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He everyone,

We had a wonderful time in Uganda once again. However, this time it was not wothout challenges! Each of us (Debbie and I) dealt with slight health issues but nothing serious. The slight illness I experienced prevented me from preaching at Calvary Chapel of Kampala on Sunday, May 5. I was so disappointed but Pastor Eddie Muzungu graciously filled in for me. As for the Pastors and Wives Retreat, all went well. There were over 80 couples this year, an all-time high, and the week was a great blessing and time of relaxation for everyone there. I did the bulk of the teaching and, as always, it is a joy and even exhilarating for me.

We were scheduled to fly out from Entebbe on May 10 at 5 AM. However, as we were packing up for the 3-hour drive to the airport I received a notice from the airline that our flight from Istanbul had been cancelled! We had planned all along to be back in Seattle on May 10 in the early evening. So, I called the airline and rescheduled for a connection in San Francisco. Upon arrival at the Entebbe airport, I received a notice from the airline that our flight to Istanbul was delayed for 5 hours. After contacting the airline, we settled on arriving in Seattle a day late. This is all a part of international travel and you just have to roll with it because it is out of your control. No point in getting upset. After a fantastic night’s sleep in Istanbul, we flew home and arrived on May 11.

So, what’s ahead for us? During the next few months I will be working on filming my series for pastors, 8-10 sessions of 45 minutes to an hour. I will be working with a local filmmaker. Once the sessions are completed and edited, they will be made available to pastors and leaders. The idea is that when the day arrives whereby I am unable to travel, I will still be able to teach pastors through the video series. Please pray for us as we embark on this project.

My next planned trip is in September when I will go to Indonesia to teach for a week. I will be teaching Bible College students as well as a group of about 120 pastors. This will be my first time teaching in Indonesia and there may be more in the future. I am also planning to return to Nepal in October for more seminars for pastors and leaders.

While in Uganda, I spoke with pastors from Kenya and Tanzania who want me to go and conduct seminars there, possibly a combined group of several churches. We are working on that.

Finally, please pray for MTI as we head into a new decade of existing. We launched in 2014 and have been so richly blessed beyond what we expected. After 10 years, we have lost a few of our donors, so please pray that others will be led to contribute to our work.

Bless you all

David

Hi again,

It is now March, officially Spring, and I am preparing not only to go to Uganda next month, but also to begin filming a series of teachings for future use when I am unable to travel anymore (I hope that is WAY in the future!). I had gone to India in January in order to teach at a conference of pastors in the South of India but I did not blog. It was, however, a wonderful time with many pastors and leaders and friends. I will keep this site updated on events and how the video project is developing. Right now we are making decisions on the videographer and where and when to film. Stay tuned for more on that.

I thank you for visiting our site and ask for your prayers as we move ahead into the remainder of the year.

Blessings to you all,

David

It is Thursday evening now. Yesterday morning I met with Pastor Saroj and his assistant pastor in order to plan for a pastors seminar next year. He asked if I would teach mainly from the Book of Nehemiah, which is a great resource for leadership themes. So, we planned some tentative dates and I will confirm them once I look at my calendar for 2024. Yesterday evening I went to the campus of the Calvary Chapel Bible College of Kathmandu for their mid-week Bible study. I met the directors, Pankaj and Tonielle back in 2015 at the CC Missions Conference in Thailand, and we have kept in touch since then. In fact, they were recently in the states and came up to Washington and we had lunch together in Silverdale. Anyway, it was great to be with them here. While at their campus, I met a wonderful couple, missionaries who live in Medford, Oregon. Their story is similar to mine: he served as a pastor for 40 years and was then led to do missions work, training leaders in other nations, now devoting his ministry efforts to that. Their names are Mike and Lisa, and we had such a great time of fellowship. I hope that our paths cross again. I know I will keep in touch with them. Upon leaving, I became aware that many of the people there knew me. I wondered why? Well, last October I was in Kathmandu and was invited to participate in a Marriage Retreat, and many of the people in attendance last night were at that retreat! The evening ended all too soon, I was really enjoying conversing with them all.

Today I began to get things ready for the long trip home. However, I did venture out to a district called Thamel, a popular tourist place with hundreds of shops, most of them selling Pashmina cashmere goods, trinkets, clothing, souvenirs, and all things Nepali. It is a fun place and I had been there before but I wanted to get a T-shirt for my grandson Eli. Then I found a pizza place the hotel recommended and I was glad to have found it!

So, I will leave tomorrow night (Friday) and be home, God willing, on Saturday. Again, I thank you for the prayers. Please pray me home safely! God bless you all.

David