My Own LOST Experience

Hello all!

Well here I am again trying to fit weeks of experiences into a few paragraphs. I'll do my best. But overall, I think I need to say this: you had to be there. It's hard for me to really relate to you how things have been here in Uganda. But here we go.

So like I mentioned in my last update, a few days after we returned from our project trip/safari adventure, me and another intern Travis got recruited to travel to Ssese Island (on Lake Victoria) with a ministry called Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF). A quick little background on these guys. They're an international ministry (locations all over the world) that transports missionaries and humanitarian worked to hard to reach areas so that they can share the gospel and help those in need. Their mission statement is "sharing the love of Jesus Christ through aviation and technology so that isolated people may be physically and spiritually transformed." Really cool ministry. Well MAF wants to put an airstrip on Ssese Island to provide safer access to that island and the smaller ones around it. Apparently around 5000 people die a year in the areas around Lake Victoria due to unsafe transportation to the islands. Also, the islands are not a very strongly churched area, and providing safer means to get these would open up lots of doors for the church (and the gospel) to grow there.

So eMi has worked with the MAF Uganda office in the past, so we were asked to assist in locating the property line that is critical in locating where the airstrip can go. Property lines oddly enough end up being a big part of what we do in terms of surveying. Property issues are kind of a nightmare in Uganda, with lots of property "surveys" being drawn by hand and property corners not necessarily existing anymore. Anyways so our job was to figure out this line based on a few documents they had and then lay it out (approximately) in the field. This wasn't an easy task, and required some less-than-perfect surveying, but in the end we got the approximate line to within about 45 meters. That's pretty big, I know, but when the airstrip is a kilometer long and you have the amount of space they had, its good enough. We gave them the best we had, though.

This is the boat we took to the island, not too bad!

The village where we had the meeting

So the trip itself was really interesting. We left from a dock in Entebbe (where the airport in Uganda is, which is right on the lake) around 7. The boat we took was a safari ski boat, which is apparently a lot better than the inflatable boat that was used for the last trip they took. The boat took about an hour to reach the island, where we the met the leaders of the local village. The last trip out there MAF met with leaders of another village on the island (I think there's 3 total) to explain some things. We did the same thing this time basically. Apparently in the past mzungus (what white people get called here, it's not derogatory, it's just what they say) have bought smaller islands on the lake and then kicked off all of the Ugandans and made it their own private resort. Awful, I know. Well we wanted to make sure the locals understand what we're doing, so we had a village meeting. These are interesting. Introductions are a big thing here, so about 30 minutes of the meeting consisted of just that. Once we were all introduced, the meeting itself went smoothly, and we were done in about an hour and a half (not too long, I guess). After that we went out to the field of the proposed airstrip, and started looking for survey markers that we had been told were there. After a brief scare of not finding them, we found them and got to work, which ended up with us getting a decent line. After this, we had to walk a total of a few miles through tall grass to plant bamboo poles to mark the line. Praise God for His protection from snakes, we didn't see any! There were plenty of locals with us to help, so we had fun trying to speak a little Luganda (their language) with them. They thought mzungus speaking Luganda was hilarious. So after we finished the line, the MAF guys with us had already staked out where they wanted to strip based on the property line. We did some simple soil tests to see if the ground was appropriate for airplanes to land on (it'll work) and then the locals got to work on clearing the land. The cool thing about the strip is that it will be completely owned by the community, and MAF will just use it. That way it can be used for all types of community development. So after some clearing, it was time for us to go. Overall, it was a great experience. I see some great ministry going on in the island villages in the future.

Some boats on the shore of the island.

Well, I think I'll keep this update at that. I'll be updating soon about some other recent occurrences. I hope you're doing great wherever you are, and thank you again for your prayers and support!

Adventures of a Lifetime...(now with pictures!)

Whew! So much has happened since my last update! First off, before I even start, I just want to thank those of you who have supported me in coming here (both in prayer and financially). The amazing experiences I’ve had here couldn’t have happened without you. God is using this time to literally change my life and the way I view things, so thank you so much for supporting me here!

So in my last update I mentioned that I was about to go on my project trip. Well that’s exactly what I did and it was great. Just to fill you in, eMi’s main deal is their project trips. The way those work is that a group of volunteers from around the world (mostly the states, but also the UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, and so on) joins some eMi staff and interns on a trip to a developing area to do some engineering and architecture work for a ministry that needs it. Trips last around 7-10 days and range from really rural areas to areas that are a little more developed, but still need help. I think the best way for you to understand is if I just describe my trip.

