In the photos below, you will see Agnes, one of the school outreach leaders, teaching Walk Pure to students at God Cares. What is unique about this school is that the students are sponsored; either they’ve lost a parent or the family is in extremely poor and cannot afford to pay for their child’s education.

Walking down the street today, pushing Alexis in the stroller, I could hear murmurings from onlookers…adults and children. As a few children approached us, I could hear some words in Luganda then one word in English - doll. Agnes, a Bugandan friend who was walking with us, laughed as she told me that the children think Alexis is a doll! But it wasn’t just the children saying that, even some adults were also asking if she is a doll.

Abi, one of our leaders, working with his local church, recently went on a mission with them to the West Nile, about four hours away from the city. He wasn’t sure what kind of ministry they’d be doing.  But when they arrived, it turned out that they were asked to do school ministry. None of the people on the trip were prepared to teach… except for Abi. Because of the training Abi received through our ministry, he was prepared to teach the youth. He pulled out his Walk Pure book that he happened to bring along, and taught 45 high school students about purity.  THANK YOU for partnering with us to equip leaders such as Abi!

Want to change a life? Want your life to be changed? You can have such an opportunity July 21-August 4, 2010. Join the Living Water missions trip to Kampala, Uganda, where you will minister to youth in the schools, help with an all day youth outreach event for thousands of youth, try authentic Ugandan food, and experience a new culture! YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS YEAR’S TRIP led by Rochelle Wamsher. For more information, contact Rochelle on rochellew88@aol.com.

Today, we took Alexis with us to staff meeting. It was a little challenging as she wanted to be in the middle of the action. She did not want to take a nap nor did she want to play alone. Needless to say, we have to come up with a plan so that we can give our undivided attention to the meeting. Just another first time parenting lesson.

We attended Easter service at Elim Church. It was so good to see our church family after months of being away. We were asked to greet the church and reintroduce Alexis, since the last time she was there she was only 3 weeks old. Now, she’s 5 months. Following the service, we joined the pastor, his family and the secondary (high school) students (boarders) for lunch Ugandan style…matooke, rice, irish (potatoes), beans, g-nut sauce.  And after lunch, we went to a friend’s for bbq American style…hamburgers, hotdogs, cole slaw, fruit salad. We were blessed to enjoy a bit of both cultures on Easter.

How did you celebrate Easter?

Pastor Butch & Alexis

Pastor Butch, Ricky, Matt

Students serving food

Sitting in the living room this morning, I heard a beautiful chorus of voices singing in Luganda. The sound seemed to get closer, so curious to know where the sound was coming from, I looked outside. And just over our compound wall, I saw what looked like a cross. I called Matt to come quickly and he walked out our gate to see a procession of Christians walking past our house singing and carrying a cross. I was blessed by their act of declaration of the Lord’s crucifixion.

We are proud of our staff in Uganda for kick starting this year of ministry! While we we’ve been in the US, our staff team is training a new group of leaders, organizing the youth outreach, recruiting new leaders for the upcoming training and managing the leaders who are currently teaching Walk Pure in the high schools.

A couple staff and some of the leaders who’ve been trained

Want to change a life? Want your life to be changed? You will have that opportunity July 21-August 4, 2010. Join the Living Water missions trip to Kampala, Uganda, where you will minister to youth in the schools, help with an all day youth outreach event for thousands of youth, try authentic Ugandan food, and experience a new culture! YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS YEAR’S TRIP led by Rochelle Wamsher and Sarah Ewing. For more information, contact us on matt@livingwatermin.org.