Archive for Carolyn's Mission Blog
Hello again from the future bread basket of Africa! (04/29/2009)
Hello again from the future bread basket of Africa!
The Community Churches for Christ in N. Uganda send their greetings, love and prayers to all of you. We continue to see and experience how the love of God knits us together and that the differences of culture, skin color, status, or financial condition do not divide [...]
Hello again from half-way around the world in N. Uganda! (04/12/2009)
God’s provision for people here is their fertile land. Even the poorest people in the villages have land and yet because they don’t know how to use it effectively, they remain in poverty. Giving them a vision of orchards, bee hives producing honey, and high yield cash crops has inspired them to work hard for [...]
Hello once again from beautiful fertile Uganda (04/06/2009)
In the last newsletter, I hinted about a project which just seemed to arrive suddenly with little pre-planning– a gift from God through connections from opposite sides of the globe. Matt McLain, a high school English teacher in Chewelah, WA, had graciously allowed me to present a program about Hands Across Nations work in N. [...]
Hello again from not so sunny and wonderfully cooler Northern Uganda! (04/02/2009)
It seems that the dry season officially ended this week with a downpour during the time that 2 Ugandan Rotary Club members and I were traveling to some of the new or never viewed Spring Protection projects in the area. For those who have no idea what a Spring Protection Project is, I’ll give you [...]
Hello again from sunny, fertile Northern Uganda! (03/26/2009)
The people in the villages of N. Uganda send their gratitude and prayers for your care and help in lifting them out of their poverty. Everywhere I go, the words “Apwoyo Matek and Obanga mii gum” {Thank you very much, God Bless You}, are on the lips of people God is blessing through your generosity. [...]
Greetings from HOT Northern Uganda! (03/12/2009)
What a joyful reunion we’ve had this week. Reconnecting with Felix and Esther Omodi, Dr Opio and his wife, Semmy, and many others, has been something of a family reunion, the joining of brothers and sisters in God’s family. There’s nothing else to explain such a heart connection for people of such different cultures and [...]
I arrived in Uganda (03/06/2009)
Hello to all of you from sunny and HOT Uganda!
As I embark on this Ugandan adventure, it is with a great appreciation for all the people who gave of themselves in quilt making, donations of medical supplies, designing leaflets, fundraising, encouragement and prayer. More than ever before, even though I’ve traveled alone this time, there [...]
September 3rd Update
August 30, 2008
Yesterday, we visited Alito. Actually, we were in the county of Alito, in a tiny village called Alit, where H.A.N. has helped to beginning building a church/community center, and another women’s farming group received a pair of oxen to work their land. The people were overjoyed to see Carolyn again, and we were [...]
August 28th Update
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for joining us on this continuing adventure in N. Uganda……
August 28th
Yesterday we rode with Felix to Pader, a district north of Lira that has, until just recently, been
considered very dangerous. This was the first time Carolyn has been able to travel this far north
to see the projects that Felix and MTI are running [...]
August 26th Update
Hello everyone,
Livia and I have taken turns writing so you will find each of us speaking in different parts of
it.
August 25, 2008
Village Crop-Planting Project
Early this morning, our team set out for an oxen-buying adventure at the Alito market. Held only once a week, this market had an enormous variety of produce, products, and animals for [...]