From the team in Uganda:
This morning we were blessed to be in church with our Uganda friends and family at Agape Baptist. It was a great service and fellowship. Following church we went to lunch with Pastor Michael, Ajube, Patrick, and the rest of the team at Cafe Java. It was wonderful! I think that's our new favorite. After lunch we did some grocery shopping before returning to the village. Tonight we did worship with all the kids followed by movie night! We watched "The Rookie", had popcorn, gummy worms, and had a wonderful time with all the children. What a blessed time we had. Can't believe tomorrow is our last day here. We will get packed and finish our outreach and delivery of food boxes and Bibles. Praise God for our day!!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday in Uganda
From Debbie Baker:
Our team had a wonderful day. We went to Compassion day at project 133. It was great to be there. We got to serve them their food at break time and hang out with them. We then split the children into two groups. The older children went outside and played games with half of the team. The younger children stayed inside with the other half of the team. They sang songs had a Bible lesson, did a craft and played games. it was a great day getting to be there with the children. After leaving the project we were able to go to lunch together and do a little shopping. Esther got blessed by having a chance to reconnect with one of her sponsored sons, Ronald. We got back to the village pretty late. Tomorrow we get to return to Agape Baptist for church. Praise the Lord for another amazing day!!
Our team had a wonderful day. We went to Compassion day at project 133. It was great to be there. We got to serve them their food at break time and hang out with them. We then split the children into two groups. The older children went outside and played games with half of the team. The younger children stayed inside with the other half of the team. They sang songs had a Bible lesson, did a craft and played games. it was a great day getting to be there with the children. After leaving the project we were able to go to lunch together and do a little shopping. Esther got blessed by having a chance to reconnect with one of her sponsored sons, Ronald. We got back to the village pretty late. Tomorrow we get to return to Agape Baptist for church. Praise the Lord for another amazing day!!
Friday, August 5, 2011
Friday in Uganda
From Debbie Baker:
Wow, what an amazing God we serve. I don’t even know where to begin. First of all, we finished Pastor Tom’s house, which completed our painting project. Praise God!! After lunch, we went back out into the community to continue our outreach. We delivered food boxes containing flour, sugar, salt, beans, rice, g nuts and soap. To see the looks on those people’s face was indescribable. These families didn’t know where their next meal was coming from, but to share with them what our Lord had supplied for them was amazing! We got to deliver Bibles to some people that we were re-visiting, and some that we were visiting for the first time. We called on a child with diabetes, which is a very rare disease here in Uganda, especially in a child. She previously suffered from convulsions and other serious medical conditions. In conjunction with Compassion we are considering purchasing chickens for their family to provide income and food. This would be a life sustaining project for them. We provided an emergency supply of insulin, and Mark, being a diabetic himself was able to consult with the mother regarding diet and emergency procedures. Last week we learned of a baby whose mother had died during child birth. The infant is being raised by her jaja and has had nothing but flour and water to eat since birth. Our team was able to provide her with formula, clothes and toys. These are just two of the miracles we witnessed today. Praise God for all that was delivered. We will continue our outreach on Monday. All these supplies, or the money needed to purchase them, were donated from many generous donors. What a big, big God we serve. Thank you to all of you!
Wow, what an amazing God we serve. I don’t even know where to begin. First of all, we finished Pastor Tom’s house, which completed our painting project. Praise God!! After lunch, we went back out into the community to continue our outreach. We delivered food boxes containing flour, sugar, salt, beans, rice, g nuts and soap. To see the looks on those people’s face was indescribable. These families didn’t know where their next meal was coming from, but to share with them what our Lord had supplied for them was amazing! We got to deliver Bibles to some people that we were re-visiting, and some that we were visiting for the first time. We called on a child with diabetes, which is a very rare disease here in Uganda, especially in a child. She previously suffered from convulsions and other serious medical conditions. In conjunction with Compassion we are considering purchasing chickens for their family to provide income and food. This would be a life sustaining project for them. We provided an emergency supply of insulin, and Mark, being a diabetic himself was able to consult with the mother regarding diet and emergency procedures. Last week we learned of a baby whose mother had died during child birth. The infant is being raised by her jaja and has had nothing but flour and water to eat since birth. Our team was able to provide her with formula, clothes and toys. These are just two of the miracles we witnessed today. Praise God for all that was delivered. We will continue our outreach on Monday. All these supplies, or the money needed to purchase them, were donated from many generous donors. What a big, big God we serve. Thank you to all of you!