So the team arrived on Tuesday (Sep 15) night. It consisted of 2 civil engineers from Georgia (oh yeah! close enough to Alabama, even though they went to Auburn), an architect from New Zealand, an architect from California, and a surveyor from Pennsylvania. The eMi staff was me (civil intern), an architecture intern, a structural engineering intern, and our project leader, Janet. The ministry we were working for in Masaka, Uganda morning picked us up Wednesday morning. We were working for a group called Pacific Academy Outreach Society. They’re an extension of a Christian school in Canada. PAOS opened up a school in Kibaale (in Uganda) a few years ago and has around 1000 kids going there now during the day. They bring in all kinds of kids from well off to impoverished and provide great Biblical education. They also offer sponsorships for kids as well (see here). Great ministry. Anyways, they want to expand to a new location to offer education to senior secondary school girls (about 11^th and 12^th grade in the US). The new school will be in Masaka and will be a boarding school that will also have a teacher training center as well as some agricultural training. So we arrived on site the first to some rain, but soon cleared up and we started surveying the first day! Quick start. At first I thought I would be working with the civil engineers for the work, but things changed and I ended up running the instrument for the week. At first I was a little let down, but I soon began to really enjoy surveying on the trip, so no regrets. The remainder of the week consisted of surveying all day, dinner at the hotel or PAOS staff house at night, then devotion time with the team and then bed. I should mention that PASO spoiled us all week by putting us up in a super nice hotel. I felt like I was on vacation ; ) But by the end of the week we had surveyed all the necessary points and generated a topo map (elevations and such) of the area. That was our part. The engineers worked on water supply and wastewater disposal all week, and the architects got the master plan and building designs together. In the end things looked great and the ministry seemed really blessed by the services we donated to them.

This is the existing site layout we made from the survey. It's actually drawn by hand (I did my best ha!)

So a few highlights from the week. I got to hear stories from the ministry about how God has been working there, and it’s amazing! God has brought many people to Himself just through the beginning phases of the construction on the site. One guy named Carl was cool. He just felt God was leading to share about who He is one day to the workers, so he gathered them under a tree and starts talking about God (not necessarily salvation). Suddenly a worker asks him about accepting Christ. This eventually leads to this guy and his family getting saved, and numerous other people in the community accepting Christ as well by seeing the change in this guys life (he was an alcoholic, mistreated his wife, etc.) Carl also told about how he wants to do ministry through beekeeping by offering to pray over people’s beekeeping areas that they start on the property. He believes that through that opportunities for the gospel will come up. I believe him and it’s so cool to see such a faithful man of God. Huge encouragement to me. My view of what “ministry” really is was expanded a lot through the process of the project trip. But also, we go to go to church on Sunday and that was great. Church here is amazing. The people here have so much less that what we have in America, yet they worship God lie they have no needs but to be closer to Him. Amazing and convicting. I wonder how churches in America would be if the country was in the same state as Uganda. How would you worship if you had little to nothing? Hard questions. I’m beginning to see that the less we have distracting us, the more God can get a hold of us and consume of lives. America is kind of distraction central, so I’m hoping for God to change my views of that, as well as other’s views, when I get back. But it was great to worship with those people in such a celebrative way. Our team has some time designated in the service, so we introduced ourselves, one guy gave a sermon, and myself and another volunteer lead some songs (but we definitely still has worship Uganda style before that). It was great to get to lead worship in a Ugandan church! Also some other highlights were getting to present the design to the ministry, getting to worship together as a team, and also the time of Bible study. It was a great experience.

At the end of the trip, we spent some time at Lake Nabugabu besides lake Victoria. Great place. We just spend one afternoon and morning there as a time of processing over the trip and sharing. We also got to take a boat ride on the lake which was interesting, especially since the driver had to keep bailing water out of the boat. We had a safe boat ride, though. Nice and relaxing.

