The Deep Sea

Well, we live in a palace now. At least that’s what it feels like compared to our cozy, one-bedroom, house back in Newberg. We’ve attached a picture of it and yes that actually is where we are living. If there is any doubt you might be able to pick out Rachel on the porch though she appears very small.
About two weeks ago, we contacted our only contact in Kampala to see if we could go to church with him and his family. They go to an International church that Rachel had attended when she was in Kampala a year earlier. They agreed to take us and at church we met a South African couple who were leaving the next day to go back and raise funds for a couple months. Literally within five minutes of meeting them, they asked if we wanted to live in their house while they were gone free of charge. So here we are and really it has been a tremendous testimony to us of God caring for us. Jesus said if we leave houses, families, possessions and follow him we will gain all these things to a greater extent and in the end eternal life. Not that we are behind any kind of prosperity gospel, but simply to say that giving up anything for Christ and His gospel is never a sacrifice. God is our provider.
Along with that, we are once again without jobs. The positions that we mentioned with Show Mercy have not worked out how we expected. We feel very strongly that God is leading us in a different direction and so we are doing our best to be obedient, though at times it is discouraging.
Last Sunday at church, the pastor talked about the Israelites crossing the Red Sea, and how God to took them the long way around to a dead end. The Israelites grumbled that they had ever left Egypt, but they didn’t realize it was to show God’s glory. Even once they were through the sea, God lead them the longest way possible to get them to the promised land. But it was for His glory and that is what we are hoping in. There are times we question if we should have ever left Oregon, and questioning why God keeps leading us to dead ends, but we know it is for His glory, and it is His hand which will take us through the deep of the sea.