Prayer Request from the Ebys

This is an email forwarded to our team recently from the Ebys. This happened a couple weeks ago and we can't imagine what it's like for their team right now, especially for the families. Please pray for them.

"Scott and Laura Sheffer and their four children, Robert 17, Erica 16, Christine 14 and Michael 12, came to Uganda last July to serve in missions. Scott is a deacon from Woodruf Road Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC. He has been a contractor, cabinet maker and home builder for 28 years. Scott has most recently been assisting Westminster Theological College and Seminary as the construction manager for our new campus. He has also been involved in developing a construction training school and a vocational school for woodworking that has great prospects for significant employment- creation among our pastors and students (pastors here are all bi-vocational).. Last night, after a dinner party at a nearby restaurant with a large group of the trainees, Laura and one of Scott's workers, George, were walking on Entebbe Road just in front of the restaurant and were struck by a car. George died on the scene and Laura died enroute to the hospital. George leaves behind a wife and two children including a four month old baby. This is the second time that his wife has been widowed. Today at 4 PM a memorial service will be held for both at Zana Community Presbyterian Church. This is a blow to the whole missionary communty here in Kampala and Uganda. Please pray for Scott and the children who are devastated. Laura was the bonding glue in this family. She was a very close friend of Darlene's, a weekly shopping partner, a daily listener and encourager, her hair cutter and a huge help in our ministry of hospitality to students and others. We are all shocked and grieving. The Sheffer family is staying at our home now. They will be going with Laura's body back to the States for burial early this week.
The mission field is hard. The battle is serious. The stakes are eternal. The enemy is relentless. Rejoice with us that we know the Lord is in control and that nothing can separate us from Christ's love. Rejoice with us that Laura and George knew Christ's love and knew transforming grace and are in the presence of our King. Pray for those left behind for grace to persevere and for faith to remain strong and for the Lord to get glory from this pain.
In the Lamb, Dave and Darlene"