Time for court

Today marks our 50th day here in Uganda. In these 50 days we have been blessed beyond our dreams. We have been blessed by the strong will of the widows, the joy of the little kids at the many baby homes we have been to. The street boys and boys in the homes have given us great tips of playing and laughter. The Uncles and Aunties that work with the kids have been inspiring. The one thing that is greater than all has been our little Jethro.

For the past 50 days we wake up and get to see him for about 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the evening. Until our court order is finalized we do not get to bring our son home. Imagine not getting to see your kids when you get home from work or getting to tuck them in at night. What about when they have a bad dream and wake you up you get to comfort them. Currently we do not get to be that kind of parent. 

We just are waiting for the day that he is in our home permanently.

At 10:30 am on Tuesday the 6th we have our first court date. This is 12:30 (midnight) MST for you back in the states. We are ahead of you by 10 hours. Please pray for favor with the Judge.

We have Judge K and he is one that wants

everything in order for the case to pass.

Pray for these items and whatever the Lord may lay on your heart:

• that the Judge shows up
• that Jethro's biological family shows up
• that our nerves are calm
• that the judge has all the paperwork needed
• that all questions will be answered
• that the judge finds no errors in the affidavits
• Finally we get Jethro!

Day One, Complete Success

Today we fought for the Kingdom of God and we WON! (of course) Ever since we have been here we have felt the presence of evil. After praying and worshiping God last night and doing the same this morning, we have had an amazing day. 

We were all transported to the Leadership Conference safely, we had no problems while we were there. We left the conference to go look at an orphanage that a pastor had started but has been unable to finish, but is looking for someone to take it over. We visited another orphanage where a retired mechanical engineer lives and is spending his retirement to live at and support  these orphans. He is a true testament to the phrase, "Good and Faithful Servant." Then some people we know from Kenya came down to the conference and we have really been having a great time talking with them. 

We have also called a guy named Cor. We are meeting with him tomorrow. He builds orphanages, staffs them and them gives them away. Wow!

I know God had us come to stay at this hotel for a reason. We were all  feeling kind of weird about the hotel but we had no where else to stay. We left the hotel to go have dinner elsewhere and when we got back we did not just hang out and shoot the breeze, we prepared for a spiritual battle. If we had stayed at the hotel that was more "comfortable," we would have just hung out and went to bed and could have been caught in a battle without our weapons ready. 

My faith has grown so much in the past 24 hours and I am more on fire for Christ and the cause for the orphans and widows. I am meeting so many people everyday that are so inspiring.  Shawn and I are so, so, so, so, blessed to be here working for God, serving the people of Africa. 

This is by no means an easy, clean, comfortable or paying job, but 

I could do this for the rest of my life.

The Battle Begins

We have arrived in Tororo this evening. We had a great morning at a baby orphanage called Amani. They have around 50 kids and a wonderful loving facility. We met the director and some other great contacts. Then we headed to Tororo about a 3 hour drive from Jinja.

When we where about 20 minutes from Tororo we saw baboons on the side of the road and stopped to look at them.  As we were driving off Dwight got a call from his wife and little Rubie Grace was having a seizure and they where waiting on the ambulance to take her to the hospital. Grandma seizures are life threatening for her. Let me remind you that this is minutes from us entering a small town where over 1000 rural pastors from at least 4 countries will be attending a conference Dwight is leading. This is not a coincidence it is Satan attacking because he knows we are here to do some damage for the kingdom of God. She has now had 2 seizures one being 25 min and the other 45 min. Keep praying for Rubie. 

When we arrived at our hotel it is a very large hotel but there was no one staying here, we all had a weird felling about it. They put the team scattered all over the place. None of our rooms where remotely close to each other. There was just that funny felling about it. We gathered together and and talked about what to do. The only other place was full because of a group of workers staying there. So we opted to stay here. At dinner we met a pastor from the US and he warned us about a pastor last year that had acid thrown in his face in the very same park that the conference will be in. I know that things happen for a reason and God has plans for us. I do believe we are facing some serious spiritual battles the next few days. Keep Sarah, our team, Dwights family and myself in your prayers over the next few days.