After the project trip, I came straight back and left for a safari! It was so much fun, and will definitely be a lifetime experience. We saw so many animals (lions, hippos, giraffes, etc.) and had a great time. We stayed in tents and had warthogs and hippos hanging around the camp at night, so it was really cool. We also got to see some rhinos up close and personal (about 50 ft away!) and ended up getting caught up in a rhino fight! Pretty crazy really, and it involved some running and hiding in trees. Sounds dangerous I know (probably was) but the tour guided acted like it happens a lot and thought it was kind of funny. Who know really. Not sure if that would have been ok in the states, though. Hey, it’s Africa, right?

After all that excitement, we arrived back in Kampala to get back to normal work. I’m excited to start getting plugged into the community here now, and I’m looking forward to doing some engineering, too (don’t worry I’m not just surveying all semester).

Thanks for all your prayers, and keep praying that God will use me here for whatever He desires, that He would teach me and grow me, and that He would work here in Uganda. Also pray for the team volunteers that are back home now, that God would use their time here to grow them and give them opportunities for the gospel and encouraging others.

Ok, well until next time!

Kyle

PS: So as I write this I just finished an exciting day on an island in Lake Victoria. Yes an ISLAND! Did some survey (kind of) work down there for a group called Mission Aviation Fellowship. Crazy time. I’ll blog about it very soon!

Workin'

Greeting yet again from Uganda!

Wow, it’s been too long since the last update! Sorry about that. There’s so much I could talk about, but I’ll keep it short this time. Basically I’ve been working at the office the past few weeks getting ready for our project trip next week. I also spent three days surveying some land for a ministry in Etebbe here in Uganda. That was a fun experience. It was great to get the refresher on surveying, and also fun to do it in Africa! It was hot (but not as bad Alabama in the summer) and there lots of kids and chickens running around, so things were interesting. We ate local food straight from a hut everyday, but it was great actually. We also got to meet some cool people from the ministry Cherish Uganda, which has set up a school for HIV positive orphans. Very cool place. We didn’t finish the survey cause it was more land than we thought, not as clear as we thought, and a weirder shape than we thought. We’ll be heading out there later on this year to finish, we hope.

Work in the office has been good. It’s definitely a lot different than working in a normal American engineering office, but I like it. Definitely has a family atmosphere. I’ve been spending plenty of time researching things for the trip, making visits to product suppliers, and having meetings discussing things. I’ve learned a lot already, and I know I’ll learn a ton more. I really like this engineering design in the developing world. I actually feel like what I’m designing is going to make a real difference in these people’s lives. Plus it’s for a ministry that is dedicated to preaching the gospel, so it has eternal significance. Awesome stuff. I have a feeling I’ll be involved in this kind of work for a long time. I also really like the water supply/treatment part of everything. Definitely a necessary thing. I think when I get back to the states I might look for a job that involves some kind of water resources/treatment engineering. Either that or maybe go to grad school to learn more about it. But who knows.

Apart from work, I’ve had some chances to hang out with some kids from the international school down the road. I helped out at a youth group kind of thing last Friday, kind of doing games and a Bible study, and that was great. I also helped lead worship this morning at chapel at the same school. It’s a cool place. We also visited another church this past Sunday called Calvary Chapel. It was a ton more western, but was great. I’d say it was still 80% Ugandan, but the service was a lot like what you’d expect from a contemporary American community church. It was cool. The pastor is American and had some great teaching. There also seems to be a lot going on there with ministry, evangelism, and service, so that’s great too. There’s a possibility I may start going there regularly, depending on the few other visits I make around town. As much as I loved the more traditional local Ugandan church, I feel like I could be more involved with this other church. We’ll see.

Also, just for updates of other things, one of our teams has been in Kenya this past week doing a project. They’ve had some things stolen from their room (computers, wallets, etc.) so please pray for them in the process after that. I’m not sure how that’s all going to work out, I know its hard to deal with. So pray for them. Also my project leader left for the DRC (District Republic of Congo) yesterday to work with Samaritan’s Purse doing water testing. The DRC is a dangerous area, especially near the Uganda border. There’s a group called the LRA that has attacked villages around there, so pray for her.

Also, things have a been a little crazy here. Riots have broken out downtown from some political tension (I’ll spare you the details). Around ten people have been killed so far from the clash between police and rioters, and things may get worse this weekend. Rioters are burning cars, tires, even police posts. Overall its kind of a mess. So please pray for Uganda. Don’t be worried about me, though. Where I live and work is away from downtown, so we really haven’t experience anything here. We don’t expect anything to happen here either. We’re just steering clear of downtown for the weekend and things should be fine. By around Monday things should have cleared up. Overall I haven’t felt unsafe, so don’t worry. There’s plenty of people here that know a lot more about the area than I do, so I’m just following their directions on safety.

