Hello everybody!
It has been quite a while
since we have made a post. We have been in the States since June 1st and we
have been moving from one place to the next. We have visited many family and
friends so far and have enjoyed every minute of it! We have been in Washington
State and Montana. While in Washington Ingrid had a surgery, which went very
well. She is recovering as expected, but it will be the end of September before
all physical restrictions are lifted. Thank you all for your deep concern and your
prayers for her! As I am typing we are in Wyoming on our way Colorado. From there we go back to Montana for a few
days and then back to Washington for a few more days; then we head off for
Peachtree, Georgia, where we will be attending Candidate Week with African
Inland Missions (AIM). It is during this time when AIM will make the decision
whether we will be full time missionaries with them. After Peachtree we go to
California and then on to North Carolina to attend a Missionary Medical
Intensive course. Before attending we have a lot of preparation and studying to
fit into our already busy schedule. We would very much appreciate your prayers
for our time at Peachtree and our preparation for our class in North Carolina,
as well as all of the travels we still have ahead of us. After we leave North
Caroline we will be going to Alaska. In between all of this traveling we will
be back and forth between Washington and Montana a couple of times. Someone
asked Ingrid if we were enjoying our "vacation in the States?" Yes we
are enjoying our time, but I would not call it a vacation.
So how are we adjusting to our time here
as compared to our time in Uganda? Here is what Ingrid has to say about this:
My time back in the USA has been full of a
myriad of adaptions; coming from a place of very basic essentials to the
abundance each person here has available to them. My emotions and heart attitude have
vacillated between deep gratefulness for what I have had available here to
struggling with a comprehension like never before that the majority world are
not able to experience the same comforts and relationships.
Please pray for me as Lyle and I look to
returning to Uganda and Karamoja in particular.
I find myself in a battle of resisting holding on to this life here as
though I could keep it, instead of joyfully losing my life as I know it, for my
Lord Jesus who is worthy of all I can give.
I think what Ingrid said really gets to
the heart of the emotions we are feeling. As we look forward to our return to
Uganda, we still struggle with the relationships we leave here, but we also
know that we will only be truly content if we are where the Lord desires us to
be.
We just wanted to take a few moments to
update our blog. We will let everyone know what happens at Peachtree and how
the Missionary Medical Intensive goes. Thank you so much for your prayers!
Love,
Lyle and Ingrid
