Tuesday, September 8, 2009

We're Back!

Hey bloggers...we're home...trip was long, but everything was great...I don't have pics yet...when I get them and sort through all of them, I may put them in a new slide show and post it here...

I did post these three on Facebook, and several people have already commented on them there...they are just some random shots that Pastor Ernie sent from his phone to mine on the way home from the airport...

Here's one of Pastor Ben presenting the ordination candidates to me in the Sunday service at Good Shepherd's...

Here's one from one of the services in Bewenge...this is the church with the bats...you can't see them in the pic, but they were there...


We gave back packs filled with school supplies to each of the kids at the children's home...in this pic I'm putting one of them on the back of one of the younger student's...





I watched the DVD from the Sunday service at CITN...very cool...Pastor D.E. had a great word, and the excitement in the place was palpable...thanks for all the texts and tweets and FB messages about it...I like to hear good reports like that, especially when I'm very far away...

After I get the rest of the Uganda pics posted, I've got to get back into the paraphrasing flow and hit the rest of LITN hard...got to get this project finished...

But right now I'm going to lay down...

Thanks again for all your prayers...

10 comments:

Keith Mitchell said...

D. E. was great. But I'm glad you guys are back. Cause ain't nothing like My/Our Bishop > WELCOME HOME!!!

Donald said...

Does anyone remember the "Where's Waldo" books?
I was looking at the pics and thought, "Gee I wonder if we could start a 'Where's Bishop' book using these photos?"
Nah, probably not.
OK, I'm just kidding,...GAH!
Everybody is beautiful, I mean it!

Donald said...

That's cool the way the guys are standing in line to get their backpacks while they watch you put one on their buddy.
You can only see the backs of their heads, but you can sort of tell that they were having a good day.

Northern Light said...

Bish,

YOU are most welcome for the prayers! IT was my pleasure and a blessing to me to be able to uphold you & CITN team UGANDA-2 in prayer each day.

The love of God that you spread there, and the witnesses of Jesus Christ that you all were to those who live there, is understated, no matter what stories you can tell.

You all did good, you all pleased God.......and I feel blessed to be a "part" of this CITN family and look forward to seeing,hearing and feeling more of the Uganda experience you all will share.

Glad to have you all home.

Peace,
Northern Light

Larry Usher said...

Welcome back Bishop & gang!
Sounds like the trip was smooth sailin'! Really missed being there; the excitement of being in country is so great, such a different place with such wonderful people-I trust I will be back again.
Enjoyed the stories and hearing especially about the children-always in your heart!

Blessings & peaceful sleep to all!

Bro Lar

ps- "There's corn in Egypt" (don't know why that just percolated up...)

Rosette_Uganda said...

Hello Bishop, and the entire CITN. Its good to know the team arrived safely, and I guess they are trying to catch up on sleep. I am amazed at how the Bishop has been in touch all this time, and Bishop, I love the way you write. I heard there were bats there, but no one explained it to detail like you did.
We are obviously missing you, and wondering how the week went so fast. I loved every bit of it, especially the times when Bishop led worship...wow!!It was so beautiful...I love the worship touch, and I love the voice too.
Well, this year I had an opportunity to interact with all the members of the team, and I came to work today anxiously waiting to read their blogs, and am wondering what happened....they are all quiet. Karen, wake up. I loved the way Karen put her experiences last year. I am looking forward to reading it again.
I have to go now, but I'll just end by saying I admire Bishop's speed in updating the readers on each and everything that takes place. We are learning a lot from you guys. Thank you for loving us, and to everyone that made this trip possible, May God Almighty bless and reward you so much.

Regards from Uganda

Rosette.

Anonymous said...

Blessing and welcome back to you Bishop and every one else. I have enjoyed following you there but glad you are back safely,you were greatly missed. Cant wait to see all the beautiful pictures of the Holy Spirit in motion.

Peace,Love and Light...
Debra M.

karl cobos said...

Welcome back!..and thanks for sharing the pictures...wonderful anticipation of ministers seen and the pic with you and the boy...touches the heart.

Look forward to hearing and seeing more when you can.

Strength to you.

karl said...

Hi Bish,
Last week your father gave a word that involved the blind man going to the "pool of Siloam"...been thinking "a lot" of that lately, about seeing, and any significance.

A friend of mine sent me the following about it that I found interesting;...

According to the SDA Bible commentary this event In John 9 took place right around the Feast of Tabernacles. According to The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible, at the end of the Feast of Tabernacles as part of their celebration, people would go out from the city walls and down to the pool of Siloam, which was near the Temple, and they would gather water, bring the water into the Temple and pour it on the altar.

The feast of Tabernacles had a twofold symbolism. It was to be a festival of thanksgiving at the end of harvest time and also for 7 days the people stayed in tents to remember their forefathers how dwelt in tents in the wilderness for 40 years. Possibly, because the feast of tabernacles had just taken place, people had a recent association with going to the pool to gather water as part of the ceremony. The water was used for cleansing purposes in the temple. The Feast of Tabernacles is the final holiday of the year and it begins five days after Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement (the symbolism of the final and total removal of the existence of sin.)

The Feast of Tabernacles was one of the most joyous events and ended the year of rituals for the sanctuary services, with is a drastic change from Yom Kippur one of the most solemn holidays. The wandering in the wilderness is over, the time of harvest is come. Symbolically, the people were washing the altar at the end of the Feast Tabernacles like they were starting fresh for the new year of rituals to begin. The next festival to come was the Passover. In it Christ was to die. So Jesus sent the man formerly born blind to the pool of Siloam whose waters seemed to represent a cleansing and a fresh start. But it also looked forward to the start of the new year of sanctuary services, for which Christ Himself was to be the fulfillment of the true Lamb of God to die as the Passover Lamb. He was calling out to the Jews at that time, and down the ages to all of the world- “Open your eyes and see that the Lamb has arrived and is ready for the slaughter.”

karl cobos said...

The last comment really spoke to me too Dan, and anyone else reading.

I'm thinking, the Holy Spirit, like this water, comes into us and washes "this temple", "this sanctuary" of who I am for His dwelling like the above mentioned sentence..."the pool of Siloam, which was near the Temple, and they would gather water, bring the water into the Temple and pour it on the altar."

The water was used for cleansing purposes in the temple...so His water(Spirit) cleanses me and gives me sight, new vision, the old man and sin (like flesh and the mud), is washed away and I come forth a new man, "seeing")

Day of Atonement (the symbolism of the final and total removal of the existence of sin.)
...makes me think of Christ having already "taken" the "sin of the whole world", ALL of it, everyone's, past, present and future, that ONE DAY OF ATONEMENT for the WHOLE ASSEMBLY.

...ties in with what was written in the above comment.."So Jesus sent the man formerly born blind to the pool of Siloam whose waters seemed to represent a cleansing and a fresh start. But it also looked forward to the start of the new year of sanctuary services, for which Christ Himself was to be the fulfillment of the true Lamb of God to die as the Passover Lamb. He was calling out to the Jews at that time, and down the ages to all of the world- “Open your eyes and see that the Lamb has arrived and is ready for the slaughter.”

May we all see what the Spirit wants us to see.

Peace!-Karl

word ver: psitiv