Dear Prayer Team,
Wednesday we said goodbye to the Whitmers and Bogans after going with them to pick up a couple of very important items. For the Whitmers, it was a washing machine. They have just moved into their permanent residence and had to purchase the machine to be able to do laundry. The only other alternative is to pay someone to wash your laundry by hand. While this seems like it would be a good, viable solution, it is extremely hard on the clothing which would need to be replaced often.
We then rode with the Bogans to pick up their “new” vehicle. It is a 1996 Toyota Hiace van. It had to be prepared for Uganda by getting heavy duty shocks, struts, and tires, as well as several other upgrades. It was great to see them head off to their home in Jina for the first time in their van.
As you are coming to the end of your day, Linda and I are in the middle of what I have come to call “the longest day.” Our day started at 6:00am Ugandan time. That is 7 hours ahead of you on EDT.
Our flight leaves tonight at 11:30pm which is about 4:30pm your time. We gain an hour as we arrive in Amsterdam at 6:45am. This is one of those connections where we really need your prayers. Our flight to Detroit leaves at 8:00am, which is only one hour and 15 minutes after we arrive. Pray that everything happens on time with this flight. If we stay on schedule, we will arrive in Dayton at 1:11pm on Friday, which will be approximately 37 hours since our day began Thursday morning in Uganda. If anything happens to delay us, this time can stretch into 2 full days fairly easily. Therefore, please pray for safe planes that leave on time with alert crews and all our bags!
It has been very productive to be able to visit our two Urbancrest families in Uganda. We were able to hear their struggles and bring the love and resources of Urbancrest to them. They have each shared with me that our visit has been such an encouragement to them, and that it came at the perfect time in their deployment. Thank you for allowing me the honor of visiting our servants on the field. I know souls will be in Heaven because of your faithful giving to our church and to the Faith Promise Fund.
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