April 5, 2025
The Lord is so awesome! My flight to Uganda is booked! I can't wait to get there and meet the community and all the children. I am excited about visiting the church as well. Ben, his wife and I will be talking a lot about future plans.
In the meantime, I will be gathering up a few items. Most of the things they need would be better if bought there. We can purchase a lot more there with our dollars than we can here. Also, I won't be able to take a lot with me, so I ask that you give monetarily if you can. I will be posting other needs on the Facebook page soon.
I have so much to do! I will be blogging again soon. In the meantime, here's a great picture of the children.
It's not unusual for the children to be found in large groups, learning and spending time with the many mentors in the village.
March 31, 2025
Hello! Welcome to my website and to my mission. I just wanted to introduce myself to you and tell you a little bit about myself. I am married and have 3 children and 4 grandchildren. My husband is retired military of 30 years. We recently settled down a mile from where I grew up.
I began this journey a few years ago after my daughter had been on a mission trip to Uganda. In 2021, I connected with the man who was my daughter's interpreter and guide while in Uganda. His name is Ben. I enjoyed learning about his culture and about the ministry he had started in a village not far from where he lives. I watched as he began to grow the church he started and then the school. Soon, it got bigger than his own resources would allow so we formed a partnership between the two of us and I began to help out with some of the needs of the community. First, we bought chairs for the church so the elders could sit down while learning about God. Then it was school supplies, teacher's materials and so on. Once, it was medicine for a villager that could not afford to get it but much needed it. Not long after that, Ben expressed how he wanted to build a new Kindergarten room because there were so many children now attending his school. So we built a classroom! We are in our 2nd school year and we have already outgrown that classroom! God is good, all the time!
I am planning to make my first trip to Uganda in July of this year. As you can imagine, there are a lot of working parts to make this happen. And as you know, money is usually the biggest and hardest part. Unfortunately, fundraising is an ongoing thing. It is so important for me to make this trip. I will be seeing first-hand, the needs of the community. It is also important for me to learn about how to make everything happen from Uganda, as the resources are not the same as we have here in the United States.
I am so excited to tell you more of my story! Stay tuned!