“Never a dull moment,” recently I’ve seen this phrase with hash tags as people twitter about their lives, and I can’t think of a more appropriate saying to describe the past year of our lives… an unknown sickness, malaria, flying to the States unexpectedly, seeing doctors and specialists, leaving California for Indiana, the boys adoption finalized, dealing with their immigration process, not knowing until the last minute if we were high tailing it back to Uganda or not at the end of May, and Nate’s surgery. Well true to form there’s more…
“Never a dull moment” because our God is Provider and He often brings us to the point of need so that we can clearly see His hand acting on our behalf!
“Never a dull moment” because our God is a Healer and He only shows his healing power through sickness whether physical or spiritual!
“Never a dull moment” because we are on this adventure with a God who is all about His own glory and He has allowed us to be a canvas so to speak, on which He has chosen show off. And show off He is, like fireworks in a black sky.
Over the past few months God has laid a very specific prayer on Caleb’s heart and the hearts of several other people (6 and counting… please let us know if the number is higher). The day before we celebrated our sixteenth wedding anniversary God revealed His answer to those prayers. It was a prayer that I had not been able to pray myself because of some significant boulders that served as road blocks in my heart as it pertained to communicating openly and intimately with my Father God. These boulders begged me to believe the lies written on them rather than the truth God says about who I am. But praise be to God who is a Father who knows the desires of our hearts whether we ask or not, a Father who will not give a stone when His child asks for bread, a Father who beckons us to allow Him to remove all obstacles so that we can clearly hear Him speak truth over us, the truth that we are loved daughters and sons of the King, and that He desires for us to have joy and gladness in His presence, and a Father who did all of that in my heart only one day before the BIG reveal!
Now for BIG news! After sixteen years of marriage, and being graced with the gifts of two beautiful, adopted sons, God has begun another life, a “magnum opus” (great work) that will take over nine months to complete. He is fearfully and wonderfully (Ps. 139:16) knitting together a baby inside me. Yes, I am pregnant! And we will, as the prophet Isaiah said, “Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name;” we will “make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.” We will “Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things;” we will “let this be known to all the world.” We will “Shout aloud and sing for joy… for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”(Isaiah 12:3)
As for now, the Immigration department has granted the boys extension and we have purchased plane tickets back to Uganda for September 18th. We look forward to the next two months chalked full of family, friends, New Hope projects, and telling God’s story of His mighty deeds in us, both great and small!
With our monthly support down a bit and our adjusted planning for a family of five, we would love for you to consider joining us as monthly financial partners for His glory and for His kingdom as we serve Him in Uganda. Our current committed monthly support is $2525 and our budget is $3300. We still need $775 in monthly support. http://newhopeuganda.org/donate/
The Mitchell’s,
Caleb, Alair, Nico, and Nate
f you are led to join Caleb and Alair in ministry with New Hope Uganda, please complete the following:
I/We would like to commit to being a prayer partner: c daily c weekly
I/We would like to commit to supporting Caleb and Alair monthly with the following amount*:
c $25 c $50 c $75 c $100 c $200 c Other: $_________
I/We would like to give a one-time gift of $____________.
Name:______________________________________________ Phone number: _________________
Address:_____________________________ City :___________________ State
Email address:________________________________________________
* New Hope Uganda Ministries—PO Box 154— Belle Fourche, SD 57717 — 800.611.6486 — www.newhopeuganda.org
*New Hope Uganda Ministries is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
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