and worshiping God, among them is this one I decided to record and share with you!!!"
My dear friend,Barnabas sent me this. He is the one I helped when he was a student and we used to sing in the student ministry. His daughter is called Hanneke. I felt so blessed to get this from him. We used to sing many songs and this is one of my favorites!
He is the dentist who was a student with the student movement. He paid me back the school fees after he got the job. A wonderful Christian man!
His daughter is named Hanneke. She studied all the science subjects and passed. Now she is hoping to get into medical studies.
Congratualtions Bob on your 95th birthday. Bob is a long time friend and supporter of KWM workers.
Bill missed a weekly Zoom meet-up with L2L Kenya leaders, “but our CEO Brian said they were bubbling with enthusiasm. The trigger was
our funding for the first couple of used boda-bodas to enable quicker travel for our regional leaders. Their desire to spread the news about L2L from village to village is strong! Pray that smart decisions will be
taken re: purchases, insurance and distribution. Pray for safety. And pray for effectiveness!”
Students (former and current) sponsored by the OPC Nakaale mission: back row: Louse John Bosco, Locap Emmanuel, Lomokol James, Lokuso Francis, Chegem Mark, Losike Samuel, Angella Paul, front row: Loduk Joseph, Nangiro John, Locoro Emmanuel, and Alebo Moses. (not pictured: Loduk John and Onyang Joseph). Please pray for Lokuso Francis (pictured above in the Lakers jersey) as he writes exams these next few weeks. He will finish S4 next month. Nangiro John is another student currently in the mission sponsorship programme. He will finish S3 in December. These two are both at a local secondary school in Karamoja within walking distance from the mission. Lomokol James (yellow shirt) is studying at Mt Elgon School of Nursing in Mbale. It is a two-year programme. I forgot to mention Timo who is also being sponsored by the Karamoja mission to attend Knox School of Theology in Mbale. He will finish his three-year programme in May of next year. The other guys in the picture have either graduated or been kicked out of mission's school sponsorship programme for various reasons. Please continue to pray for them as well. There are now four students that I am managing on behalf of the mission, instead of eleven when I started a year and a half ago.
Timo and his daughter at Knox School of Theology in Mbale.
Hi again. I don't know. Today I do have some more energy but had no appetite for 3 days and stayed in bed just exhausted. Last evening I had a bit to eat. Made myself some mashed potatoes and the girls had cooked rice and chicken. I added a small piece of chicken and the gravy. Soon after I had to lay down again. I am considering to quit teaching as I am still feeling somewhat weak and need to see a doctor. I hope to go to Malolo tomorrow morning.