The time has come again when I'm off to the other side of the world. I leave for my fouth trip to Uganda, Africa on July 5 and will stay until October...or longer. Those of you who know me well, know I do not do well on a set time frame.
While I'm there I will be overseeing our project called Nu Intentions http://www.nuintentions.com/. This projects is a small finance business where we have trained 8 young Ugandan women to make earrings which create an income for them and their families.
I will be teaching english to these 8 women and also in the local secondray school to war-torn teenagers. The school is called John Eluru Memorial Secondary School and was created to bring peace between two tribes; the Teso and the Karamajong. The Karamajong are a violent tribe who believe they own all cattle. Therefore, they will come and raid the camp killing people and stealing cows. I believe peace can come between these two tribes through education.
I know I am called to be doing this work. We are called as believers to love the poor and broken. I have a vision for these people and that vision is for them to know and understand the love Christ has for them.
"It is a beautiful thing when folks in poverty are no longer just a missions project but become genuine friends and family with whom we laugh, cry, dream and struggle." Shane Claiborne
