Karamoja Okkens

Greetings from Karamoja!             I know that, as with the past, I am again guilty of missionary update negligence. It has been far too long. And now I break the silence by trying your patience with this long one. If you can endure it, you’ll see at the end that I hope to “turn over a new leaf” in this regard.               I would like to begin by sharing an experience which touched me last week. On Tuesday some men came to our gate asking for help. A man had died. The family was lacking the money to pay for hired help to dig the grave. They hoped that I would donate some shillings to the cause. It so happened that our regular Tuesday afternoon teaching ministry in Namalu had just been canceled. I decided that this was the Lord providing an opportunity for ministry to this grieving family. I told them that I would prefer to help with the physical labor rather ...

New addition one....Jack New addition two.....Calvin

Yes, we owe you a much longer update, but right now I wanted to get out a few prayer requests. Next week several of our teammates will be leaving for furlough. Dr. Jim and Jenny Knox have already left, returning this fall. For about 2 ½ months it will only be a few of us here ‘holding down the fort’. Pastor Al Tricarico and his family will be away until the end of the year, so the bulk of ministry will fall on David, but of course our translators help a lot in leading several of our village studies and we look forward to an intern being with us for a small chunk of that time. So… -          Please pray for the families Stateside as they travel speaking at churches, that they would have a fruitful time and a restful time. Some of our teammates are experiencing several big family transitions while on furlough. (weddings, kids off to college) -          For the ones ‘left behind’ that we would handle the ...