Early on in the process of planning to move my family to Uganda, I figured out that I did not have all the answers. I knew that to make a successful transition to the mission field and to succeed on the mission field, I needed wise counsel. Here is what the Bible says about seeking counsel:

Proverbs 11:14 “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.”

Proverbs 15:22 “Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.”

Proverbs 1:5 “Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance”

Vicki and I have been so blessed to be able to get counsel from some really wise men and women in our life. We have met with people such as:  Craig Lile (pastor), Roger Deerinwater (pastor), Danny Walker (former missionary in Brazil), Rod Johnson (missionary in Mexico), Jeff and Carson White (former missionaries in Malawi), Vanessa Crowley (missionary in Uganda), Aaron and Dana Bogan (former missionaries in Uganda), Jeremy and Tamara Boone (missionaries in Uganda), Mike Russo (pastor), Larry Mauldin (former missionary in Uganda), Jon Curry (pastor) and Ben Edfeldt (Baptist Student Mission Director). This list even close to exhaustive and  doesn’t even begin to cover all the wisdom we have received from other friends, family, co-workers, board members, etc.

We have tried to maintain an open mind and be able to gather as much wisdom as we possibly can so that when we go to the mission field, we are as prepared as we possibly can be. The best information we received was not someone we sought out, but sought us out to bless us with information. Sandra Davis found our blog on Facebook and contacted us and asked to meet with us. Sandra and her husband, Karl, spent 17 years in Uganda. They were in the same town, Jinja, that we will be living and they raised their own support like we are currently in the process of doing.

We met with Karl and Sandra this weekend while we were in the metroplex and spent four hours gathering some very wise counsel from them. The four hours felt like 45 minutes as we attempted to soak up every piece of information they gave us. They told us the good, the bad and the ugly and felt so blessed that they bestowed the wisdom they had gained over the 17 years they were in Uganda on us.

God doesn’t call the equipped…He equips the called. This has been an awesome adventure to be on and we haven’t even left the US yet, but it is so cool to watch God work and prepare the way for us. He is equipping us through people like Karl and Sandra Davis. Thank you Jesus!

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