Uganda 2012 #1

I really do not even know where to begin. I have been here for a little over 2 weeks and seeing Gods amazing work each and every day is just overwhelming. I have got to love on sweet sweet children, share the gospel with people and try and seek out God in all that I do. Instead of going over every detail of my trip this blog will be more of just what God has laid on my heart the last couple weeks. Not in any way trying to take away from the awesomeness He has done in the different ministry areas, I just want to share how through these minstries he is changing and molding my heart to understand more of what my life as His servant should look like. Helping these sweet innocent children is so very important to me and I want to share the heart breaking stories of these children and help you better picture the lives these children live but not to feel sorry for them and that be it but to show that this life is not about us. It is not about being comfortable. It is about serving Jesus Christ at any cost. What I am having trouble figuring out is who is really worse off? Me or these abandoned children who I see have nothing materialistic wise but have a faith so great in God, who are so thankful for any little thing they get and so willing to give what little they have. They worship and pray so passionatley and whole hearted. You can see the purness and honesty of their worship. Yes to the human eye these people and children have it rough and live lives that are unimaginable but yet the ones who do know Jesus and are "born agains" have a lot more of the qualites that Jesus calls us to have(Galtions 5)than what I see in myslef most the time. That is a tough one for me to swallow and admit. It seems to me that having less here on earth but having a greater faith in Jesus Christ is better than having a comfortable life and not such a great faith. I mean the Bible says if we have great enough faith He can move mountains. Well why in the world would we not have such great faith then? For me its because at home I have so many other things that I put my faith in and do not even realize it. It is not about trying to have the best of both worlds but living day in and day out on my knees for Jesus Christ. I want to have great faith! I want to be obedient to whatever He calls me to do. All I want is to serve Him, bringing nothing but Honor and Praise to His Holy name. Jesus never said it would be easy, if you read in the bible there are not many times when it was in any way easy to be obeident in Christ. Why would it be any different now? Why should it be easier for us than it was for the people who lived back then? I am so thankful for this opportunity to grow in my faith and discover my God through these particualr ministries. He is so mighty and I am so grateful. Please keep me and the people of Uganda in your prayers because just like any where in the world there are a lot of people who do not know Jesus. Pray those opportunities to share with them will arise and that they will accept the most precious gift of salvation. Pray for the 175 people who have become new believers in Christ the past 2 weeks and of course pray for the precious children here who need the all the love and prayers we can give them. This is not my life it is His. Everyday for Him! God Bless!