"The Lord is compassionate, and when
you cry to him for help, he will answer you. The Lord will make you
go through hard times, but he himself will be there to teach you, and
you will not have to search for him anymore. If you wander off the
road to the right or the left, you will hear his voice behind you
saying, ‘Here is the road. Follow it'" (Isaiah 30:19b-21).

I don't know how better to explain my
current mindset then this passage. I must admit that this time is
whirl wind of redemption and hard lessons learned. I have
surrendered the expectation that my time in Uganda will be a "walk
in the park". I understand that my time spent here will be
difficult but I can already see the affect that it will have in my
life. I see the lessons that God is teaching me and I know that in
this time I will be completely transformed. I am really starting to
understand 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 which says:

"My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are
weak. I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order
to feel the protection of Christ's power over me. I am content
with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties
for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong"

I am content with this time of hardship
right now because I know that God is at work and that He is using
this time to teach me to live a life of whole- hearted satisfaction
of His will. I have found that daily, I cry out to God for guidance
and in trusting Him, He has revealed to me some pretty awesome things
and He has shown me that He is behind me always ready to guide me
back onto the right path. He is a compassionate God and in all my
times of hardship I am learning to trust that He is always there and
He is always working.

My ministry here has taken a new turn.
God is opening up all these really awesome ministry opportunities for
my team. I don't know if you all got my prayer request but if you
didn't I can send them to you and you will understand a little bit
better of what's going on and how much of a blessing this is to my
team. We have been hanging out with some really awesome kids in an
orphanage right down the street from our house; we are going to be
doing ministry with an organization that is sponsored by my teammates
church that I can't even put into words how amazing it is. It is
called True Vine Ministries and they have an orphanage, a school,
they work with widows, they teach women crafts skills, they have a
church that is fighting against Religion, and on and on and on.
These are just a few things that God has put in our path and I am
excited to see our ministry really exploding. Already I am being
reminded everyday of the joy of serving and loving God's people and
I can only see it getting better and better.

So . . . I guess the point that I want
to make is that Mambo Sawa Sawa (Things are better) and they are
getting better. They are a little tough right now, but I know that
God is working and I have a little more hope and trust in the Him
every day.