We leave Spokane at 9:00 am Monday morning, fly to Seattle, and then board a 10-hour flight to Amsterdam. From there, we fly 8 hours to Uganda and will arrive there Tuesday evening.
Our plan is for two of us to stay with Lisa Meyer, a Pullman native who has been working as a missionary in Uganda for the past several years. She and her four adopted African children are planning to move back to Pullman sometime next month and will attend our church! We are excited to meet them and have them introduce us to Uganda.
The other two of us will stay with Anthony and Misti Shelton, friends Matt and I met in seminary, who now live as missionaries in Uganda with their two young daughters. The Sheltons and the Meyers both live in the capital city of Kampala, only five minutes away from each other!
Here are our current prayer requests: Please pray for safe travel, for our families as we spend 10 days away from them, for our health (I have had a couple of bouts with sickness lately and would really appreciate your prayers that I stay healthy for this trip!), for our ability to visit all of the mission sites we are scheduled to see, for us to be open to learning from the Ugandan people, and most important--for us to hear what God is speaking to us while we're on this trip. We hope to visit several mission sites and see what partnerships we might be able to form between them and Pullman Presbyterian Church.
Your prayer support means SO MUCH to us!! We know that we are your representatives and your prayers will provide us with the strength we need for this trip. Thank you for being a part of this exciting experience. We can't wait to see what God will do!
I am so excited that you are going on this mission trip. God has already strengthened you with improving health. We will pray that the travel will be uneventful, that you arrive safely and have a good rest before you head out. Let us know of new prayer requests as your time in Uganda unfolds.
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