Photo of the Month

Our street on a lovely Kampala evening.

A Quick Trip to the Southern Hemisphere

Uganda straddles the equator. Alhough small, it's amazingly diverse. In the south is Lake Victoria - the 2nd biggest freshwater lake in the world, and plenty of trees, green, and rainfall. As you move northward the land becomes increasingly dry, changing to deserts of stunted scrub - eventually turning into the Sahara desert in Sudan.

In the far southwest are the terraced hills of the Kigezi region, with the phenomenal Virunga volcanoes on the border of Uganda, Rwanda and the Congo. Recently Aggie and I were fortunate enough to visit this area, escaping the noise and dust of Kampala on a quick trip to the southern hemisphere. Enjoy some of the beauty of Uganda with us in this video.

Almost Live from Uganda (Episode 2)

Hi guys! The second in a series made for our home church back in Alabama, this video focuses on International Missionaries for Christ (IMFC) who we are working with here in Kampala. This really captures our heart, and the heart of the IMFC team, for the people we minister to.

Love in Him,

Simon & Aggie

(For more about us, what we are doing in Uganda and how you can support us in our ministry, please visit www.ugandajourney.org)

Photo of the Month

Caught in a thunderstorm, we (includes a chicken) shelter in the house of a family we were visiting during our Follow-Up ministry.

Almost Live from Uganda (Episode 1)

Hi everyone!

Below is a video that we recently made for Simon's home church back in Huntsville, Alabama Life's Journey Church). This is a really good overview of what we're doing here in Uganda - the various ministries we believe God has called us to be part of.

If you believe in what we are doing, we invite you to join us! We are still very much in need of financial support - specifically we need 35 more families to give US$1/day ($30/month) for our support level to reach 100%. If you would like to do this, please go to www.ugandajourney.org

Love in Him!

Aggie & Simon &:-)}

God of This City

Hi all! This week we'd like to share with you a video that a friend of ours back in the U.S. put together from footage he took when he was here in 2006. Actually I was on this same trip which was my first time in Uganda, and the beginning of this whole thing!

I could watch this video 100 times and not get sick of it! It captures so well the contrasts here - suffering and yet joy, poverty and yet astounding beauty, apparent hopelessness and yet so much hope! It will also give you a broader picture of life here in the city of Kampala than we've been able to give so far in our videos.

As well as all this, it captures the heart of the team here (many of whom you'll see in the video) - the hope, life, excitement and anticipation we have as we see God at work!

"Greater things have yet to come, greater things are still to be done in this city!"

Enjoy!

Simon & Aggie.


Africa - God of This City from Katlin Miller on Vimeo.

Growing Smaller Part II

This week Douglas, Agnes and Simon visited the community of Kifumbira to share our "Growing Smaller" vision. Watch this video to learn how God has developed this ministry, and gaze into the hearts of the trainers and trainees!

(For more info about what we are doing here in Uganda and how to be involved, please visit www.ugandajourney.org)

Growing Smaller!

Today we began training 4 women in the community of Kawempe to be small group fellowship leaders. We believe that as the Church grows, it also needs to grow SMALL. Small groups are where we can truly share life together! Watch this video to find out more (and to meet these ladies)!

(For more info about what we are doing here in Uganda and how to be involved, visit www.ugandajourney.org)

The Front Fell Off

Here is some good Aussie humour!! Love it!!!

"THE FRONT FELL OFF..............

On August 19th 2007, an oil tanker off the coast of Australia split in two, dumping 20,000 tons of crude oil. Senator Collins, a member of the Australian Parliament, appeared on a TV news program to reassure the Australian public*."

(*Disclaimer: this is not for real, of course!)

The Paech Family Singers!

The Ugandan portion of the Paech family (to varying degrees) are avid composers, singers and dancers! In this video, the family sings a worship song called "Mukama Yaminyi" which means "It's only God who knows". Apart from English, Luganda is the most widely spoken language in Uganda, and this native tounge is what the family sing this song in.

P.S. Aggie wrote this song!