When the subject of moving to Uganda comes up, I sometimes get asked, "Why?". Sometimes the answer just flows out of me and other times I have to work on how to put it into words.
I am reading "The Hole In Our Gospel" by Richard Stearns. His book helps me to understand why. Besides seeing how God has opened so many doors from the start of our trips to Uganda, He makes it feel right to me. As I read the previous mentioned book, I see many reasons from scripture and also words from the author as to why. "God wants to see the authenticity of our faith put into action, not the emptiness of a faith without deeds." "...we cannot say that we do not know about the suffering poor; we cannot claim that we don't have the means to help. We, too, will one day stand before God and give a accounting." These are just a few words, but help to express the willingness I feel to go to Uganda and also to go without while I am here.
Rarely do I miss shopping for the things I have wanted in the past. When I think of the needs in Uganda, I more clearly see the difference between the "needs" and the "wants" in my life here. We could all do well to examine the difference of the needs or wants in our lives and then think what is it that God would want from us.
We at Liberty International Missions Inc., through the power of God, will work to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, mainly to the people of East Africa, particularly in schools, homes and churches. Again Jesus said, "Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you." John 20:21
