Dear Family and Friends of TeensServe,
We got to see your kiddos this weekend! We had a lot of fun hanging out with TeensServe at Garden City mall on Saturday and they all came over to our house on Sunday afternoon!
They are all LOVING their time in Uganda. I can tell they are being challenged to view the world differently...seeing it through Jesus' eyes! We had a really good discussion yesterday about knowing God's will for your life...what does that mean? Does it mean you are happy and using your talents? Or that sometimes you just choose joy because you're not exactly happy? It was good for the adults to be able to give their input into that heartfelt question!
We had a lot of fun yesterday! Most of the boys went up to a field near our house for a game of football with some kids that live around us! The girls stayed in our courtyard and played card games, baseball, and hide-and-seek with our kiddos. We munched on chocolate chip cookies (which I finally figured out how to make in Uganda!) and talked about their amazing week.
Being in the slums...walking through them and ministering to children there...has been an eye-opening experience. They've seen poverty that is un-imaginable. Families of 7 or 8 that live in a room that is smaller than most American bedrooms. Children wearing clothes that are tattered and full of holes. Streets that are full of sewage and trash...right outside of people's doors.
They are very excited about heading up to Gulu today (Monday). They will be able to experience a whole other side of Uganda...very different from Kampala city-life. Up north people still live in huts, there is no electricity or running water in some places, and people are still living with the effects of the war that tore this country apart for over 20 years. They will also be able to see Murchison Falls and go on a safari! It's gonna be a lot of fun!
Scott has uploaded several pictures from the past week on his facebook page. Be sure to send us a friend request (I've shared the pictures on my page, too) to be able to see pictures of your kiddos!
Just a warning: our daughter came to Uganda with TeensServe in 2008 and now the rest of our family is serving Jesus in Uganda. Rodney and Clarissa are dangerous people to know {grin}. God might just use them to change your whole life and send you to serve Him on a new continent. If you'd like to keep up with our family and what God is doing in our lives (or you'd like to support His work here in Uganda) be sure to visit our blog: www.suubifamily.blopspot.com.
We'll update again if we hear anymore!
All for HIM,
Scott and Kelly Rackley
Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Praying for you all
It is indeed a privlidge to be lifting each of you up to our LORD JESUS. IT comforts me greatly to know that our GOD is Sovereign and he has each of you right where he wants YOU. My heart is thankful for computers to be able to communicate . The days are filled with thoughts and prayers for the team.
PLease make sure Sarah puts on the 100% deet stuff and wheres the net and long pants/sleeves especially in the evenings! Ok ...got my mom talk out.. I feel better...give Sarah a hug.
May our LORD gird each of you with strengh and stamina beyond measure and may your hours in country be as productive as months spent in country.
May HE give you FAVOR with man wherever you go.
LOVE,
elizabeth Girouard (sarahs Mom)
PLease make sure Sarah puts on the 100% deet stuff and wheres the net and long pants/sleeves especially in the evenings! Ok ...got my mom talk out.. I feel better...give Sarah a hug.
May our LORD gird each of you with strengh and stamina beyond measure and may your hours in country be as productive as months spent in country.
May HE give you FAVOR with man wherever you go.
LOVE,
elizabeth Girouard (sarahs Mom)
Friday, June 17, 2011
Part of my Heart
Part of my heart gets on a plane in just a few hours, leaving for Kampala, Uganda, Africa. McKenna Adcock's dream is finally being realized. McKenna told me when she was in 5th grade that she hoped to be serving in Africa by the time she was 15. I am not sad that God waited until she is 16. :) Neither is she. She knows the time is now.
I am so thankful for her desire to serve orphans in the slums of Kampala by helping protect them from the evil witchdoctors. The team she is with, TeensServe, will be piercing the ears of girls, making them "impure" in the eyes of the witchdoctors who sacrifice, dismember, and sell the bodies of "pure" children to business men, who bury them in the foundation of their buildings. They believe this appeases the gods and makes their businesses more profitable. While they are helping to protect their physical body, the team will also be sharing the love of Jesus with the children and their families.
Darrell and I have prayed since they were babies that our children would live dangerous lives for the Lord. This is not the first time that God has answered that prayer, but the reality of it is hitting this mama pretty hard this morning. I will pray fervently for their safety, but in all honesty, I will pray that, above all, the Lord is glorified through this team of young people and adults. I pray that this experience marks McKenna (and each of them) permanently. Someone described it as the difference between a henna tattoo that looks real, but washes off with time, and a real tattoo that cannot be removed without much intentional effort. I pray that my girl is forever changed and impacted by what she sees and that she comes home with new understanding and boldness to combat evil wherever God directs her path.
McKenna will come home on July 4th, but I feel confident that she will leave part of her heart there, with every intention of returning some day.
Tracy Adcock
I am so thankful for her desire to serve orphans in the slums of Kampala by helping protect them from the evil witchdoctors. The team she is with, TeensServe, will be piercing the ears of girls, making them "impure" in the eyes of the witchdoctors who sacrifice, dismember, and sell the bodies of "pure" children to business men, who bury them in the foundation of their buildings. They believe this appeases the gods and makes their businesses more profitable. While they are helping to protect their physical body, the team will also be sharing the love of Jesus with the children and their families.
Darrell and I have prayed since they were babies that our children would live dangerous lives for the Lord. This is not the first time that God has answered that prayer, but the reality of it is hitting this mama pretty hard this morning. I will pray fervently for their safety, but in all honesty, I will pray that, above all, the Lord is glorified through this team of young people and adults. I pray that this experience marks McKenna (and each of them) permanently. Someone described it as the difference between a henna tattoo that looks real, but washes off with time, and a real tattoo that cannot be removed without much intentional effort. I pray that my girl is forever changed and impacted by what she sees and that she comes home with new understanding and boldness to combat evil wherever God directs her path.
McKenna will come home on July 4th, but I feel confident that she will leave part of her heart there, with every intention of returning some day.
Tracy Adcock
I Guess Dreams Do Come True
I guess dreams come true. I guess that I knew God would provide and give me a plan. But who knew a dream of mine would come true at the age of sixteen? I don't have to wait any longer to see the place I dream about every night. I don't have to wait any longer to see what God has called me to. God is going to do amazing things, and I'm excited he chose me to be apart of it. It will be hard, and You can never be fully prepared for what Satan is going to use to make us stumble. But Our God already won, but that doesn't mean it won't be hard. That's where you come in. We need prayers about the spiritual warfare that is happening now, and while we are there. Pray that our group will stay as tight as we are. Pray for the witch doctors and everyone we come in contact with, that God will be preparing them to hear what we have to say. pray for safety. Here I go. It's the first step to forever!
McKenna Adcock
McKenna Adcock
Thursday, June 16, 2011
PHONE NUMBER WHILE IN UGANDA
Hi everyone,
Here is our the number where we can be reached while in Uganda....#256779641258. Please use this number only for emergency's. The team will be contacting families periodically. Thank you all again for your prayers and support. We need all we can get and are very grateful!!
Clarissa
Here is our the number where we can be reached while in Uganda....#256779641258. Please use this number only for emergency's. The team will be contacting families periodically. Thank you all again for your prayers and support. We need all we can get and are very grateful!!
Clarissa
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