But yeah things are good here. I’ve heard some cool stories of what God has done here before and got to have some great time fellowshipping with the interns, staff, locals, and other people in ministry here. God is teaching me things here, and challenging me in a lot of ways. He’s doing some housecleaning in my heart, I’d say. Life is much more slower paced here, so there’s plenty of time for reflection, reading, and praying, so that is definitely helping, too.

Again, I appreciate all of your prayers and support. I can already tell that I’m not going to leave this place the same, and you’ve helped me get here! Thanks so much. I hope you’re all doing well, wherever you’re at!

In Christ,

Kyle

In Africa!

So it’s been a while since I’ve updated. Sorry about that! The past few weeks have been busy. Since I last updated, I’ve made it to Uganda! This place is amazing, and it’s really hard to explain in words. But I’ll try…

Anyways, so after a great (but long) orientation in Colorado Springs, me and the team flew out to Uganda. We left around 8:30 last Monday night, and got to Uganda at 7 AM Wednesday morning. That’s a lot of travelling. It was fun, though. We got to travel through London (a place I’ve always wanted to visit) and spend about 8 hours there. We saw the basics of the city and then flew out to Uganda. Once we arrived and made it through customs, we were picked up and got a ride on a mutatu (a bus/taxi thing that is supposed to hold around 14 people, but usually holds a lot more). We met our intern director Jill, and got to visit a youth camp being built right outside of where the airport is in Entebbe. It was a really cool place that will be for a African children’s choir that pulls kids of out of the slums. Cool ministry. After that we began the many meetings and more orientation. Jet lag was pretty rough and I literally almost fell asleep walking down a street at one point.

Over the past few days since we’ve arrived, we’ve gone through plenty more orientation about how things go here, and we’ve also got some more training. The full time staff here are great. Hearing the stories of how God has called them here to serve the poor using their engineering/architecture skills was great. The full time staff consists of Brad Crawford and his family and Janet Strike (my project leader). Some long term volunteers (they stay for around a year or so) consist of the Burgs and Jill. Just thought I would throw those out there so you know who I’m talking about in later posts.

I’ve had plenty of interesting experiences since being here, and it would take forever to list them all….even already. But some big point were going into the city for the first time and seeing how crazy it is. There’s a taxi park where these small buses get so packed together you could literally walk across the tops of them and not have to jump. The city itself is also crazy busy with people. Lots of people. It’s a great place, though, with some cool markets and other various things. It’s really fascinating. It’s also really easy to see the needs (both spiritual and physical) in the city from just walking around. Hopefully I’ll get some chances to minister to people around there at some point.

Another high point was church! We went to Amazing Grace Christian Assembly, which was a great experience. The worship was really celebratory, which I loved. They danced as they sang, and I just loved to freedom and expressiveness. Overall, I really enjoyed the service, and I’m looking forward to checking out some other churches around town. I think next Sunday I’m going to go visit Calvary Chapel, which is in town. We’ll see how that is.

On Saturday, we went to Jinja to drop off the construction management interns and have a service day. We helped dig some foundations for a building and bend some rebar. We got rained out near the end, which was actually fun since I ran through the rain putting stuff up. Got chased by some kids. Fun times. That was a great day really.

Today is Monday, which means it was the first day of work! Today we spent a lot of time learning how the office works (computers, etc.). Then we got to work. I spent most of today getting some info to use to get a map of the area we’ll be working at on the trip. It’s a secondary (high) school for girls AIDS orphans. I also spent a little time looking at some stuff for fish ponds that we may be designing for it. That’s new stuff to me, but it seems interesting. We’ll see how that comes. Tomorrow through Thursday me and a few other interns are probably doing some surveying of a site near here. Should be cool. I get to refresh all that surveying knowledge I got in school/work. Overall I’m looking forward to the work.

Anyways, that’s a very quick recap of my time so far. If you’re curious the food is great. Pretty simple. Lots of beans, rice, and bread. But I’ve loved almost all of it so far.

Thanks for all your prayer and support, again! I couldn’t be here without you guys. If you would continued to pray for God to guide me during this time and give me boldness in strange new situations. Also, please pray that I’ll be flexible and seek to glorify Him through work and every other situation I find myself in. I want to make the most of this time (I know I’ve said that a lot, sorry). Well, until next time, see you guys!

