Another Angel

Hello hello friends and fam!

I hope you are all doing well. I just really wanted to start off this blog post with a big thank you. I can’t tell you the amount of times in a week I just stop what I’m doing and get blown away with your support for allowing me to serve in such a beautiful place. It’s also just become so exciting whenever I buy things to think I’m really never buying anything alone. Even though you are not here with me I hope you truly do know how much I value your financial support and prayers. It’s just the absolute coolest thing being a missionary!

Serving here in Africa has been the most eye opening, challenging and exciting experience. However, like anything else in life there are good times and there are challenging times. I always share with you how my life is going on this side of the world but sometimes I don’t get to share as much with you about my life back home in the states.

Unfortunately, this week I lost a very dear and important person to me, my sweet Aunt Rainy. Some of you may have gotten the privilege of knowing her, others may have just heard the funny stories about her or maybe some of you just didn’t know her at all. For those of you who didn’t know her, she is my grandmother’s sister. She never failed to lighten up a room, be overly blunt and honest, but most of all she never failed to send you off without a compliment making you feel so valued and loved.

For this blog post I really don’t have an abundance to say about my life here in Uganda but I really feel like God has placed this on my heart to share with you. The honest truth is, as exciting as being on the mission field is, it is also so difficult at times. My heart is definitely aching being so far away from family during a time such as this. It is hard to feel like my hands are so tied when I know the pain my grandmother has to be feeling after losing her sister. Being on the mission field is a true test of faith. There are sacrifices you give up, the obvious one being so far from family. You find peace in it with time but then things such as this shake it up again.

I would be lying if I told you I hadn’t thought of dropping everything to fly home. I have looked at ticket prices probably 20 times now. But then I step back each time and pray begging God to direct me and lead me with what to do. It’s in that time my eyes transition from only seeing the gap of me not being there to seeing the blessing of family working together. God gave me the opportunity to pray with my Aunt Rainy, grandmother and mother a day before she passed. She accepted Christ into her life. God opened up our schedules allowing us individually to create everlasting memories with my Aunt Rainy over this past month. These things do not make the loss of her easier but it makes finding peace so much easier. I know and can proudly say my Aunt Rainy is in Heaven with our loving and compassionate Father. What better thing can you truly ask for?

Life here on earth is a beautiful thing. God unequally creates each of us with far different purposes. My Aunt Rainy has taught me so much about life. Her value for people was deeper than I’ve ever seen before. She had this bold side to her that could say absolutely anything with confidence. The coolest part was, whether you wanted to hear it or not she said it but with no judgment attached. Her sense of humor was 100% present 24hours a day. No matter how hard you fight, with her in the room you couldn’t ever leave without laughing. Sometimes I wonder if it was a goal of hers because just when you think you made it out, she would always have a hilarious comment to yell as you walk out the door. Humble was an understatement for her. She was the humblest person. If she ever made a mistake, she would just say well that’s life and learn from it. Joy radiated off of her. She might have been short but she could always stand her ground. I will forever be blessed for the qualities God had given her. I know I wasn’t the only life she had impacted. She will truly be missed by so many.

Thank you for your support not only for my life here in Uganda but just my life in whole.

“So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.” – John 16:22

Please pray for my grandmother. Pray for my family and friends. Pray for my heart during this season. Pray for the funeral (September 13th). Pray for my home. Pray for safety. Pray for the ministry here. Pray for the youth of Uganda. Pray for good health. Pray for healing hearts. Pray for confidence and joy. Pray for addictions. Pray for marriage. Pray for covid. Pray for missionaries. Pray against theft and lies. Pray for joy. Pray for love. Pray for relationships. Pray for peace. Pray for yourself. Thank you God for Jesus.

With much love and many blessings,

Lexi Dingman