our journey home!

Heading home!

Such a whirlwind day today. Needed to start the exams at 7am so we could catch a 10am flight. No electricity... so the light was very marginal! At 9, the exams still weren't completely graded (yes, an hour before the plane was "scheduled" to depart), so we went to our room, grabbed our bags and took the ungraded tests with us. lol (Several students followed us and asked us to come back for graduation. We really got to know these men and women quite well and developed some nice connections.) So we headed out. The road was soooo bumpy that Mark tried to write a score and kept overwriting it to make it clearer, but it just looked like an out of control etch a sketch. haha Hope Director Levi can read the grades. We had to stop for gas.... the car stalled... the driver adjusted cables under the hood... but God prevailed and we made it on time! We now have an 11 hour layover in Entebbe. We leave about 11pm and arrive 8ish in Amsterdam, then on to SFO then PDX!!! a little after 8pm Sunday night. I cannot even express how smooth and powerful these weeks have been. We also are very ready to be home! Your prayers have had us covered.

The concept of Servant Leadership, learning in small groups, playing games to illustrate points and honoring and elevating others is a new concept here. Not so new to all of you, but so appreciated here... both in Karamoja and South Sudan. Both areas have dealt with so much violence, corruption, poverty and pain. (We have a smiling picture of student Aruei who lost his eye when a bullet traveled through his temple and hit his eye. As he says...They see a man without an eye, but tell them I am a HERO! He was a student but is 40ish) Finding Jesus is their hope, joy and comfort. Learning techniques to to lead like Jesus and build meaningful relationships will be life changing. Thank you Good Shepherd for investing in these people. Your financial support of the Global Outreach offering has allowed GSCC to use funds here that are teaching these people that others across the world love them and it is teaching them HOW to continue to bring Godly change to their communities. They have told us continually to tell all of you thank you for your prayers and investment in them. It is fun to see first hand what a difference GSCC is making in this corner of the world for God's people and His growing Kingdom.

Please continue your prayers...

Serving Him with YOU!