The blog was not used in 2009 to keep you updated for "several reasons" and one was a new computer for me and the inability to have internet service when I was able to blog. I have learned the computer this year and hope I can use this blog as my source of communication. Will be trying it out as we start our final preparation!
Many of you know that Jeremy and Tamara are working hard in the Masese III village and a few of their ongoing highlights are the "Way Out Workforce" for women and "Community Health Evangelism" for the village people. About 18-20 women are making the necklaces from recycled paper and selling them as well as attending Bible studies with Tamara. Several of the women have made decisions for Christ and are growing in their walk. Jeremy has just finished a CHE seminar and $9,000 has been raised for the "nets not caskets" project. THANKS TO SO MANY OF YOU for your support! He has more than 10 strong leaders in the Masese community who will begin their part of training the community about malaria and how the nets can help. Actual distribution may possibly start as early as mid February. We are thrilled that we might be there to see this project "kick off"!
Jeremy and Tamara have adopted two beautiful Ugandan children, Gloria who is 4, and Evan Daniel who is 18 months old. Upon their decision to adopt, God blessed them with the desires of their heart and many answered prayers and they are expecting a baby to be born "really at any time" now. Will update you when we get our call! Tamara's parents are leaving tomorrow for a 3 week stay in Uganda. Pray for their health and traveling mercies.
We will be leaving Bryan, Lisa, Brinkley, and Lily behind as we stay almost two months in Uganda. Wish we could take them with us! We learn, as parents, that time with both children and their families together, gets hard as they grow up and prepare to have their own families and respective jobs. Hopefully, we will have some family time with all of the children together in August 2011 when Jeremy's family plans to return for furlough!
We are also leaving behind very precious friends, GW and Evelyn Lankford. While we are away, GW will be having treatments for prostate cancer. I can't tell you how this grieves our hearts. We ask you to pray for healing for GW and for Evelyn's health and stamina as they begin this new journey in their life.
Thank you for following our adventure and we need prayers that Tommy's health will remain well and that God will give us a heart for the Ugandan people that we might share "short term" a part of God's love with them! We already KNOW that our lives will be changed as they were in 2009 but we pray that we will see lives changed and they will see Jesus in our lives!
Great job, Sandra...I'm impressed!
ReplyDeleteI plan to keep people informed as much as possible while we're gone through the FB page "Prayers for Bob and Debbie Cardinal" which a friend set up for us when we went to Uganda last year. Thanks for all your prayers! :)