“Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfector of our faith.” (Hebrews 12:1-2, NIV) Lesson #16 on a Journey to a Water Well Thursday, June 16, 2016 A couple of hours after I spent time alone with our Lord at the water well, our family participated in a clinic with Sole Hope. We loaded several old Landcruisers with volunteers and supplies and drove in a single file line on dusty red dirt roads for an hour. That day the clinic was held at a rural primary school. The Continue Reading
When Godly People Give Ungodly Advice
“Do not be conformed to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” (Romans 12:2, NIV) Lesson #15 on a journey to a Water Well. June 2016 When godly people give ungodly advice. "I want to!" My husband and I had spent thirty minutes explaining salvation and baptism through scripture to our two oldest children when six-year-old Ben said, "I want to invite Jesus into my heart." Tim and I looked at Ben and then at Continue Reading
Do You See Me?
Lesson #14 on a Journey to a Water Well June 2016 I didn’t sleep well. It was our third night in Uganda, and I was still adjusting to the seven-hour time difference and mosquito nets and was a little unnerved two of my boys were sleeping alone in a room on the other side of the Sole Hope Guest House. But I had one request. One objective I intended to keep despite my lack of sleep. I wanted time alone by the well God spent two years preparing me for. A missionary couple picked me up early in the morning while everyone else slept. I hopped Continue Reading
Do you feel imprisoned by problems or held hostage by fear?
Lesson #13 on a Journey to a Water Well June 2016 “Be joyful always; pray continually; and give thanks in all circumstances.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Two and a half years after our journey to the water began by reading the book “Kisses from Katie,” our family arrived in Jinga, Uganda. After twenty-four hours of travel, we were exhausted. We stayed at the Sole Hope Guest House. On our first morning there, the staff invited our family to their devotional on the lawn. Fifteen to twenty staff members gathered to read God’s Word, share, and Continue Reading