Nick Strong

So when I wake up Monday morning, I will wake up to the sound of chit chat outside my room, little kids giggling on the playground, and teachers talking over a cup of tea. Monday starts the fall semester at Heritage International School. (HIS)

I have been traveling to future future sights of WGM Uganda ministries, I have been on retreat, I have attended a 7 Habits of Highly Effective People conference, and have spent time with dear friends of mine both African and American.

In the last post on here I gave you the tentative schedule of events for me. God truly blessed me with the opportunity to see and experience many things. I spent a week on retreat with all of the missionaries here in Uganda. We went to Mbale which is a city over near the border of Kenya. Eldred and Luanne Kelly came over from Florida to speak at our retreat.

From there we I went up to Arua for a week to spend some time in northern Uganda with our missionaries that are posted there. We traveled around Northern Uganda and I also got to go on safari for a couple of days. I flew back to Kampala on Saturday and jumped on a bus on Sunday. 10 hours later I arrived in Kenya. I had a great time in Kenya at the conference but more than that just spending time with friends. I traveled to Tenwek hospital and was able to spend some time with Community Health workers that I worked with before. I was also able to spend time with many of the missionaries. We had Thanksgiving dinner in July and we also played Christmans music. What a party.

My time in Kenya was such a blessing. I was able to relax. I was able to spend time with my friends Tiana and Teresa Duncan. It was a blessing to spend time with someone that you have history with. Time with friends that you can relax with and just spend time together. I don’t know that we did anything real special or spectacular except just being together.

Heritage Kids Doing Their Stuff

And now I sit here, with lesson plans completed, just waiting for the students to come. Many of the same questions, feelings, and anxieties are rushing through my head like when I was just minutes from touching down to Uganda for the first time. If I let myself I will start to doubt that God is in control but I know that he is faithful. I start to doubt my abilities to teach 5 Bible classes and a sports elective, but I also know that when I am weak my God is strong. Also, at the end of my resources is where God takes over because God is able.

Please pray for the school as we start this week. Pray for the students, families, faculty, and staff. We are actually still in need of a chief administrator for the school. We are asking that God would provide that person. Please pray for the hearts and spirits of the students of our school. Some of them desperately need a relationship with Jesus. You can pray for patience and endurance for all parties involved as everyone gets tired sooner or later.

Thank You,

P.S. I am wanting to start sending e-mail updates a couple of times a month but do not have many of your e-mail addresses. If you could please e-mail me at nick.strong@wgmuganda.org or leave a comment on this blog so that I can add you to my address list, I can start compiling a list.  These e-mails will be more involved with the day-to-day life and ministry of life here in Kampala.

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