2014 Mission Romania

Pastor Charles Moore and Tom Unici made it safely to Romania for a busy week of preaching and ministry. Click the link below to read more!


http://www.mooretolife.org/pacea-domnului-isus/

Mission: Williamsburg

Our mission team arrived safely in East Kentucky yesterday afternoon.  Please pray for each member by name throughout the week.

2014 Williamsburg Mission Team

Buddy Griggs
Bill Hatcher
Russell Hobbs
Ramona Milles
Daniel Milles
John Will
Jackie Will
Russ Wilson
Ty Wilson
Sharon Wilson
Larry Wright

Journey Home

Our team is back in the States, waiting on a layover in Detroit.  God is good!

Pray for the Team to finish strong, even in these final hours of travel.  Stay tuned for reflections from a few members, as well as a date for a Mission report at First Baptist.

UPDATE (From Eileen Moore):

The journey is almost over for the Uganda Team.  Charles and Joshua Moore switched their flights and flew from Detroit directly to Memphis so that they could arrive a few hours earlier.  They have landed safely in Memphis and as I am writing this, they are being driven home by a wonderful gentleman from our church.  When he and his wife heard that Charles intended to drive from Memphis to Paducah, they drove to Memphis to drive our car home to avoid Charles falling asleep at the wheel!  Charles changed the flight because he desperately wanted to preach tomorrow.

The flight that the rest of the Team is on arrived safely in Minneapolis.  They have one last flight from Minneapolis to Memphis which is scheduled to leave Minneapolis at 7:06pm and arrive in Memphis at 9:11pm.  After that they will have the final leg of their trip-the drive home to Paducah.  Please continue to pray for the Team as they travel the rest of the way home tonight.  Please pray for their protection and that God will bring them all safely home. 

Thursday Recap: Ugandan Safari Part 2

(From Eileen Moore's Thursday Email to the Prayer Team)

My text today from Charles started out, "Another day of God's faithfulness."  The Team started out in three vans for today's safari trek.  In the middle of the safari one of the vans broke down.  The team crowded into two vans, but were soon invited to share a van ride with three woman from three different countries who were sharing a vehicle.  Isn't God good?  Some of the women were believers.  One was in Uganda to provide AIDS medications to some of the many children who need them.  The Team experienced many more animal sightings today adding giraffes, baboons, and lion cubs to their list.  A member of the team, who will remain nameless until she gets home to tell the story herself, was "attacked" by a baboon, but it appears he only wanted her crackers and she went unharmed!!  I am sure this made for a few scary moments!  When the team returned back to Kumbamitwe they played with the neighborhood kids and then moved on to repacking for tomorrow's trip home to Paducah.

Tomorrow(Friday) morning the Team will attend the chapel service at the Legacy Academy.  Brad Gholson will be teaching at the chapel service.  After chapel service the Team will leave for the bumpy ride back to Kampala and an opportunity to do some shopping.  Charles said it will be hard for them to leave Olivia and all of the new friends they have made.

According to the information provided to me before the Team left, their long journey home begins from Kampala tomorrow night at 11:40pm.  This first leg of their trip will take them to Amsterdam and will last approximately 7 hours.

Please pray that everyone will sleep well tonight.  Please pray for Brad as he teaches tomorrow morning at chapel.  Continue to pray for health and safety.  Pray that the farewells with old and new friends will be sweet and encouraging.  Please pray that the vehicles that the Team takes to Kampala will not have any problems and that they will arrive safely.  Please pray that they will have the opportunity and boldness to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with people they will meet tomorrow in their travels and that people will come to faith.  Please pray for their stamina.  Pray that God will bring them all the way back to Paducah safely.  Pray as the Holy Spirit leads you.

