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Since God is so very good and Mama Cindy is handling chemotherapy so very well, Mama has decided to send Papa Todd back to Uganda to begin setting up things for our new building. Phase One will be our Grand Pavilion, a place to meet for worship, education, community development, fellowship, and even recreation. 

Engineers are looking over the sketches on our dream building sheet (above) to come up with an estimate of the cost. What seems impossible is possible with God! Like Father Abraham did, we are calling things that are not as though they are (Romans 4:17) and believing in God to make a way where there is no way. 

We believe also in you! God uses His people to get things done, and that means you and people you know. When God calls His people to act anything is possible. We need you to pray. Pray that everyone who ever hears of our work here will also pray, and will break open their alabaster jars and pour out onto Jesus’ feet whatever costly perfume they have (Reference Mark 14:3-9) to make this project a reality.

We need you to pray. Pray that everyone who ever hears of our work here will also pray, and will break open their alabaster jars and pour out onto Jesus’ feet whatever costly perfume they have (Reference Mark 14:3-9) to make this project a reality.

Everyone can do something. If you cannot sponsor a building, sponsor a wall, if not a wall then a brick. It will take many of God’s called people to move this mountain. Visit TLCUganda.com/donate to sign up for your part, then encourage others to do the same. 

Todd will arrive in Uganda in time to celebrate Easter with our Ugandan team, the members of which will be breaking from school. Cindy will undergo her last two chemotherapy treatments and join Todd in Uganda as soon as medically cleared to do so. 

In case you were still praying for us to be liberated from the bus and from groceries by InstaCart, we did manage to buy a new-to-us vehicle after both of our cars reached the end of their usefulness in the same week. Do you think you could pick out our previously owned car in a crowd with our Uganda colors so prominently displayed?

Don't stop praying for a donor. Our secondary means of transportation is a motorcycle on loan from our son. Thanks, Richard!

Part of buying land is planting the demarcation posts or property markers. Ours is a bacon-shaped strip rather than a nice rectangle with square edges. Property marking is often done with short posts, but we decided to buy the full-sized fence posts rather than spend money on something temporary. We try to think long-term rather than quick and easy in all we do. We want the ministry God does through us to outlast us and our grandchildren.

Here you can see Pepé, our little blue mule (the motorcycle truck), moving materials around the new 8-acre lot. Patrick, Todd's number one man, managed to hire some helpers and bring some friends and, in two hot, sweaty days, got all twenty marking posts up and set in stone.