attention to detail

....no not me....the OCD one.But the title of this blog comes from seeing a sovereign God show me that He pays attention to detail and along the way He let me see small and LARGE glimpses of that truth. I just want to give you some examples of seeing the Lord perfectly knit this team and our experiences together in a way that only He could:

* Sara Beth and I have been dreaming about going to Africa together for years and though I will be paying for this trip for a while the Lord gave me complete peace about taking the time off work and charging the trip to my credit card...didn't really understand all the hows and whys until the end of the trip and now living on a tight budget to pay off this trip seems like no sacrifice at all

* serving along side the team from Williamson's Chapel...there is no other church I can imagine having spent the week with. Knowing that in the near future I will be living in Nebbi and will be coordinating volunteer teams for Acres of Hope it was a God thing for me to serve along side this church team and to see their heart and have them see mine because we will be partners in the gospel in Uganda for years and years to come

* meeting Whitney Saucedo from Samartian's Feet...what a kindred spirit. We both have a love and passion for Uganda that was growing in us before either of us ever stepped a foot on Ugandan soil. We both had a hard few days initially and it was a joy to pray with her, cry with her, search for things to laugh about and then come to the end and see the Lord completely redirect our expectations and find a strength within each of us that knows we could spend our days serving in Uganda and overcome the obstacles that seem insurmountable at the beginning

* serving with Lacey and Amanda who come to meet up with us from Kenya. Both have been serving in Kenya for that last six months so if ever there was someone who could help walk me through the process of relocating overseas it was these two ladies

* seeing the Acres of Hope land for the first time...I have no words for all that was stirring in me at the time. As we joined hands and prayed over the land some really cool God things happened...first a group of children and women began to gather around to see what these mazungos are doing and as we finished praying they all began to clap. Now I know that had no idea what was said but they knew we were praying in their backyard for a reason and it's as if the Lord sent his applause through them to give his blessing to this sacred place. And can I just tell you that every time I heard Geoffrey and Stanley say "Acres of Hope" my heart welled up with joy that I almost could not contain. Secondly, as we were on the grounds Sara Beth brought up that in August she, Amanda, Stanley and Geoffrey prayed on this land that God would give someone the vision for this place to come along side them in this ministry. To make a long story short we were able to track down the date of that visit and then track some emails of Andrea's (the pastor of WCW) and realized that within 24 hours of SB and them praying the Lord had stirred in Andrea and Kathy's heart that they didn't need to go to India but that they needed to explore other options. Before too long Andrea connected with Sara Beth and as you see the rest is history.

Praise the Lord for God's attention to details when we can see them and especially when we can't. The Lord's timing is perfect....and he's never late but always right on time.

More processing, stories and pics to come but that is what I am pressed to write today.


my kindred spirit, Whitney


Our applauding crowd at Acres of Hope


these are my new friends from Charlotte, NC...Williamson's Chapel West
(names not in order of picture but Andrea, Scott, Layne, Andrew, Lance, Kathy, Pat, Eryn, Morgan and Julie)