Weston Wagner and the Caring Kid’s Club at Faith Lutheran School in Geneva, IL send me with lots of pencils, sharpeners, and erasers to bless the Juna Amagara children in Uganda. We handed out many pencils, sharpeners, erasers, as well as Superman & Hello Kitty pencil...
In the evening we had a special dinner at the ABIDE house. ABIDE staff who are in the area over their mid-term break, as well as other JAM staff who were around attended so that I could meet them...
We went to the Juna Amagara Primary school here in Mbarara to pass out more sponsor packages. We met Mercy first who is another girl sponsored by Jenny Wood. She was able to read Jenny's letter herself. She LOVED....
Lisa and I had dinner at Michael and Joseline Mugasha's home, where we fought over who got to hold the baby Jonathan (three months old)...
Today we woke up to more rain. That morning Lisa taught Lynate and the other staff members how to make an omelet with eggs that were given to us by Enoch, the student who VBC as a church sponsors. Learning this new way to prepare eggs made Lynate wish that she would be the one to cook for the...
It rained all night and all morning, altering our plans a bit. We had hoped to deliver several packages to children in the village, but were stuck at the guest house while we waited for the rain to stop. A boy we had hoped to find while in Kishanje, Sam, showed up ...
Finally, after lunch, the rain stopped and the sun was shining brightly! It was time to deliver our packages!
We ended the day enjoying fellowship with some JAM staff members who stayed in the guest house with us. Lynate, one of JAM's first sponsored children, and a current ABIDE student, excitedly volunteered to be our cook in Kishanje when she heard Max's mom was coming for a visit. She...
We piled back into the van, and headed down the hill a little further. We found the grandfather of Costa, who is sponsored by the Hett family. Amy Hett came on our first Uganda trip in 2010, and God caused an immediate connection between her and Costa...
This morning we went to chapel at Kishanje Highlands High School (a Juna Amagara school). We were able to observe them conclude their series studying the book of Daniel together, with the encouragement to look forward to Christ's return and our home in heaven. After of a time of...