Leap of Faith

Monday

Joey’s word of the day ekissa kyo kimala gyen’ndi = your grace is enough for me.

We woke up this morning to a bright orange sun and the birds singing. 

Our anticipation of the day was apparent as we were meeting with  Robert Fleming. The Lord began to orchestrate this meeting through Joey and Sherry in August while they were in Houston. Numerous encounters with various individuals and the obedience of following this trail resulted in an amazing day of discovery, information exchange and enlightenment.  

   Robert is an unassuming man with a tremendous sensitivity to the culture and compassion for the kids, as witnessed by the rescue of a Ugandan newborn baby out of a trash can. Our Ugandan team members were also impressed with his forthright respect for their culture. Robert who is an American has spent 10 years in Uganda and understands the basic need required for survival of the children and their need for transition into a productive adulthood.  Our conversation at the coffee house eliminated any anxiety we might have felt prior to meeting him face to face. 

  After an educational visit with Robert he took us to his home to see his “adopted” kids. The very first thing that we all noticed when the van door was open was the “sounds” of children. We walked around the house into the backyard and all of us responded the same way-smiling from ear to ear. There was a backyard full of happy laughing children. They were playing with one another, running around and so happy to see their dad. This was more like it. We all stood speechless at the site of what was happening and the stark contrast to where we had been. The final confirmation for us all was drawn from the sermon that we all heard on Sunday. Pastor Peter talked about how when children trust their father that they willingly jump from a high place into their arms in complete trust that they will not fall. He then called us as believes to freely and confidently jump into the arms of our Father and know that he will not let us fall. The truth of that faith and trust was played out in front of us as Robert called them each by name to jump into his arms off of a high wall. Our God again was reassuring this team that the steps we were taking from his lead were in fact the right ones.