MARK NYMAN

Hi everyone!
This would be my first blog ever, hence the speedy posting. Just a few items about myself, and because I don't like to talk about myself this should be brief. I am 44, married with three awesome kids, Garrett (19), Abby (15), Alex (10), and my lovely and talented wife Carla. Lets never mind how old she is. I am very excited for this trip. As long as I can remember I have had a desire to GO-SEE-SERVE, that is why our mantra is perfect, I love it! When the Real Estate market plummeted, and I found myself with a plethora of time on my hands, I was bound to find the blessing in it. So here it is, God working behind the scenes again, creating opportunities and opening doors for me that I had resigned myself to doing later in life. How cool!! Not having any expectations, is a great comment I have heard lately, and works well for me. I can listen and learn more innocently without prior expectations getting in the way. I am looking forward to completing any tasks needed while we are there, and being easily distracted to play with the kids. A passage that keeps going through my mind when i think of this trip, is Philippians 2: 1&2 "If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like minded." Another is 1 peter 3:8 "live in harmony with one another; be sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble." I look forward to going and seeing and serving with all of you. see you soon.

Prayer Support!

This is the Central Oregon part of the Uganda 2010 team. We have a great group of kids and families that come every other Sunday for fellowship, prayer, and Jesus, and they laid hands on our mission team and prayed for them. God is good! What a blessed time.

16 days!

wow! I think time is literally flying by. We are already almost two weeks away from the journey of a lifetime! So much to do in so little time but its all SOO good. I am absolutely blessed beyond reason and cant even imagine what God has planned for this trip, our team and our return. This has already been an incredible journey and its still only the very beginning. Who knows where things will go from here?

**God, I am So completely in awe and wonder. This is unbelievable! Thank you that I GET to serve you each and everyday and that You alone have and will fulfill my hearts desires. More than anything I want to continue to grow in You and live a life that speaks VOLUMES of You! None of this is about me. Its all for you. My savior who laid down His life to save a sinner that is me. To God be the Glory forever and ever. AMEN**

Hi, I'm Chuck!

James 1:22-25 (New International Version)

22Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.



Hey this is Charlie - and I'm Jenay his wife writing this blog post for him - he's just not the blogger type.

Charlie is going on this mission with NO IDEA what the Lord has in store. We feel like our whole family is on this mission because the dad and oldest child are both going. We are so blessed that we get to be a part of a "mission" at all. It is truly humbling to think that we get to be a part of something that the Lord is doing and we may be used for His Glory and get to see more of His Glory through this journey. The Lord planted the seed in Lashae to go, and we sought for the Lord's direction and it became VERY clear that the Lord has an incredible plan He is unfolding and we are so grateful that Charlie gets to go and experience this right along side Lashae and Skippy...that would be Justin to you guys...you know "Team Leader", he's always been Skippy to Charlie. One of our prayers for this trip is that the Lord will reveal to Lashae a more specific plan for her future and with Charlie being there, our prayer is that Charlie will get to see it too, so that we can help her and encourage her and be a blessing in our role as her parents. Charlie takes his role as her father seriously, but never wants to get in the way or be a hindrance of the calling or service to our Heavenly Father.



Charlie is the "worker" type. He is the hardest worker I know. I even had a dream about him many months ago before we knew he was going to Africa for sure. In my dream he was in Africa; sweating hard - it was just pouring out of him- he just didn't want to stop, he wanted to help these people, he wanted to do whatever he could, he wanted to make a difference.



Charlie does not say much, unless, he's telling old re-ride stories, or some story about a job or a funny story about a kid or an animal that happened. Then he says a lot, because he can tell a great story. Charlie is a lover of Jesus, and a lover of people. Charlie will come home with many new friends, as he can not go anywhere without making a huge connection with people. He loves people, he loves different cultures, and he will literally give the shirt off his back and the shoes off his feet. Charlie truly has a servant's heart.



Charlie is open to whatever the Lord has for him and is just seeking the Lord's direction in this mission and in his life.



As a family, we are amazed and in awe at what God is doing in our family. Just the preparation and the miracles leading up to this mission has been such a step of faith and a huge faith builder. God has shown us time and time again of His goodness, His provision, and His love, and it just makes us hunger for more of Him.

change my heart o GOD

Hi!! I am Ron Campbell the husband of Renee’ and I am also so excited to see what the Lord is going to do on this trip. YES, I know I am the last to blog, that might show my love for computers. I have had several people ask me why I am going to Uganda and say I thought your ministry was right here. Well that is right. I known the Lord has called me to minister in our area, BUT I truly feel that the Lord can change my heart and expand my ministry . My prayer is that I will be able to see people through HIS eyes and not mine. We have people right here in our community that we over look and are afraid to minister to. I believe we as the church in America have become so ingrown ministering to the saved, we forget about the unlovely , the unsaved , the down and out and the sick and dieing. Three weeks ago while setting in a men’s breakfast at the Purple Plum Restaurant I watched as an old class mate of mine walked by. This man, a very talented musician could have been a music teacher or what ever he wanted to be. He was very popular in school and was great at all the sports the school offered. What was his story? Who ministered to him? Why didn’t I invite him in and ask him his story??? I read his obituary a week or so later in the news paper. Did anyone tell him of the love of Christ? Had he accepted the gift of eternal life with Christ Jesus? I hope I hear the answer to that question one day. Can the Lord do a work in my heart in Africa for the down and out ? My prayer is that as we work, love and minister to the poorest of the poor in Uganda, Christ will transform my love for the needy around us. Matthew 28:19 Therefore GO -----I know I can't save anyone but I can tell them about my best friend who can. HE HAS RISEN!!! Please pray for us that Christ will work in and through this team as we open our lives up to Him to work through.

