This past week I have been staying with a group in Kampala, being discipled by Dr. Krabbendam and reaching out into the community by doing door-to-door evangelism while working with the churches. This is a very receptive culture and many accepted Christ as their Savior. However, while it is receptive, there are several lies that are confusing the new believers and the non-believers. Islam and Mormonism along with churches that are practicing human sacrifice and that the enemy has corrupted really confuse the Ugandan people. Pray that God would invade this situation and bring his light and his truth. Pray that eyes would be opened.
I love the song “You Said”- it has been such a promise to me as I see the way in which Satan is trying to confuse. He is the father of lies – is he not? The song says:
You said ask and I’ll give the nations to you, Oh Lord, that’s the cry of my heart. Distant shores and the islands will see your light as it rises on us.
Please beg God for the nation of Uganda and that His light would illuminate all the half-truths and lies in which Satan is entangling those around us.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Friday, May 2, 2008
Here We Go AGAIN!!!!
Family and Friends!
I am so sorry not to have written in such a long time. Once I found out that Uganda was for sure, studies really started hitting me along with preparation for the trip and now, three days before I leave, I am writing you!
I have a couple AMAZING stories to share in which God really blessed me in one of the most complex parts of my trip: travel. As many of you know and have been experiencing gas prices have gone up....exponentially. I am a little overwhelmed as I am sure you are along with our fellow friends in the airline business. Needless to say: the ticket costs a fortune. That is taking up most of the $3000 that I was raising. Problem number two: whether the price of the ticket was expensive or not, I would have been traveling alone for a very long time as a single white woman, and that was not the safest thing... (lets just say my parents weren't to keen on the idea).
So our amazing God decided to just put his hand in as an intervention and provide radically for me. First HE PROVIDED THE FUNDS!!!! Then, to top it off, there was a team from Covenant College, led by Dr. Krabbendam, that was going to Uganda at the same time I was. So, after a fifteen minute meeting with Dr. Krabbendam and an exciting phone call with my mom, I decided to travel with the team headed to Uganda. I was still needing to somehow drive north about 6 hours after the flight, and Dr. Krabbendam knew an individual from the town I am going to and asked them to come pick me up and take me. This is not some small task - this is a HUGE miracle.
These are just a couple of ways in which God has provided a way and is pushing me toward Uganda. I know and have been made aware of the many dangers I face, but I KNOW that my God has brought me this far, and He will NEVER leave me. He will NEVER let me down. He is my PROTECTION and SHIELD and I am trusting in Him.
Please, please, please, please be in prayer as I head out. I know I am going to need these prayers. Remember that the prayer of a righteous man is both POWERFUL and EFFECTIVE. Your prayers are powerful and effective and I know that as the body of Christ, we can reach out and touch the heart of God as we intercede for our brothers and sisters in Christ. So PLEASE, add me to your prayer list this summer.
I will be doing my best to keep you all up to date with pictures of the little babies I will be working with and with stories of how amazing our God is!!! I am SOOO excited to be able to go. Thankyou for coming along side of me and supporting me through your words, through your money and through your prayers.
God bless,
Standing in HIS grace,
Conquered by HIS love,
Lauren Conrad
I am so sorry not to have written in such a long time. Once I found out that Uganda was for sure, studies really started hitting me along with preparation for the trip and now, three days before I leave, I am writing you!
I have a couple AMAZING stories to share in which God really blessed me in one of the most complex parts of my trip: travel. As many of you know and have been experiencing gas prices have gone up....exponentially. I am a little overwhelmed as I am sure you are along with our fellow friends in the airline business. Needless to say: the ticket costs a fortune. That is taking up most of the $3000 that I was raising. Problem number two: whether the price of the ticket was expensive or not, I would have been traveling alone for a very long time as a single white woman, and that was not the safest thing... (lets just say my parents weren't to keen on the idea).
So our amazing God decided to just put his hand in as an intervention and provide radically for me. First HE PROVIDED THE FUNDS!!!! Then, to top it off, there was a team from Covenant College, led by Dr. Krabbendam, that was going to Uganda at the same time I was. So, after a fifteen minute meeting with Dr. Krabbendam and an exciting phone call with my mom, I decided to travel with the team headed to Uganda. I was still needing to somehow drive north about 6 hours after the flight, and Dr. Krabbendam knew an individual from the town I am going to and asked them to come pick me up and take me. This is not some small task - this is a HUGE miracle.
These are just a couple of ways in which God has provided a way and is pushing me toward Uganda. I know and have been made aware of the many dangers I face, but I KNOW that my God has brought me this far, and He will NEVER leave me. He will NEVER let me down. He is my PROTECTION and SHIELD and I am trusting in Him.
Please, please, please, please be in prayer as I head out. I know I am going to need these prayers. Remember that the prayer of a righteous man is both POWERFUL and EFFECTIVE. Your prayers are powerful and effective and I know that as the body of Christ, we can reach out and touch the heart of God as we intercede for our brothers and sisters in Christ. So PLEASE, add me to your prayer list this summer.
I will be doing my best to keep you all up to date with pictures of the little babies I will be working with and with stories of how amazing our God is!!! I am SOOO excited to be able to go. Thankyou for coming along side of me and supporting me through your words, through your money and through your prayers.
God bless,
Standing in HIS grace,
Conquered by HIS love,
Lauren Conrad
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Destination: Soroti, Uganda
I am not sure how many continue to check this blog site, but I am now planning a new trip, and this one is not to the jungles of Panama, the deserts of Mexico, or the poverty of Colombia. No, this time, my heart has been called to Uganda. This summer, within the first week of May, I am heading out to Soroti, Uganda, to work with a Y.W.A.M. base in one of their projects called Amecet n'ainapakin, which means shelter of peace. I will be working with children both infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. Currently I am in the process of raising funds, and am excited to see how God is going to provide. He has never failed. The averaged price of this trip is $3,000 dollars. I will be living on the Y.W.A.M. base for two and a half months serving there. Please prayerfully consider walking beside me and supporting me as I take another leap of faith into the heart of Africa to love and care for these babies.
Blessings In Christ
In HIS hands,
Lauren Conrad
Blessings In Christ
In HIS hands,
Lauren Conrad
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