Covered By Christ’s Mercy.
Kyle

Orientation!

Hey everyone!

So I've spent the past week in Colorado Springs at orientation for EMI. It's been an amazing experience. This place is beautiful. As I write this, I'm actually looking at Pike's Peak out the window. Crazy. Colorado is a great place, and there's so much beauty here that it's almost impossible not to glorify God in your mind when you see this place. It's crazy to think that the same God that created these mountains is the one that desires a relationship with us and has called me to Uganda.

This week has been long, but a great preparation for Uganda. We've spent a lot of time this week discovering how God has equipped us in different ways. We've done personality tests, spiritual gift tests, formulated mission statements, and plotted out our life story. Lots of deep thought. But it's been good. Just so you know, I'm a practitioner (a perfectionist that's task-oriented but can be outgoing at certain times), one of my dominant spiritual gifts is service and giving, and I have the natural strengths of seeing things in life connected together, strong belief, and responsibility. I also was surprised at how some of the tests pointed to how I value relationships. I knew that was sort of true, but the more I think about, I really do enjoy being intentional in relationships. That's something I'm definitely going to be focusing on while in Uganda.

We've had lots of sessions on many different things, and I won't go through all of them here. Some of the highlights include culture training, where we learned how North America tends to differ from other places in the world. It was really eye opening, and it will really help as I adapt to Uganda's relationship-oriented (not-task and time oriented) culture.

One of the best parts of the week for me was hearing every interns testimony. God has done some awesome things in out lives. It's really col to me how God draws people to himself in different ways. It's not this simple formula, it's really complex, but awesome. It also brought us all closer together, since we know where we're coming from and what God has done and is doing in us. We also got to be really honest with each other, so that's great. I love honesty.

Hearing all these testimonies really got me thinking. I honestly don't know the testimonies of a lot of my Christian friends. Thinking about how much closer we became because of that really put in me a desire to be a lot more intentional about things like that back home. I guess that's lesson one.

God has also been revealing some inner issues to me lately. There's definitely some sin in me that God is wanting to get rid of, and so it's a tough process. I love it's happening, because I hate sin in my life, and so God sanctifying me like this is great. But it's discipline, and that's never easy. If you could, really just pray for humility for me.

But we've also done some fun activities like hiking and rock climbing this week, which has been great. I've got to see more of COS, so that's great. Great times.

So I leave for Uganda TOMORROW! Our flight leaves tomorrow night at 8:30 PM. We fly through the night to London, have a 8 hour layover there, then another 9 hour flight to Entebbe airport in Uganda. Crazy. Please pray that God protects us according to His will, and even gives us opportunities to share what we're doing while traveling.

Well, that's it for now. The next update will be from Uganda! I hope everyone is doing great back home. The adventure is about to really start, and I'm excited to let you all know what happens and how God works.

Much love in Christ,

Kyle Bryant

Leaving On A Jet Plane (The First of Many...)

Well, it's finally here...I leave in the morning.

It's funny how I've spent so long thinking and planning for this trip, and now it's hard to believe I'm actually going. I don't really know what to say to people when they ask how I feel. It's hard to explain. I just know I'm ready to do this. Sure, a part of me will miss home, friends, Mobile, Tuscaloosa, Texas, etc. But I know God has set this deal up for me, and so I'm ready.

A big thanks goes out to everyone who has supported me in this. I literally wouldn't be going without you. God has encouraged and really surprised me in all this. At points the money didn't seem like it was going to be there, then suddenly it was. All the praise goes to God. He's the only One who deserves it, anyway. But, of course, I'm still so appreciative to everyone who contributed! You've become a partner with me in the ministry I'll be doing over there, even though you'll p ' robably never set foot in Uganda with me.

Well, I don't have much else to say right now. It's been a good summer. Full of all kinds of things I didn't expect. But God is good and He keep drawing me closer to Himself and opening my eyes to His Kingdom. It's a good Kingdom. Things are backwards in His Kingdom compared to the way we view the world, but that's how things really should (and will) be.

