Prayer Requests

Things to pray for:

1. Safety while traveling.

2. Good health through the entire two months.

3. My brother, Chris, will be with me for the first two weeks and although we usually get along really well, I know that Satan is waiting for any opportunity to attack. Pray that we will not give into these attacks and we will use them as a way to grow stronger in our relationship.

4. I want to be a light to anyone I come in contact with; whether it be while I'm at the airport, sitting on the plane, or in Uganda and Kenya. I want people to see that I am different and know about my love for God.

5. This will be the longest I have been away from my family, friends, and what I consider "the norm" for me. Pray that I will not get homesick or feel lonely, and that I will remember that they are back here support me the entire way. I'm a major daddy's and mommy's girl and I'm extremely close to my brothers, so it's going to be hard being away from them for two months.

6. Preparation mentally, physically, and emotionally.

7. Faith and trust in God. Remember that He has been and will always be there for me.

8. I will constantly smile no matter what I am going through. Help my smile to be contagious and to never loose its touch.

9. Calm my fears and nerves about traveling alone. This scares me to death, and I'm doing my best to hand it over to God but the fear never seems to subside.

10. To have fun and love on those beautiful little kids as much as I can!

Thank you all very much for praying for me. I really appreciate it and know I will need it.





Faith never knows where it is being led, but it knows and loves the One who is leading. ~Oswald Chambers

Children's Ministry

We've recently finished the lessons for the children's ministry in Uganda. For the five nights at the crusades we are going to be doing the colors of the salvation bracelet or the wordless book; black, red, white, green, and gold. 

We have made flannel boards for each of the five colors. For the black one which represents sin, we made a spider web on the flannel. We will be having the kids tell us some sins which we will right on square pieces of flannels. They will then post them on the spider web. The next day is red, representing blood. We will have the Cross-Bridge Illustration showing that only through Christ's death on the cross can we get to heaven. The white flannel stands for forgiveness which we will have the kids come up to cover the black flannel with the white to show God covers us with his love and forgiveness. On the fourth day we will do green which signifies growth in our relationship with Christ. We will be asking the kids of ways we grow and have a relationship with God. We will then write the words down on leaves and attach them to our flannel with a tree on it. The last day will be gold symbolizing heaven. Our gold flannel will have a t-chart on it. On one side we will have the kids think of things in heaven and on the other, things not in heaven. 

Each lesson will be about fifteen minutes plus translation so each lesson will be about thirty minutes long.  Everyday, except for the first, we will be leading them in the salvation prayer. 

On the Inaugural Sunday for Bufukha, we will review the week and give them 3x3 booklets with the colors and verses, both in English and Lugandan, that explains the meanings of the colors. 

Black = Sin

Red = Blood

White = Forgiveness

Green = Growth

Gold = Heaven

Twitter

I recently got a Twitter. If you have one, follow me, twitter.com/becca_lynnleigh. Twitter will be much easier to update while I'm away, and you might get more information from me on there. I'll still be posting on here though, so make sure you keep checking this too.


24 more days!!!

The Rescue of Joseph Kony's Child Soldiers

I was going to write about this event earlier, but I wanted to wait until all 100 cities were rescued.

On April 25th, 100 cities in 10 countries around the world abducted themselves to save the abducted children in Northern Uganda. The Rescue event put on by Invisible Children that I attended in Denver started off at Civic Center Park right in front of the Capitol. From there, I walked with 1,500 other people 3 miles tied to a rope to Cheesman Park. Why the ropes you may ask?? This is how the child soldiers in Uganda are commanded to walk so they cannot get away.

Once we arrived at Cheesman Park, we layed out our sleeping bags and got to work writing letters to the Senators of Colorado while waiting to be rescued. In order to be rescued we had to raise five flags, each a different color; red, purple, white, black, and green. The Red symbolizes media coverage of a local news station so we can raise awareness to the community around us. The Purple represents important cultural and political leaders that are needed to stand behind us and support the child soldiers. The White Flag stands for the two letters that every person wrote to the Senators. Once each letter was collected, the White Flag would be raised. The Black
symbolizes the ambassadors from our city representing us at Lobby Days in Washington DC on June 22nd and 23rd (go to howitends.tv for more information). Finally, the Green Flag stands for money. Each person needed to bring five dollars to the event; once everyone donated their five dollars, we were able to raise the Green Flag.

Denver was rescued at 8:55pm by a representative of Senator Mark Udall. Also, a band member from Flobots, a Denver local band, came out to support us. 7 News and 9 News came out to cover the event, we raised all the money, wrote all the letters, and got enough ambassadors to represent us. Because we were rescued, we were able to go home and wait for the rest of the cities to get rescued. By the end of the night on April 25th, there were still 15 cities left to be rescued. Each day the number dwindled down, and on Tuesday, there were two cities left, Richmond, Virginia, and Chicago Illinois. That night Richmond was rescued by Gavin DeGraw while Chicago kept trecking on. For three more days, Chicago stayed strong waiting and hoping for Oprah to rescue them. They choreographed a dance and performed it outside Oprah's studio trying to get noticed. On Friday, Oprah saw hundreds of people standing outside her studio and decided to hear them out. She agreed to have them on her show that day to tell the country about the child soldiers. Chicago's voice was heard, they were rescued, and after a week, the event was a success.

Please pray for these abducted children and for Lobby Days, an event that will hopefully end the longest running war in Africa. If you have the chance, I encourage you to go to Lobby Days and represent the child soldiers. Be a part of history and save the beautiful children of Northern Uganda. If you have not already seen the movie Invisible Children: Rough Cut, please watch it and see why I care so much about the people of Uganda. You will never be the same again after you watch this movie! I definitely haven't been.














Walking to the LRA Camp! Loving Uganda!

All five flags raised! We were rescued!

Pictures by: Taylor VanDuinen

Visit http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-249867 for more pictures from The Rescue in Denve.