Visitors in the Night

Have you ever woken up in the night from a dream that something was crawling all over you? Unfortunately for me this was not a dream. Last night I was rudely awaken to the feeling something was moving on my bed. I quickly jumped up, ran to turn on the light to see what it was…to find a BIG NASTY ROACH!! YUCKY! It was running fearless all over my bed. Standing in the corner near my door wondering what shall I do, everyone is asleep but I can’t get back in bed with that nasty beast! With a deep breath and a silent prayer, I grabbed the closest weapon possible, my flip-flop. Drawing closer to the bed to get a closer to the minas who caused me to lose some z’s. Running to and fro, up and down my bed, I waited for the opportunity to attack. I swung once and missed as it ran under my sheets, shook my sheets until it came out and then as it moved closer to me I swung again this time not missing but hitting it several times making it pay the ultimate price for the disturbance. Leaving it under my shoe until the morning. After the killing, the decision came to of what to do next…do I dare lay back down in fear of another creepy crawling things to come or will I keep watch? Carefully I re-inspect my bed making sure there are no others to disturb me. When nothing else was seen, slowly made my way back to turn off the lights and crawl back into bed.

First Few Weeks Back

Sorry for the delay in updating, I have been without Internet connection on my computer. I was having to go to an internet café so my time was very limited pretty much had enough time to check email and Facebook.

I arrived at Entebbe, Uganda on Tuesday at 9:50pm went through customs and picked my luggage (yes, it all made it even through the short change over in Brussels). After I picked my luggage, I went to the exit where I was greeting by my sweet Denny with white and orange flowers in hand. What a nice feeling it was when he took me into his arms and gave me a warm hug! He came with David Baguma to pick me from the airport. We got in the car and made our way to Agatha’s where I will be staying for the next 7 months.

My first two weeks Denny set aside for me to rest and to re-adjust to my surroundings. Wednesday, I slept in awhile, got dressed then Denny came and picked me for lunch at his home with his family. I had met his sisters and brother the last time I was here but I was able to meet his mom for the first time. And the last time I saw Simon (his nephew) was just a tiny baby. He is now 2 nearing 3 in August. I gave Simon sweets (candy) the first time and now whenever He sees me, He ask for them (reminds me of some other little children that I know).

Thursday was another day of resting during the day and then in the evening Denny came and took me to the cell group fellowship which is operated through their former church Agape Baptist Church.

Friday, Denny and I went to Ntinda to exchange money and buy food.

Saturday, Women’s meeting, at the women’s meeting I met some very nice lady who had been praying for me, many of which I had not met before. Afterwards, Denny took me out for lunch

Sunday I met Denny and Duncan down on the Northern by-pass and we headed up to Bukoto where Berea Baptist Church meets. It was nice being back and praying with the people of Berea.

For the remainder of my time here in Uganda, Denny and I will be working on a project, putting together the ministry that Denny has been praying about for many years. And also getting involved with the different fellowships at Berea. Also, on Wednesdays I will be going to a Bible Study Fellowship held at Agape Baptist Church with Jacky (Denny’s sister). We are going through the book of Colossians and then in September we will begin the book of Genesis.

Take Care,

Living For Christ,

Cassie

Knowing that for every step You were with Us!

 

All my bags are packed and am ready to go! Don’t know how it was possible but was able to fit everything into two suitcases. Thank You to everyone who donate items for me to take to give out to the little kids. I am so thankful the Lord has allowed you to be apart of this journey! 

In just a few short hours ( okay about 27 according to my flight schedule, as long as there are no hiccups with delayed planes or missing flights) I will be seeing this sign once again and more importantly I will be seeing this young man, Denny Nuwagaba!

 

Welcome to Uganda! Yes am so excited to be able to get back to the place and to be with the One God has given me to love. Please pray for us as we seek God’s will in what He will have us do together in sharing the Gospel with many people and being His hands and feet to the poor and needy.  I will try to keep an update as to what is going on am much as possible, hopefully  at least once a month.

    And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”
   
(Mark 12:41-44 ESV)

God has blessed me with so much already, it is my prayer that no matter what I will give everything to the Lord for His work. He does not just want 10% or 15% but He wants all of it! So Lord, take me as you will, I am no longer mine but Yours, for you have bought me with the precious blood of Christ! 

Bought the Ticket!

My God is so awesome and wonderful! He heard my cry and He answered! After looking at plane tickets for several weeks and trying to figure out where all the money was going to come from to go in May because tickets were over $2500. Then the other day when I was searching for flights I decided to switch my dates to a week earlier in April. What a difference 7 days can make in the price level of an airline ticket. It went from being $2500 to $1400! And when I woke up Wednesday morning I checked again the Lord allowed me to find a ticket for $1391.26! How amazing! Am so thankful to the Lord that He has allowed me to get this ticket. All praise to His name! Instead of going through Amsterdam, I will be going thru Brussels! Oh this is a new and exciting adventure! Now I just have to wait and see where God places me to live over the next 7 months!  Please pray for Denny to be able to locate a place for me! God provides for the Ravens of the air will He not also provide for one of His own? (Matthew 6-7)

Soon...

 God willingly, I will be returning May 2nd, 2012! This time is going to be completely different from any of the other times that I have been because I am not going to be raising support except for what I recieved from my wonderful church, Gowen Bible Church. Also it will be different because I am not going with any organization or group but on my own, well not really alone because Jesus promises to be with me! I will not have any set plans or specific obiligations, except for whatever the Lord tells me to do!  There are things that Denny and I have to get settled before we make any decisions on what mission agency or if we will go with one. So this time, my main purpose in going is to get to know this man that God has placed in my life. My heart is open to whatever the Lord wants to teach me or however He wants to use me. This last Sunday at church we sang the old hymn, "Be Thou My Vision"
my favorite line is in the fourth verse which says "Heart of my own heart, whatever be fall, Still be my vision, O Ruler of all" Although, I am not sure where or how the Lord is going to supply the funds needed for the plane ticket, nor do I know where I will be staying or what I will be doing but I do know that no matter what, no matter where I go, no matter what I do, the Lord must be my vision! He must be the one I seek and no matter what He has my heart!
 The Lord tells us to walk by faith and not by sight... so that is what I am doing.. this is all for Him, not for me! I lift my life to Him to use as He wish! praise be to His Name!

Prayer - Spurgeon

Over the last week I have been reading a book on prayer by Charles Spurgeon and have gleaned many nuggests of encouragement in regards to praying and seeking the Lord which I would like to share a couple with you... the book is titled Spurgeon on Prayer and Spiritual Wafare. I highly recommend it!

"it is very significant that before Christ fed the thousands, He made the disciples assess all their provisions. It was good to let them see how low the food supply had become, for then when the crowds were fed, they could not say tha the basket fed them or that the lad had done it. God will make us feel that our barley loaves are very little and our fishes are very small, and He will compel us to ask,"What are they among so many?" (John 6:9) When the Savior told His diciples to cast the net on the rightside of the ship and they dragged such a mighty catch to land, He did not work the miracle until they had confessed that they had toiled all night and had caught nothing. They were thus taught that the success of their fishery was dependent on the Lord and that it was neither their nets nor the way of dragging them nor their skill and art in handling their vessels, but that altogether and entirely their success came from their Lord. we must get down to this, and the sooner we come to it the better"


"Remember, the longer the blessing is in coming, the richer it will be when it arrives. That which is gained speedily by a single prayer is sometimes only a second-rate blessing; but that which is gained after many a desperate tug, and many an awful struggle, is a full-weighted and precious blessing...the blessing that costs us the most prayer will be worth the most"