Wednesday Recap: Ugandan Safari

(From Eileen Moore's Wednesday Night Email to the Prayer Team)

I think the safari has been a wonderful adventure thus far.  The Uganda Team's day started out in open air buses and then proceeded on to boats on the Nile River!  Amazing!  The Nile River cruise lasted about 3.5 hours.  According to Charles, they had an exceptional number of sightings: birds; hippos; crocodiles; and even elephants.  The accommodations for the night are cabins rather than tents.  The cabins are "not the Hilton by any stretch, but include good food and a nice view."  The Team will rise early again (Thursday) to catch a ferry across the Nile.  The plan is to spend several hours in wildlife territory before leaving for the five-hour drive back to Kumbamitwe.  I for one can't wait to see all of the pictures they will bring back.

God has been so gracious and kind to allow everyone to remain healthy and safe.  Please continue to pray for their health and safety, and that they will not have any mishaps. 

I think the other prayer requests included in yesterdays email would be appropriate for today also.  So... Pray that the vehicles the Team will travel in will run properly.  Pray that the Team will have a restful time on this trip and that they enjoy the beauty God has created and placed in Uganda.  Please pray that the Lord will continue to work mightily in and through them, and that they will boldly proclaim the Gospel to everyone God places in their path!

As always, pray how God leads you!  Thank you so much for being a part of this prayer team.

Tuesday Recap

(Eileen Moore's Tuesday Night Email to the Prayer Team)

My text from Charles this afternoon started out, "Another great day."  Charles and Jason taught at a youth pastors' conference all day.  The men who attended the conference were gracious and appreciative.  The rest of the Uganda Team went to four schools and gave evangelistic presentations.  There were several Muslim children in attendance who heard the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

Today (Wednesday), the Team got up at 6am to leave for a Ugandan national park where they are going on a safari.  When they were planning the trip to Uganda, they all voted to make the trip a bit longer so that they could go on this safari.  They will travel in three open-air buses for the four-hour journey.  I believe they will be sleeping in tents tonight and  will travel back to SOS Ministries tomorrow.

Please continue to pray for their health and safety, and that they will not have any mishaps.  Pray that the vehicles they travel in run properly.  Pray that the Team will have a restful time on this trip and that they enjoy the beauty God has created and placed in Uganda.  Please pray that the Lord will continue to work mightily in and through them, and that they will boldly proclaim the Gospel to everyone God places in their path!

Monday Recap

(Eileen Moore's Monday Night Email to the Prayer Team)

The Uganda Team built 10 kitchen shelters today for people who live in huts and cook outside on the ground.  These people now have an enclosed but vented place to prepare meals.  It was a long hot day, but when the Team returned to their home at SOS Ministries they had a "delicious chicken dinner followed by dessert."  Tomorrow (Tuesday) the whole Team, except Charles and Jason, will be going to three different government schools where they will put on evangelistic programs.  Please pray that the children will be attentive to the message, that the Gospel will be shared clearly, and that people will come to know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. 

Charles and Jason will spend the day teaching youth pastors who have traveled from all over Uganda to attend a Regional Baptist Youth Leaders Conference.  Please pray that Charles and Jason will be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit, that their teaching will be clear and understood by those in attendance, and that they will be an encouragement to all of the youth pastors at the conference.

For all of the Team, please continue to pray for their strength and health.  Pray that they will be an encouragement to the people they will encounter tomorrow and to each other.  Pray that the Team will see a mighty moving of the Holy Spirit. 

Once again, here are some of the other things the Team asked us to pray for:

1.  That they would be useful, and that God would be gracious to show them how He is using them; 

2.  That they would have opportunities and boldness to share Christ; 

3.  That they would truly be changed more into the image of Christ through this trip and that they would come home with hearts that look more like the heart of our Savior;

 4.  That there would be complete unity among the team members.  That they would have supernatural grace, forgiveness, understanding and love for one another; 

5.  For protection against sickness.  That everyone would be healthy throughout the trip.  That there would be no accidents or mishaps.  That God would keep all of them safe; 

6.  That God would strengthen Jason as he leads the team, and that the Lord would give him wisdom, discernment, energy, and peace; 

7.  For strength, protection, and safety for the team members' families who will be without their loved ones, and 

8.  That the Team members would be able to sleep.

Again, thank you so much for your faithfulness to pray!