one night with the King

So I got this app on my iPhone that makes pictures look like polaroid pictures. I may or may not be obsessed with it and combined with the satisfaction that I get from posting pictures on here, I'm pretty excited!

I feel like it is most important to note the bombings that happened on Sunday and the 74 people who were killed and the countless more who were injured. These particular events struck me really hard because 3 of my friends are in Uganda right now and were at the restaurant with the projector screen that was bombed in Kampala. Catherine and Tori have been in Uganda since May serving at the Sozo orphanage helping love and serve the children of this area. Jonathan has been traveling all over, it seems like, working with various evangelizing groups spreading the Gospel to students and adults alike through Kenya, Uganda and soon to be Tanzania. I am so blessed to be able to say that none of them were hurt during the attack. Jonathan had met up with Catherine and Tori's group before to watch the game to hang out with them. Through a string of events and circumstances that can only be labeled as being planned by a Sovereign God, none of their group was injured. I'm praying that they would be able to take this story that has certainly left a deep impact on their hearts and use it to glorify the Lord and to testify to others who have suffered through this. Please pray for their safe travels back to the US and continued travel and work in this region, but mostly pray for those who were impacted by these attacks and those who were behind the attacks. Somalian terrorists are blamed for the attacks as a protest to African Union peace keeping forces in Somalia. I am constantly reminded of the state of decay that this world is in. Please join me to pray that the Gospel of Peace would reach the hearts of these attackers and that the people of this region of the world would respond with unimaginable peace.

Speaking of journeys this weekend Landon, Baylie, Matt, Lydia and I drove to Chattanooga for the day:

This was on top of Lookout Mountain. There were two guys playing bluegrass music and it was awesome.

Also, I found this:

You can decide if it's creepy or not.

I'm trying to get the chance to meet one on one with each of the girls in the youth group before I leave in 3 weeks. This has been really interesting and challenging for me. God is really challenging me to be bold in word and deed before them and to impart even an ounce of how much God loves them to each one. Please pray that I would be faithful to cultivate Godly wisdom in my quiet time and that He would guide my words and conversations with each of these precious girls.

grace&peace
mgw