Dear friends,

I have had a few conversations with Gary from NHU and Jay as well.They have decided, because of some changes happening at New Hope, I will not be able to work from here for them. Sam, the accounts director at New Hope is going to school soon and he will need someone full time at New Hope to help him, so they won't be needing me. Pretty devastating, because I was just getting ready to go part-time officially, now there is no job. I understand why New Hope needs to make this change, I just wish they would have communicated this in January. I left Uganda thinking working from the States would work for us and for NHU, now they are saying it will not. We still love the things they are doing with the children of Uganda, and we still will sponsor our children. Thanks for all of you support. We Love you.

Tom

December 2009

Prayer Requests for the Webers:
Please pray for God’s provision and for our support team to grow.
The Lord has really impressed on our hearts that our part is to share about New Hope and the rest is His department. Please pray for opportunities to tell others about what the Lord is doing in and through New Hope Uganda.
We are still hovering at 25% of our support goal. Please consider supporting us on a monthly basis. Our monthly need is for an additional 120 units of $25/month. (1 unit = $25, 2 units = $50.00, 3 units = $75.00 etc.)

Many of you, our friends have asked the question: When are we leaving for Uganda? The simple response is when God has supplied and raised the required support, and when that support has come in consistently for 3 months. We continue to pray for opportunities to share the mission of New Hope and the passion and calling that God has placed on our hearts to serve with New Hope Uganda and meet the needs of “the orphan and widow in their distress” (James 1:27). If you would like to learn more about New Hope Uganda and our ministry, please contact us at tjweber6@msn.com or call us at (719) 502-5583. You can also visit our blog . We would like to encourage those of you who have been praying and thinking about supporting us, to contribute to God’s work in Uganda. In Paul's letter to the Philippians, there is a clear depiction of the early missionaries dependence on the church to support the work of those who are called. Some of us are called to pray, others to encourage, still others to go, and other to send. We have felt God’s call, but without the prayers, encouragement, and financial support from the church how can we go? Please consider partnering with us in some way to fulfill God’s plan to help the children of Uganda. For those of you who are already participating in sending and supporting us in this calling, we sincerely appreciate and thank you for all that you do. May the God of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ bless you and your families now and in this next year. We can’t wait to see what God has planned for us in 2010.

Musana Camps in Gaba, Uganda

View of camp and lake Victoria









Setting up the tents. These tents will be placed upon concrete slabs once the pads are poured.







Katie with her crew taking down a rather large ant hill.









Jen and Renee painting new shower quarters.








Jen and Katie will be at the Musana Camps until this Saturday, when they return (7 hr drive) back to New Hope in Kasana. Then they will have a couple of days in Kasana to be with the children, before they go off for the next part of the mission trip. Please pray that God presence will go with them, where ever they go.

"Why are you still praying?"

Recently, I read through Exodus 14. The scene is this: Pharaoh's army is at the Israelite's heels, the people are panicking, and Moses finally speaks up: "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD will bring you today...the LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still." (vs. 13-14)
An inspiring, brief speech (which is my favorite kind). But then, Moses must have gone back to praying something like, "Oh Lord, I just told all these people you are going to save them. So, any time now, if ya don't mind. We're waiting on you."
I love the way God responds in the next verse: "Why are you still crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water . . ." In other words, God answered, "Moses, you dummy! What are you still praying about? Take action! I'll show up, trust me!"
I think that God requires us to take action before he shows up sometimes because it takes more faith. Could you imagine what an idiot you'd feel like if thousands of people were watching you to lead them to safety, you held out your hand, and then nothing happened? And yet, God told Moses to take the risk, with only a promise to rely on.
In the book, "Wild Goose Chase" (which I highly recommend), Mark Batterson says this in reference to Joshua 3:9-13 (this passage tells the story of when the Israelites are on their way to the Promised Land, and God tells the priests to step into the river: "You know why some of us have never seen God part a river? Because out feet are still firmly planted on dry ground. We're waiting on God while God is waiting on us!"
There is a time for everything:
A time for waiting, and a time for pursuing.
A time for silence, and a time for boldness.
A time for praying, and a time for worship and faith through action.

Jen and Kate are Uganda bound!

We can't believe the time for our mission trip to Uganda with Mountain Springs Church is here! Katie and I leave this Wednesday, June 3rd. Please pray for our safety and our effectiveness while we are in Uganda. Please pray for Tom, Emily, Josiah and Lydia. This is the longest amount of time I have ever been away from them. We will have very little, if any, opportunity to communicate back to the U.S. but the church will send out updates (see below).

If you would like updates on the team going to Uganda this summer, you can subscribe to:
uganda09-subscribe@elevateonline.com , and follow the prompts.

Thank you, in advance, for your prayers on our behalf!

In Christ's Strength,
Jen

Isn't She Lovely!... And Silly!

Emily is graduating! Crazy! We could have swore it was just a minute ago she was born. Time really does fly. It is a bitter-sweet time for us, bitter because Emily is no longer my little girl who needs me all the time, but sweet because she has grown into such a beautiful, woman of God. We are so proud of her and we can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for her next!
Here are a few pictures of our beautiful, funny, smart, deep daughter.