From the Home Front: Psalm 19

Dear Fearless Mission Team,

As I flipped open my Bible this morning, my eyes were drawn to Psalm 19 as I thought of you and what you are witnessing in Uganda: "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."

You, our brothers and sisters, are proclaiming the glory of God with our brothers and sisters in Uganda. Though you are in a distant land, God made the same sky above us all no matter where we travel. Your presence and your love you spread in Jesus name proclaim the work of God's hands. Like how Jesus fed the 5,000, you will feed the multitude of children you are serving at VBS. (Wow! 800+ children came the first day of VBS! Incredible!) I am truly amazed at how many children and adults God has called to hear the Good News you bring through your music, lessons, crafts and your dynamic skit with no speech or language. What hope and joy you will bring to all the children as you share what Jesus did for them and the gift of salvation and eternal life. I don't know if I have ever seen 800+ children all in one place, with open hearts and open minds waiting to receive spiritual food you bring.

God bless you all and keep you focused on Jesus, even when things don't turn out the way you expected. (Valene, even if you get the most mosquito bites. That means you are the sweetest!) God's ways are higher than our ways and he wants the best for you. Jeremiah 31:34 holds a promise: "No longer will a man teach his neighbor or a man his brother, saying, "Know the Lord", because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest," declares the Lord. "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more." Go forth and spread this Good News wherever you go. May God give you super strength, multiply your hours, and bless you with supernatural powers to do his work.

Love and blessings,
Brenda