It is said that when God is in the middle of something just step back and watch Him move on your behalf. This is what I have done in the past week, and I must say that no man can do what God can in such a short period of time.
Let me go back to March of last year when I received a call from Rich. He called to say he and his wife were moving to the Whittier area and they lived in Hesperia. I told him I live in Hesperia too. After talking for awhile he told me his wife Lisa was a Preschool teacher.
In the weeks to follow Lisa and I met at IHOP in Hesperia for breakfast and an interview for KidZone. We hit off immediately and I knew she was the perfect fit for our school.
Fast forward.... in June Manny and I felt it was time for a change. Since I work for a Foursquare Church I really wanted my Church home to be the same. I felt God calling me to make the change. It was a strange thing because I enjoyed where I was but I didn't sense the ministry doors opening there.
We started attending New Life and it has felt like home from the very beginning.
Last Sunday Pastor Bill mentioned he was going to Uganda next year. That's all it took and I was there in my mind. I started remembering when Pastor Fox said to me in 2001 that I should go to Africa. And so the journey begins.
Last Sunday night I told Pastor Bill I was interested in missions and going to Uganda. He gave me a contact person Laurie Dickenson and we started emailing. Immediately I knew I wanted to be a part of helping the orphans in Budaka, Uganda.
During the week I emailed Pastor Terry to get his input. On Friday, we spoke and he gave the green light. As I mentioned it to the teachers at work they caught the vision and Lisa said she wanted to go. Actually most of the teachers want to go so I can see a long term friendship with Uganda's Cornerstone Ministries forming before my eyes.
As I mentioned when God moves sometimes it is slowly and sometimes it if before our eyes. In one week God has allowed all of this to come together.
During one of my emails with Laurie she asked if KidZone would like to be a "sister" school. This is such an answer to my prayer for a long term missions focus for the Preschool.
So now I wait on God to send us to Uganda and I know it will be His perfect timing.
My heart is full and I am excited to watch God use the daughter of a bartender and the granddaughter of a bootlegger touch the lives in a land faraway. This week I looked at my birth certificate and smiled for that is what it said, my fathers occupation was when I was born, a bartender at a tavern.
God is so good, that bartender accepted Christ as his Savior and is in heaven enjoying the greatest gift of all, eternal life!
That is my prayer for many, that the kingdom of God will increase! All glory to God!
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