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Please pray for the McCourtney Family

Summer and Zane McCourtney with their 13 children are going through a difficult season in their lives.  We have know Summer and Zane for many years and till now their hearts and lifes were forever going to be in Uganda.  However, God has a way of changing things and so I have copied a part of their blog post to our blog so you can see what is going on.  If you would like to keep up to date with their progress to move back to the US then you can visit them at www.fromglory2glory.blogspot.com   please pray for them with regards to their adopted children.  They are working through the minefield of officials and government offices in two countries so that the family can live all together in the States.  This is a complicated process and, as far as we know, has never been done before.  Thankfully we serve a Heavenly Father who has all the keys to make it work.  I leave you with their blogpost from 23/7/12 to give you a bit of a insight into the situati...

Back to normal....what is that?

After a busy two weeks in Scotland visiting with family, friends and some supporters I am now back in Uganda.  It was good to see people and touch base with our home church at Wester Hailes Baptist church.  Thanks to all of you who made Joshua, Zara and I most welcome and who continue to be interested in our life and work with MAF in Uganda. Joshua and Zara enjoyed their time in Scotland and were, of course, enjoying the delights of many things that came their way including being spoiled by Granny, Aunties, Uncles and the list goes on.  One thing they really enjoyed was to go out on the street and play on their bikes with friends they have made over the years when we have been on furlough.  Not having to specially arrange play dates but having the freedom just to go out was fun for them.  It was also fun for me because I didn't have to organise the logistics of the play dates either :)  Thankfully Simon took a week off on our return and it has been...

A week in the life of a MAF Pilot - Simon

A few months ago Simon was asked to write up, for MAF, how a day shapes up for him in the Uganda program.  He actually wrote up how a week can turn out.  This story was to give supporters and MAF enthusiasts a clue as to what happens on the field.  The following story was published in the Life and Work magazine of which I had hoped to copy and paste in our blog but was unsuccessful.  For those who are on our blog notification list you will have received the Life and Work edition to your personal email account.  However, for those not on our blog notification list I found Simon's first copy of it and have posted it for you.....enjoy the read! Where do you sweat in 50 ° C temperatures without actually sweating whilst easily drinking 6 litres a day? Sudan in the dry season! I just recently spent a week with AidSudan (now Every Village) to install their satellite dishes for live radio broadcasting. Meeting Kerry, Kerrie-Jean and Wayne early M...