One of Those Gideon Experiences

“Lord, what are you doing?” must have been on Gideon’s lips as God removed more and more men from his army. But, in the end, we all marvel with Gideon as God got all the glory.

A couple of weeks ago, rather suddenly, while in communication with the Scripture Union Uganda (SUU) leadership, the idea of a Training for Trainers for the six SU Regional Coordinators and key volunteers in January came up. The best (and most economical) venue is the SUU campsite, so a phone call was made to see if there was any vacancy in January. The only available dates were Jan. 25-27. Guess what, the only dates Laura and I were unavailable was Jan. 26-27—our MissionVenture quarterly meetings! But then, Beth, our friend and co-worker, “promised” she would be there…so we agreed. Then, Beth’s schedule got changed by others and she can no longer join the training. Both of our current VOICE staff members have been with us for less than 2 months and are not yet ready to take on such a training. In an urgent meeting with SUU leadership, we seriously considered if it should be postponed…but due to several matters, it seemed better to go ahead as planned. Then…SUU leadership pledged to pick up the slack and lead the topics that we nor Beth will be able to do! Hmmm…is this God’s answer to our prayer that SUU will truly “own” the program? We’ll see…but we are suspicious! Keep praying!