Prayer Update #1 -- Partnership in the Gospel

[orginally posted on 14 Jul 2022] 

Dear Friends,

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. (Philippians 1:3-5)

One week from today, God willing, I will be departing for Bushenyi, Uganda, to serve with a team of three fellow teachers providing leadership training to local church leaders.  The conferences are organized and presented through the ministry of Equipping Leaders International (ELI).  I am very thankful that the Lord Jesus has called and enabled me to serve with this mission team through your gracious generosity!  I truly appreciate your partnership in this gospel ministry!  I am especially thankful for your faithful and continuing mindfulness in prayer for us throughout the entirety of this mission.

Our team will be presenting two, 4-day conferences for pastors and their spouses to encourage and assist them in their gospel ministry throughout the western region of Uganda.  ELI provides these training conferences several times throughout the year to equip and support local church leaders who will then be able to further teach and equip their local church members with the training they receive.  The first conference is scheduled to begin on Monday, July 25th, and the second on August 1st.

IMG-2969.JPG

This is a picture from the ELI leadership conference in Uganda this past February.  We are looking forward to serving 40 pastors and their spouses through these two conferences.  Please pray that I may be a thoughtful listener as I get to know my brothers and sisters well and understand their needs within their cultural context.  My desire is to be a true encourager of their faith.  I know that I will learn much from each of them.

My plan is to provide additional updates at least once each week during my time in Uganda.  I greatly value your prayers for each dimension of our service while we are in Bushenyi.  Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Also, please feel free to forward this prayer update to anyone you know who may be interested in joining us in prayer for our sisters and brothers in Uganda.

grace & peace for this day,

cordell

Location: Bushenyi, Uganda

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Prayer Update #10 ~ The hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you

 [originally posted 10 Aug 2022) Dear Family & Friends,   I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints, and I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ. For I have derived much joy and comfort from your love, my brother [and sister], because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you. (Philemon 4–7) During my final three days in Uganda, "the Pearl of Africa", I spent time visiting Jinja Town, where I was richly blessed by the refreshing fellowship of God's people, and especially the fellowship of my Handong student, Boyeon Han. Jinja is one of the most international cities in Uganda.  Many NGO's have located their offices there, including the Korean NGO, Good Neighbors, with whom Boyeon has been serving for the six years.  She ...
Read more

Prayer Update #9 ~ Endeavoring to Finish Well

 [originally posted 4 Aug 2022] Dear Family & Friends, Please pray that we finish our conference well. Later this afternoon we will travel back to Mbarara and then back to Entebbe on Friday evening. My team members depart for their return trips to Pennsylvania and Minnesota on Saturday night. I will take the opportunity to travel on Saturday to the nearby city of Jinja where I will visit the offices of Good Neighbors, a Korean development NGO, with whom one of my most outstanding students from Handong now serves.  Following that visit, I will return to Entebbe on Monday to board my homeward bound flight via Brussels and Chicago. If all goes according to schedule, I am due to arrive into St. Louis by 3:30 in the afternoon to the warm welcoming arms of my family. I continue to greatly value your mindfulness in prayer for these final stages of my visit here in the amazing country of Uganda!  I will be more than happy to share more stories of my experiences here as we mee...
Read more

Prayer Update #4 ~ ". . . as He Witnessed the Grace of God . . . "

[originally posted 27 Jul 2022]   “When Barnabas arrived in Antioch, he rejoiced as he witnessed the grace of God, and he exhorted them all that they should remain faithful to the Lord Jesus with steadfast purpose of heart.” Acts 11:23 As I anticipated and prepared to come to Uganda, I prayed that God would give me the spirit of Barnabas to encourage and strengthen the faith of my dear sisters and brothers in Christ.  Now that I have been in their midst, especially these past three days, the Lord Jesus has given me the blessings of Barnabas both to witness the grace of God so abundantly present in their hearts and lives, and to rejoice with them in praise and worship of Christ who unites us with one another in Him. You may catch a glimpse of that very rejoicing in the wondrous singing to and praising of God by clicking this link and watching here: https://youtu.be/Ggt6jEDUCGo and here: https://youtu.be/JSbc3KsEDWI You also may listen to portions of the conference teaching sess...
Read more