Africa Update

 December 23,2024 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year It is hard to believe that Christmas is just 3 days away.   It comes so quietly here.   No Santa Claus or Christmas trees, no wrapping presents or mad last-minute shopping.   The weather is bright and sunny with an occasional thunderstorm, but they pass quickly and the sun is shining again like nothing happened. Not your typical winter wonderland. It has been a strange year with many twists and turns and challenges.   My mother passed away last December so the first part of the year I was dealing with all the paperwork of getting her estate settled and trying to get my work visa so I could return to work in Uganda.   As always God’s timing is perfect and I received my Entry Permit just after the Estate closed and the last of my Unemployment check was received.   So I am now back in Uganda working with Victory Faith Foundation Ministries. I have been gone for 18 months and everything is different ...

 January 23, 2025 Greetings From Africa I keep saying I will write right after "this" is done.  Well if that keeps up I will never get anything written We are now at the end of the school break and are getting ready for the new school year.  Some of the children have already gone back. Our school starts Monday the 27th and the rest of the children will return to their school on February 3rd. We have been working steadily on the building of the new classrooms and dorms and we are almost finished.  I think we will make it for Monday's deadline.  Praise God! We had a slight set back when we found a problem with the roof, but thank God we found it in time to correct it before it became a major problem or injured someone. We are also try to get the compound cleared and ready for the children to play. We have a new developement in the school ministry.  We were going to bring students from the refugee camps to Lugazi, but because of a problem with the school that ...

 September 12,2024 Good Morning! I hope and pray that all is well.  We have returned from the Annual Conference in Moyo and are now concentrating on the last school term of the year which started Monday. The Moyo Conference went well.  We were expecting about 400, but only about 200 attended.  This is common in Africa when transport isn't paid.  We were hosted by Moyo Baptist Church and Pastor Simon and Norah allowed us to stay with them for the 5 days.  We praise God for their care for us. The Conference Theme was "A Heart for Missions and Ministry" Romans 10:14-15.  Moyo is a very depressed area in the West Nile district, and it is located about 5 miles from the South Sudan Border.  The people here are losing hope and struggling in their way of life because of the war, many refugees and poor infrastructure.  We were hoping to encourage the Pastor's in their work in the area.  I enjoy working with the people and refugees in the Moyo are...

 July7, 2025 Greetings from Uganda!! That's right I finally made it back in God's perfect timing.  I was able to finish up all my responsibilities in America and when that was done my entry permit came through.  God's providence is wonderful. I returned on the 21st of June, and I jumped right back into the routine at the school, but I also jumped right int all the preparations for the Introduction of Pastor Tiondi's daughter.  It is a traditional meeting of the families of the engaged couple.  A lot of ceremony and traditions are involved. It's a long day a lot of prep of food and gift for the bride price--food, animals, furniture, clothes, and even spears. Now that it is over I am trying to get things going at the school.  I am doing morning devotions and Thursday Chapel for the children.  I am also doing a Bible Study on Esther and getting ready for a Women's conference in Moyo.  I also have to get prepared for the next book I am to teach; Genes...