A friend of mine posted a facebook note the other day that really go me thinking. In it he brings up Matthew 16:18:

"And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock. I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

Anyways, so he pointed out that gates are a defensive tool, not offensive. Kind of seems obvious now that I think about it, huh? But if you think about it, so many of us get so caught up in feeling like we're fighting off Satan and sin and worldliness, that we forget that Christ told us that we're going to be attacking hell. We're to be on the offensive, not defensive. That was good for me to hear, since the closer this trip gets, the more worries get thrown at me. I need to realize that my tim over there is for me to storm the gates of hell and bring CHrist and hope to people, not for me to have to just fight off attacks. Sure, I'll need to be defensive, but offensive, too. That gets me pumped.

Anyways, from here on out, I'll be posting from other places (aka not home). I' spending a week in Colorado Springs for orientation for EMI, and then I fly out the 24th for Uganda. Not sure how readily available the internet will be, so it may be a week before you hear from me again. If so, have a great one, and pursue the Kingdom! It's coming!

much love,

Kyle

Been A While

So, it's been a while since I've blogged. It's actually only the second time I've posted so far. That'll hopefully change once I get to Uganda. I'll aim for once a week.

Since the last update, I got a job! That's a pretty big blessing considering how things are right now. I'm a construction inspector with the engineering firm I worked with after my first year of school. It's a little different than what I'm used to, with being on construction sites all day checking measurements and making sure things are being built right, but I'm definitely thankful for it, even if I don't always seem that way. I'm learning a lot about the construction side of things, too which helps. And I'm learning about decentralized wastewater treatment systems (fancy, I know). They're kind of cool, I guess. Anyways, having a job really helps right now! God provided for me in that way, so I'm really thankful.

Aside from work, things in Mobile are good. The first few weeks of life back home were tough, especially because I really wasn't sure how I got back here. I guess I just didn't see myself back in Mobile living at home working construction stuff again. Part of me wanted to be back at camp, even though God pretty much told me that wasn't where he wanted me this summer (which was hard to hear). I stuggled with that, especially when I looked around at life and wondered, "God why am I hear watching guys dig holes in the ground, when I could be sharing Christ with kids at camp again?" Hard question, but I eventually realized that God wants me at this job this summer to be a witness for Him to the guys I work with just as much as He would want me being a witness to kids at camp. Seems like a obvious answer now, but it was hard to see in the midst of things. Applying it is hard, though, because of the kind of people I work with on site. They're not exactly the kind of people I'm used to being around. They're a little rough around the edges. But I'm praying for boldness to being a witness for the gospel to these guys, and I'm praying that the Spirit would work through me to draw these guys to Christ. It's all in His timing, anyway.

But basically, I'm cool with being in Mobile now. I actually kind of like it a little bit (don't tell my parents ha). I'm getting lots of opportunities to serve at church and other ministries, and I get to hand out with some old (and new) friends. Yeah, I still miss camp, but I know God has me here for a reason, even if it's now always so obvious.

As far as Uganda goes, it's getting close! Last night, I got to meet up with two guys that will be there working in the construction management side of things. That office is in Jinja (spelling?), which is about an hour away from Kampala, I think. They both went to Auburn (mmm rivalry), and are cool guys. I'm excited to hang out and serve with them more, even if we're not working in the same city.

I also got the majority of my shots yesterday (2 in each arm...ouch). Just missing yellow fever, they were out! But I'll get it soon (the shot, not the disease). I'm also preparing by learning more about Uganda and doing some reading that EMI gave me. I watched the latest Invisible Children movie, too, to kind of get an idea of what's happening in the northern part of the country (crazy stuff).

Lastly, I do have a concern. The support raising process is going really slow. I've only got about a quarter of what I need for the trip, and I only have 5 weeks until I leave. I'm trusting God to provide it, but the closer it gets, the more faith it takes to say that. I really want to do this (obviously), and I feel like God has led me to this and confirmed it with scripture, but to see the money not there is hard. I'm trying to get in contact with a few more people now, so we'll see how that goes.

Well, that's that for now. Life is good. God is good. I hope everyone else is having a great summer. I'll try to blog a little more as August 16th gets closer (that's when I'm leaving).

PRAYER REQUESTS THIS TIME:

-That God will provide the money for the trip

-That God would allow people to experience His blessing and faithfulness through giving for His kingdom

-That I would have the boldness to be a witness for Christ at work

-That the Spirit would work in the lives of the guys around me at work, to draw them to Himself

-That God would give me direction for after Uganda