Pressing On

Christ is risen! I hope that the Easter weekend was a time of remembrance and celebration. Even as we reflect on what the Lord has done for us, we can rejoice in the fact that our Savior is alive today and we can know Him personally.

                                   Let us know; let us press on to know the Lord;
                                                   His going out is sure as the dawn;

                                               He will come to us as the showers,

                                                   as the spring rains that water the earth.

                                                                                                 Hosea 6:3 (ESV)

This verse has been a theme for the interns as we meet together weekly to study the Word. Lately, I have been blessed with the reminder that when I press on and pursue God, He will be found. And as A. W. Tozer says, "God is so vastly wonderful, so utterly and completely delightful that He can, without anything other than Himself, meet and overflow the deepest demands of our total nature, mysterious and deep as that nature is."

I have also been blessed to be able to see God in the majesty of His creation - in mountains and waterfalls and rivers and rapids. Uganda is a beautiful country!

On the banks of the Nile river

My work with Engineering Ministries International (EMI) on the African Children's Choir Training Centre continues. We are completing a set of construction documents for the site and building, and I have been working on civil, electrical, and plumbing plans. On a recent site visit, our team was blessed to hear all the children sing at their morning devotions. Their voices were harmonious and beautiful as they sang a chorus and then the Ugandan national anthem! The devotions were led mostly by the kids, and three or four of them got up and shared. The other kids were engaged and gave excellent input. I was struck by their discipline and by the insight they showed at their age (the oldest kids are in P7, or the 7th grade). Truly a great work is being done in these children's lives in the way they are being educated and brought up to love the Lord! The kids were very happy to see us visitors from EMI. After the devotions were done, they all came one by one and each gave us a welcoming hug!

A student preaching at morning devotions

Determining the invert elevation of an absorption field

Here is a little glimpse of the design work being done for the Choir Training Centre:

Isometric view of the Centre

Exterior elevations

Praise reports:

• Praise God for His faithfulness in provision and protection for all the interns thus far
• Praise God for His favor with Ugandan Immigration for office staff visas and passes

Please pray for:

• Continued grace for all projects to be completed by their respective deadlines
• The two EMI project trips preparing to head back to Burundi in two weeks
• Continued wisdom as Corinne and I plan for marriage and our future together in ministry

Thanks, and God bless you!