Nameless

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I do not know the name of the boy in the picture here....
....but God does.

Maybe you don't understand "faith" or "grace" ...
....but God does.

Maybe you think you have no hope for the future.....
....but God does.

Maybe you do not now how you are going to get out of your current money crunchin situation....
....but God does.

We don't know how God works....
....but He does.

....And one thing is true. He knows EXACTLY what he is doing, and his timing is PERFECT.

I know that God has plans for Kampala, even though that i don't know exactly what they are yet. We are at a very interesting time in our trip.

We got together about a week ago and brainstormed ways we could connect with the children of Kampala.

We agree that we did not just travel to Africa to play with kids for 4 months, even though it would be a lot of fun. We desire to see a change in their lives. We want the children of Kampala to live happy, healthy lives while growing up knowing their Creator. In order to do this, a change must occur not just in the children, but in their role models.

So here is our challenge and our prayer:
We must find and train leaders in these slums that will passionately fight for the future of these children after we leave. I strongly feel that this leadership role is not a job for a missionary. These kids need what we can't give. They need someone who can relate to their conditions, speak their language. They need someone who is so full of the love of Jesus Christ that it pours out all over these children.

Now here is the cool part. We have faith that God already has these people in mind and is working on making them the person they need to become for this role right now.

We have no clue right now which people are going to feel these leadership spots....
....but God does.

That means these future leaders are somewhere right now... I wonder what they are doing right this second. What events will steer them our way? What will God show them that will give them that desire? They could possibly not even have a relationship with Christ right now. Wouldn't that be a cool story to see that change... So please, take a second to pray right now for these people. We don't know what they look like, and we don't know their names, but God does. Let this be your prayer. Please. These kids need this.

We have decided to split up and focus on two areas. Here we will train leaders and build strong and healthy children's ministries to be models for the rest of the churches. While we will be focusing a lot of our time here at these communities, we will still be training leaders for the entire church network. We feel that trying to handle all of them would be overwhelming and probably inefficient. Instead we believe that by becoming a face in a few communities, serving, making friends and modeling how a program should work, we can be more effective. So specifically please be praying for Kawuku(where Jana and I will be spending a lot of time) and Kisugu (where Sarah and Willie will be focusing)

So what is God planning for you in your near future? I wonder who's praying for you. They might not even know your name....