Almost Live from Uganda (Episode 6)

IMFC has been working in the urban slum areas of Katanga (Kaa-tung-gaa) and Butabika (Boo-ta-bee-kaa) since February. In this video, the 6th in a series of made for our church back in the U.S., join us as we look back at our first Manna Ministry Food distribution in Butabika.

For more about why we are here in Uganda, what we are doing, and how you can help us & the people of Uganda, go to www.ugandajourney.org

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The sign on a mens' toilet. I like it! &:-)}

From the heart of Sarah

Aggie and her kids have experienced a lot of suffering. They grew up in an urban slum area of Kampala, living in a tiny one room house with a violent man (the kids' biological father). Click here to read more.

This week we'd like to share with you a letter that our 14yr old daughter Sarah recently wrote to Aggie. It really touched our hearts. Through her eyes you can also see what life can be like here in Uganda.

Dear my beloved Mom,

I am so happy that you gave birth to me. Other people throw their children in the toilets, others kill them but you didn't you are a wonderful mother and I LOVE YOU very much. Each day I think about you I remember you suffering for me I hope everything is good for you. I thank you for buying everything. You working so hard suffering in sunshine and in rainfall and cold and in hot you didn't abandon me. You really worked hard for me to go to school. I will not let you down try my best not to do so. I will work very hard so that your money is not wasted for nothing. I appreciate everything you do for me.

"Have sweet dreams"

Said Sarah Paech S.P.M

(Posted with Sarah's permission)

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Almost Live from Uganda (Episode 5)

Get an aerial view of both the community and the vision that we have for Katanga, an urban slum area of Kampala that IMFC has just begun working in, and will continue to work in for the next 6 months. The 5th in a series of videos made for our home church back in the U.S.

For more about why we are here in Uganda, what we are doing, and how you can help us & the people of Uganda, go to www.ugandajourney.org

Photo of the Month

Imagine living at the top of the world - wOw. We took this photo in the beautiful Kigezi region of far southwest Uganda. For a slide-show of our trip to this area, see the post "A Quick Trip to the Southern Hemisphere" (Dec 11, 2008).

Life for Some...

Some people are forced to live in a virtual storm-water drain where their homes flood every time it rains. On top of this, they worry about the safety of their family as children are sometimes abducted and killed for ritual sacrifices. The urban slum area of Sebina/Mayinja that we've been working in for the past 6 months is such a community. Watch in the video below.

(P.S. Aggie and I really need your support so that we can keep working here! For more about us, what we are doing in Uganda and how you can support us in our ministry, please visit www.ugandajourney.org)

Almost Live from Uganda (Episode 4)

"Aggie's Arts", one of our ministries here in Kampala, purchases beautiful hand-made bead necklaces from impoverished women, helping them to meet some of their basic needs. Join us as we visit 14 of our beaders in the community of Banda.

To learn more about Aggie's Arts, and to hear more of our ladies' life-stories, go to www.ugandajourney.org & click on "Aggie's Arts".

(P.S. This is the 4th in a series of videos made for our church back in the U.S.)

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Here it is actually a complement for someone to tell a woman "Wow, you've put on some weight!" Most women don't want to be skinny, or even slim. Very different to the culture I'm familiar with!

Almost Live from Uganda (Episode 3)

Welcome to a new year!

Watch the video below to join us as we visit IMFC Manna Ministry recipients in the (waterlogged!) community of Sebina. See and hear about some of the conditions many Ugandans endure, and how God draws people to Himself through them.

This is the 3rd in a series of videos made for our church back in the U.S.

(P.S. We are in need of your support! For more about us, what we are doing in Uganda and how you can support us in our ministry, please visit www.ugandajourney.org)