Tuesday May 12, 2009
Well this spring has been a busy one. In march Jason and I took an exploritory trip to Uganda. We were very interested in the team there but inorder to go onto our next segment of training in the fall we needed to be sure this was where we wanted to go. We were asked to make a trip and see the conditions we would live in (only a tiny bit of solar electric but flushable toliets :), meet the team and just as important give the team leaders some time to know us and see if they would invite us to join them. Of course, through our whole trip we were asking God what are you saying?
The trip was wonderful. We had no snafus and the kids had a blast with Grandma and Papa in michigan while we left. The best thing though is that Jason and I both are confident that we should go join this team. The team needs some of the giftings that Jason has. The team leaders are wonderful (Tim, the point man, reminds us of Bob Tissot for those of you who know him). The biggest thing though was just how God worked in us. Though culturally it is different than here within my soul or being it felt like home. We were not in any rush to come back and honestly had our children been with us we may not have gotten on our homeward flight.
What does this mean for us? We have applied for the next phase of training. Our class now will end July 2nd. The next part would start up in september and run through feb. I think. The classes are in the mornings four days a week. This means Jason will only be able to work part time and the kids will have to be in daycare or have a nanny. Please join us in praying about those issues. We know if God is leading us to do this he will provide for our family and a good situation for the kids in the morning. We just don't know what that will be yet. The trip will end with a 5 week field work trip. We will go to a place near a work our church is doing but to an area that has not been reached. We will experience the very beginning of church planting and then when we have to leave the people will continue to be cared for by the team near by.
We also will be going on a family mission trip in June as a prerequiste to our fall class.
We are excited and challenged. I will have to be better about posting blogs so it won't be so long. Just as an aside. Haven turns 4 next week and is learning to ride a two wheeler. He is growing in knowledge and stature. I love how fun he is. Veronica has really come into her own. She has a fun personality. She loves to dance and is outgoing though she also likes to play "shy games" once she has someone's attention. She like to run and climb right now. I am blessed by their relationship to each other. They have their moments for sure but also just as often they are gracious and sharing with each other. I have heard Haven say more than once to Veronica when I have asked her to apologise, "That's okay Roni, your my sister." (said with much love and tenderness).
