This blog is really hard for me to write and i'll probably shed many tears while in the process.
Judy and Malia have gotten their answer to prayer. Last week the US Embassey in Kampala called Judy and told her that she and Malia have been approved and that they could leave Uganda and soon as this week! It is really exciting but at the same time very hard. I'm so excited that Malia will be able to give big hugs and kisses to her Grandparents, uncles and Auntie's but at the same time I wish I knew that her and her mom would be coming back to Uganda. The more I think about it the more heart broken I become because I really have no idea when I'll be able to see either one of them again. Over the last eight months I have come to love them as my family. Judy has been a wonderful, Godly big sister to me and Malia has been a complete joy with her random hugs and kisses, to her sweet and caring personality. They have both found a very special place in my heart. I didn't realized it would be so difficult and I know they haven't left yet so I want to spend as much time with them as possible. I just spent the morning up in their apartment talking to Judy and taking in every silly and endearing thing that Malia did to heart knowing it may be one of the last times i'll be able to witness this part of her life. I don't know how I'll say good bye when friday rolls around but I know that I will make the effort to keep in touch with them and keep them always in my prayers.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to pray for Judy and malia and please don't stop. They have a lot of ajusting to do still and will need all the prayer they can get.
On another note I found out that my work permit was approved and now I just need to go pay for it and hopefully pick it up shortly there after!!! Praise the Lord!!!
I wasn't going to share this but the Lord keeps putting it on my heart and I think that others can learn from my mistakes. A couple weeks ago I was walking the 3 miles home from Our Own Home and I passed this man who was pushing a bicyle with large water containers on the back and one of his flip flop straps was broken. As I passed him by I felt the Holy Spirit tell me to give the man the flip flops I was wearing. Well i kept walking and started to argue with the Lord. "Why should I give him my shoes Lord? what am I going to walk home in?" But as I continued to walk away from him the Holy Spirit kept speaking the same words "Give him your shoes." So I finally turned around and started to walk very quickly back up the hill toward where the man had been and as I walked I looked for him and it was as though he had disapeared. He was no where to be seen. I felt dejected and my eyes were already filling with tears because I knew I had openly disobeyed the Lord. Well needless to say I went home in tears and heart broken. The scripture that came to me was Matthew 25:40 "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
The lesson I learned, that I hope to encourage you with, is that when the Lord ask's you to do something, don't ask questions just do it. If it's the Lord, know that he has your back.
Thank you all so much for your love, support and your prayers! If there is anything I can be in prayer for you about just shoot me a message at rmbishop09@gmail.com.
God Bless!!!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Friday, August 20, 2010
God is good and all the time!
I still have a peace that is surpassing all of my understanding. It's completely God and not I. It brings me such relief to know that the Lord is in Control and that I am where I am today because of his great will and timing. I know without a doubt that I'll be living in Uganda for the rest of my life serving where the Lord calls and doing whatever he asks of me. Please continue to pray with me. In all things, doors to open as I move forward, finances to be all that is NEEDED, and for all that I do to be of the Lord.
"Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt. 6:33
I am excited for the future and what God has planned for me but at the same time I am also excited for the here and the now of what his IS doing in and through me.
Some specific prayer needs:
Moses has been sick. Pray for a full recovery.
My work permit still isn’t done. Pray for the immigration officers to be quick.
Judy and Malia have been delayed. Please pray that the Lord would give Judy peace and work everything out in his timing.
A place to live when the pastor and his wife come back on the 1st of Oct. Somewhere safe and somehow close to Our Own Home since I don’t have a vehicle and will have to walk to and from.
Pray that the Lord would continue to bring people into my life that I can pour out God’s love on and encourage.
Thank you all for reading and for praying with me. May the Lord bless you as you have blessed me.
In Christ,
Your friend, Daughter, Niece, Granddaughter and sister,
Rochelle
I still have a peace that is surpassing all of my understanding. It's completely God and not I. It brings me such relief to know that the Lord is in Control and that I am where I am today because of his great will and timing. I know without a doubt that I'll be living in Uganda for the rest of my life serving where the Lord calls and doing whatever he asks of me. Please continue to pray with me. In all things, doors to open as I move forward, finances to be all that is NEEDED, and for all that I do to be of the Lord.
"Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt. 6:33
I am excited for the future and what God has planned for me but at the same time I am also excited for the here and the now of what his IS doing in and through me.
Some specific prayer needs:
Moses has been sick. Pray for a full recovery.
My work permit still isn’t done. Pray for the immigration officers to be quick.
Judy and Malia have been delayed. Please pray that the Lord would give Judy peace and work everything out in his timing.
A place to live when the pastor and his wife come back on the 1st of Oct. Somewhere safe and somehow close to Our Own Home since I don’t have a vehicle and will have to walk to and from.
Pray that the Lord would continue to bring people into my life that I can pour out God’s love on and encourage.
Thank you all for reading and for praying with me. May the Lord bless you as you have blessed me.
In Christ,
Your friend, Daughter, Niece, Granddaughter and sister,
Rochelle
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Learning...
First of all i have to apologize, I haven't been very consistent in writing blogs. I could make the excuses that I have been busy, which is true, but no excuse. I'm sorry.
As I go through life here in Uganda I become more and more used to the culture and the slower way of life. Know one is in a hurry, which I like, but at the same time it is not very helpful when I have a certain amount of time left on my visa and the people in immigration haven't processed my work permit yet. This last Tuesday a friend and I made the two hour journey on public transport to Kampala. Where we were hopefully going to be paying for our work permits. Well of course we get there and look in a couple different books and find our file number in one but not in the other. The second one is the one that counts because this means that they have looked over your file and have either approved or denied your application. The way things are done here however means that you just never know when things will be done and there are no phone numbers to call to see if things have been completed so you use your time, energy and money to go and see. :)
God has been teaching me his timing and what it looks like to be patient. Yes it is frustrating but I know that God is in control and that there is really nothing I can do except pray and trust him. I have been reminding myself constantly that it was the Lord who opened the doors for me to stay and it will be up to him whether I stay or go. It would break my heart to leave but, it would break my heart more to not be sensitive to the Lords leading.
Please continue to keep the whole process of the work permit in your prayers. And whatever the Lords will is that he would prepare me for the out come.
"Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." Phil. 1:6
On that trip to Kampala the Lord revealed a vision to me. I have been praying and seeking the Lord about this vision and I would ask you to pray with me as the Lord leads you.
"I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning ANYTHING that they ask, it will be done for them by My father in heaven.
"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them." Matthew 18:19-20
As I continue to live by faith I am reminded of Philippians 4:19 "And My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Rochelle
As I go through life here in Uganda I become more and more used to the culture and the slower way of life. Know one is in a hurry, which I like, but at the same time it is not very helpful when I have a certain amount of time left on my visa and the people in immigration haven't processed my work permit yet. This last Tuesday a friend and I made the two hour journey on public transport to Kampala. Where we were hopefully going to be paying for our work permits. Well of course we get there and look in a couple different books and find our file number in one but not in the other. The second one is the one that counts because this means that they have looked over your file and have either approved or denied your application. The way things are done here however means that you just never know when things will be done and there are no phone numbers to call to see if things have been completed so you use your time, energy and money to go and see. :)
God has been teaching me his timing and what it looks like to be patient. Yes it is frustrating but I know that God is in control and that there is really nothing I can do except pray and trust him. I have been reminding myself constantly that it was the Lord who opened the doors for me to stay and it will be up to him whether I stay or go. It would break my heart to leave but, it would break my heart more to not be sensitive to the Lords leading.
Please continue to keep the whole process of the work permit in your prayers. And whatever the Lords will is that he would prepare me for the out come.
"Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." Phil. 1:6
On that trip to Kampala the Lord revealed a vision to me. I have been praying and seeking the Lord about this vision and I would ask you to pray with me as the Lord leads you.
"I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning ANYTHING that they ask, it will be done for them by My father in heaven.
"For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them." Matthew 18:19-20
As I continue to live by faith I am reminded of Philippians 4:19 "And My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
Rochelle
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