...willing and obedient...

Wow!  Not sure what else to say as I sit here thinking about the awesomeness of our God and Savior.  He is so incredibly amazing to be able to use a sinner like me.  Though I am weak He is strong.  That is what I cling to as I try to grasp what we are doing as a team and as His humble servant.

My name is Justin and I am the father of five amazing kids and the husband of an awesome servant of God who inspires me everyday.  This will be my third trip to Africa inside of a year and I still cannot wait!  I first went to Uganda last May and my heart was broken.  I saw for the first time what true poverty is.  I saw suffering like I had never imagined and I experienced the havoc that sin reaps in this world.  Up until that trip, I thought that I understood pain and suffering, but I didn't really have a clue.  Not until I locked eyes with hundreds of children who could have been my own, but they had no one.  Not until I walked into an orphanage of 50 kids all under three and begging, crying, just to have someone pick them up, touch them, just look at them.  Not until I held an 18 month old baby girl in my arms who's arm was smaller than my finger. Not until I found out she died of starvation 3 days later.  I did not understand hopelessness until a three year old girl named Shanita sat on my lap for just one hour during a church service asked if I would be her daddy.  When she asked her mommy if I could take her home, I politely smiled at her mother saying how cute I thought that was.  My heart was wrenched when her mother looked back at me told me that I could take her.  Hopeless, helpless, trying only to do the best she could for her child, this woman was willing to give up her only child if it meant she would have a chance at life.  My heart has never felt such pain.  But this was not my life, I was merely a spectator, a bystander.  In a few short days, I was back at work listening to people complain about how poor their 401k was doing.  Everywhere I looked I saw the things of this world so out of proportion.  I cried out to God asking what I could do, what difference could I make?  I am not a politician, I am not immeasurably wealthy, I am not educated, influential, or powerful.  But... I am a child of The King.  I am a servant of the Most High, an heir of Heaven, and an empty vessel to be used by the master potter.  I heard God say that I could not do anything on my own accord, but with Him all things are possible.  I heard Him say that I could go back, and take others.  Take others so their hearts could be broken as well.  Broken and crying out to Him asking "what next?" I am only one man, but if I can take others to see what I have seen, for God to break their hearts with the things that break His, I am being obedient.  And that is all that He asks me to be... willing and obedient.  So here we are, 26 days until take-off and I am still not sure how things will look on this trip.  What I do know is that the same God who spoke the world into existence has asked me to go, and to take others. To go, to see, to serve.  And so with trembling hearts and eyes fixed on Him, we obey.

Hi! I'm Renee' Campbell/Home-Yreka,CA/wife of Ron for the past 38 years (who is also going to Uganda) I'm the oldest female on the trip, not 17 or 20, and that's all I have to say about that!!!!
I am so very excited about going on this mission trip to Africa. About a year ago the Lord began to prompt my heart by the faithful obedience of His servant Kathy Vaughan. Kathy's story of truly trusting God in what seemed to be an impossible situation for a woman alone in Africa truly encouraged me to know that God can use anyone He chooses, and that He desires to use His children for His glory. I made the decision at that time to pray and ask what He had for me in my new season of life. I know He has been preparing me for something new for a very long time, but I wasn't sure what that was. Then along came the same faithful obedience of Justin and Shauna Vaughn to adopt a child from Africa, not having a clue how or when or where that kind of money would come from. They were simply willing to say, "Yes Lord", to His call, to God be the Glory. As I prayed, He began to give me a heart for the people of Africa,and a desire to come along side the Redeemer House ministry there. I began to pray for what else I could do. I felt a stirring in my heart to go and so I began to pray, "If it's Your will Lord", and He continued to wait for me to say, "I am willing Lord, send me". That decision came on February 26, as we met together to pray for the Lord's desire for a trip to Uganda. On the way home that night I realized that the Lord was waiting for my heart to make the decision to go, knowing nothing more than that He desired for me to be obedient to Him. Shame on me if I ever get to the place where I think God needs me. His plan and purpose and Glory will go on even If I sit at home today on my nice cozy nest and stay there until I die. However, He gives me the awesome opportunity, privilege and even the responsibility to be a part of that incredible plan. So, once again, shame on me if when He calls, and I know in my heart it is Him calling, that I say no. My only desire or expectation on this trip is to listen to and be willing to follow the Spirit of God for His plan. I trust Him to be faithful to that because He tells us in His Word that He is faithful, (Psalm 57:9-10) I will praise You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of You among the peoples. For great is Your love, reaching to the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. I know I am worthless without Him and powerful in Him, He promises us that as well, (II Corinthians 12:9) But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness". Paul said, "Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me". Ron and I have always had a heart for the needy and less fortunate than us and have had many opportunities to minister to those people in the states. Now He is expanding our opportunities to Africa. PRAISE YOU JESUS! We covet your prayers as we prepare and as we go, that this opportunity will be all He desires it to be, in us and through us. I am absolutely convinced that I will be changed forever as the Lord shows me His love for His people all over the world and my need to truly be obedient to, "do for the least of these", in His name and for His Glory.