2 months to go!!

"...but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:31


Hi all!


So here we are, two months ‘til we leave! Crazy when we look back on the last six months, we've come so far. God has taken us on such a journey already, and we haven't even left New Zealand yet! Its cool how even in the planning stages of our trip God has taught us so much. On Sunday night, we found ourselves feeling so far from Him. We realised we'd been so caught up in everything that we'd begun to neglect our relationship with Him. We hadn't prayed together for ages. We felt weary and worn out. We just felt so... human. We decided that if we truly wanted this trip to be for God's glory, we had to include in him every step of the way. That means praying unceasingly. It means ‘letting go of the tennis ball’. Once we got God back where He belongs things started to happen again.

On Thursday, we got some awesome news. For awhile now we've had nowhere to go and work in Uganda, which has been quite a worry. We talked to our good friend Christian from the States, who went on his own round the world missions trip last year, and he told us about a community of mainly war refugees in Northern Uganda called Canaan Farm. If you've heard about Invisible Children, the people who live here are essentially from the same people group, the Acholi tribe. Anyway, Christian gave us this guy, Richard's email so we could get in touch with them, but he also mentioned that he often takes awhile to reply, since he probably doesn't have regular internet access. We sent him an email, not expecting a lot, but we prayed about it, and two days later we got a reply saying they’d love to have us come and see what God is doing in their lives! Let us just stress the fact that we were running out of time to pay for our tickets and our parents wouldn’t let us get them till we had a place to go in Uganda, so this was a huge answer of prayer for us. God has been teaching us a lot about His timing. The fact that we had to actually let go of our plans and give Him the control has been a spiritual learning curve for us. We’ve learnt that we will stray from God’s will if we’re not in regular communication with Him.

So, on Monday we’re going into Mount Albert to pay for our flights. We can’t even explain our excitement! It’s hard to believe that God has finally brought us to this point. We are so blessed by Him. But... we still have a wee way to go. We will be continuing to raise money for the rest of the expenses (food, transfers, hostels – who knew living was so expensive?!) So keep your eyes open for some very exciting fundraisers we have in mind! Also, if you could be praying for us that would be fantastic, these things specifically;
- Final confirmation from Uganda
- Protection
- That our relationships with God would be strengthened
- That we would have open ears to the Holy Spirit
- That God would refine our beliefs

We wanted to just say a big thank you for those who have been praying for us, supporting us, and getting on board with our fundraisers. It really has made such a difference!