Traveling to Uganda
Michael Christmas and Chris Westbrook are two young men who are traveling this Sunday from Gainsville Georgia to Uganda. They will be staying for two weeks at Amazing Grace Orphanage working with the kids, playing with them, and giving some music lessons. They both come from Lakewood Church in Georgia. Michael's been planning this trip for almost a year now, and they are ready to head out this week. They will also make a stop in Gulu Uganda to see Jolly Okot with the Invisible Children and they are planning a two week stay in Kampala. Please pray for them as they travel - for safety, enlarged perspectives, humility, and wonderful times with the kids and adults from Uganda and Sudan. And Michael just experienced a family member unexpectedly dying this past week.
The reality in Kenya
Dr. Oronje reports that his daughter is very sick currently. The drought in Kenya still is affecting prices of grain, and many of the children in the area are going without meals. The kids on the right are Gitonga's children - they've been helping Dr. Oronje clean up the clinic in the slums.Dr. Oronje also reports that there was a mother and child sleeping in the hospital bed next to his daughter. The mother found out that her daughter had AIDS, and slipped out of the hospital abandoning the infant.
One very exciting development comes with the recent UNaids report that the HIV/AIDS infection rate may have slowed or peaked. The BBC article is here.
New Photos from TanzaniaJo French in Tanzania (who currently runs the Dodoma Sponsorship Program) has uploaded a whole collection of beautiful photos from her life and work in the East Africa region. You can view her photos by clicking here.
Prayers for our friends and various needs
* Please pray for Dr. Oronje's daughter (picture on the left) She is seriously ill in the hospital in Eldoret - and has been for several days. Dr. Oronje has asked us to remember her in prayer...* Susan Tabia is still dealing with serious back pain - it might cause her to cancel some planned activities this summer. Please pray that she will heal quickly and God will give her peace as she heals.
* Pray for Michael and Chris as they travel this month to Uganda.
posted by Dan Holcomb - Lahash at 3:18 PM
3 Comments:
I didn't know you could go volunteer with Invisible Children...I've been hearing a lot of buzz about that lately, and have been meaning to order a video tape for a local viewing here at school
Hi Manda. The Invisible Children has received a huge amount of interest, and they do have some private groups that head out to work in Gulu. Michael and Chris (and others this summer) are visiting personal contacts. I'm not sure of the whole procedure, but in general most projects in East Africa are very receptive to visitors coming through or even staying long term.
Thanks for the info. There are a couple of private missionaries that I know in the area, but maybe I will try and contact some of the people on the IC staff once I discover if I can truly make it to Uganda next summer, and for how long.
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