NDC Uganda/Tanzania Trip 2024
May 2024
Volume 24 Issue 3
Our recent trip to Uganda and Tanzania was among the most fruitful we’ve had. It seemed like during our short three weeks, Winston and I experience one divine encounter after another.
Winston and I arrived at the Entebbe airport, in Uganda and were joyfully met by my longtime friends, Pastor Grace and his son Henry. They drove us a few hours to their small village of Busembatya where we enjoyed their hospitality for three days, during which we held a two day pastor’s conference. Being able to spend time with rural pastors is one of my favorite things to do.
It always amazes me how these followers of Jesus accomplish so much with so little. They reach out to their community through their Primary School, with classes held under trees, when it isn’t raining.
Would you join us in prayer for the resources to finish their permanent classroom structure. It will only cost $12,000 USD
Classes are held under the shade of a tree until classrooms can be built.
The beginning of a school building for classrooms.
Then we made the drive back to Kampala where we met up with a mission team from Park Side Church, which is located in Sandpoint, Idaho. This group of nine amazing followers of Jesus, plus Winston and I were capably led by Park Side pastor Adam. We joined with pastor Steven, director of Uganda Christian Outreach Ministries and their joyful team to drive 15 hours from Kampala, in north Lake Victoria, to Geita, in South Lake Victoria.
When we arrived on Sunday morning, the service was already underway. It was like stepped into a little bit of heaven, as we entered during a time of worship and prayer.
This 2 minute video of our students meeting with God is well worth your time.
There’s Nobody like You LORD!
Then the next day we met with the rest of the village leaders and reps of the county commissioner. We further discussed and planned for future collaborative development of our Ishinde Village.
Then we met with our New Dawn staff, numbering nearly 30. They all pleaded with us to expand our school to include Form 5 & 6 Advanced Secondary School Curriculum. This has always been our vision yet we have lacked the resources. Now we believe it is time to make the commitment to move the community forward to this next level. To do so will require more infrastructure. Please pray with us as we determine the path forward.
We also had an opportunity to visit a couple of our Alumni attending Nursing College. Both Gabriel and Lightness are top in their class with a 4+ grade point average. Our graduates are distinguishing themselves and bringing glory to God.
Our top priorities at this time are the sponsorship of our 36 new Form 1 students. Our budget for their education and mentoring support is:
#1
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- $125 per month per student (the cost of dinner out with your family)
- $1,500 per year per student
- $3,000 for two years, half the cost of their diploma
- $6,000 covers all the four years of their home and education expenses to graduation
#2
Installation of a compressed natural gas tank and plumbing to the kitchen and laboratory.
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- $15,000
#3
Completion of our rain water harvesting system, specifically roof gutters and drain piping to existing cistern, pump to garden, as well as filter to plumbing to laboratory.
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- $12,000
#4
Form 5 & 6 Administration and Classroom buildings, and living essentials of beds, closets and cabinets in existing dormitories…
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- $300,000
Your faithful and generous support has brought us this far. The fruit of our labors is beyond our hopes, so now we look to the God who provided for His will to be accomplished on earth as it is in heaven. Thank you for standing with us in earnest prayer for how God intends to further the Good Work He had begun.
Your partner in God’s field,
Ron