Thursday in Uganda
From Debbie Baker:
Hi to all of our friends and family back in the states. Yesterday we painted house 2 and got started on Pastor Tom’s house. We painted one and a half houses!! God has multiplied our workers and we have worked wonderfully as a team to complete the tasks that the Lord has put before us. It has been amazing! We were also able to pull money together from the team and purchase enough staple food items to assemble twenty-five food boxes. Our team will deliver these to needy families in the village. Today we will be finishing the Pastor’s house, (which will conclude our painting project!) and divide up the food. We intend to deliver some boxes, and re-visit our New Believers from our evangelism day with Bibles. Our weather here has been amazing! It has been cool with rain almost daily. I can’t believe we only have four days left here in Uganda. God has been busy here, and I know the best is yet to come. We serve a mighty God! Thank you all for your prayers. The team sends our love to our families. We miss you.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Home Sweet Home
Though it was bitter-sweet for all of us, Doug, Rebekah, Sandi, and I landed at the LAX airport around 12:30 this afternoon. It took a couple hours to get to the gate, make it through customs, and grab our baggage, but we are all home safe and sound. Breanna and Aaron should be landing in Minneapolis any time now. Thanks again for the prayers while we were in Uganda and even while we travelled. We could not have done it without the support of our friends and family back home.
I will continue posting whatever the team still in Uganda sends to me. More pictures coming as well!
God bless you all!
I will continue posting whatever the team still in Uganda sends to me. More pictures coming as well!
God bless you all!
Wednesday in Uganda
From Debbie Baker:
Only 6 of us remain to finish the work, along with a few our our wonderful Ugandan friends. We had another amazing day here in Uganda. We painted house 7 this morning after our morning devotion and worked until 4pm. We all went on an adventure to visit Kalasi. For those of you who don’t know he is, Kalasi is a young man, around nineteen years old that our team rescued when they were here in January. Upon visiting a home in the village while evangelizing, our group discovered him. He was literally days from death. His skin was falling from his body, he was unable to stand or walk on his own being severely malnourished and literally starving. He is now living with his Auntie and other family members. Today we witnessed God’s miraculous healing on this young man’s life. He now has a sponsor from the USA and is thriving. Even though he faces physical and mental disabilities, he has made TREMENDOUS progress through God’s grace!! Praise the Lord. We were truly moved to see him, and he was so happy to see us. We fed him cookies and juice along with the other children in the family. He even wanted to leave with us! We then were blessed to meet Julius’s family. Julius, is an accountant for the Compassion Project 143, here at the ACV. He has been instrumental in Kalasi’s progress as well as to the children here in the village. On our way home we stopped by the “Market Place.” This is where much of the produce is purchased for us and the village. This is an open air market with many vendors. It was quite an experience shopping in the dark. The vendors had candles on their booths as there was no electricity. We will be emailing Chelsie pictures to add to the blog. Thank you to our friends, families, and church families for your prayers. Please continue to pray for the team and all that we need to accomplish, for with God, all things are possible.
Only 6 of us remain to finish the work, along with a few our our wonderful Ugandan friends. We had another amazing day here in Uganda. We painted house 7 this morning after our morning devotion and worked until 4pm. We all went on an adventure to visit Kalasi. For those of you who don’t know he is, Kalasi is a young man, around nineteen years old that our team rescued when they were here in January. Upon visiting a home in the village while evangelizing, our group discovered him. He was literally days from death. His skin was falling from his body, he was unable to stand or walk on his own being severely malnourished and literally starving. He is now living with his Auntie and other family members. Today we witnessed God’s miraculous healing on this young man’s life. He now has a sponsor from the USA and is thriving. Even though he faces physical and mental disabilities, he has made TREMENDOUS progress through God’s grace!! Praise the Lord. We were truly moved to see him, and he was so happy to see us. We fed him cookies and juice along with the other children in the family. He even wanted to leave with us! We then were blessed to meet Julius’s family. Julius, is an accountant for the Compassion Project 143, here at the ACV. He has been instrumental in Kalasi’s progress as well as to the children here in the village. On our way home we stopped by the “Market Place.” This is where much of the produce is purchased for us and the village. This is an open air market with many vendors. It was quite an experience shopping in the dark. The vendors had candles on their booths as there was no electricity. We will be emailing Chelsie pictures to add to the blog. Thank you to our friends, families, and church families for your prayers. Please continue to pray for the team and all that we need to accomplish, for with God, all things are possible.
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