UGANDA 2011

I AM Back in Uganda

Having spent the first two months of the year in the U.S. waiting out the results of presidential elections here in Uganda, I arrived back at my home here on Thursday last week. The president, in office for 25 years, was re-elected. Although there have been verbal protests to the fairness of the elections, for the most part we have not experienced major trouble. Small demonstrations have been immediately halted by both the army and the government. I am happy to update you through this blog with the activities of the ministry of Imagine Acts as we enter 2011.

BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS

Be amazed with us at the fruits of God's provision and your donations and contributions! Since September of 2008, 1500 copies of Books 1-11 have been printed. Many of the first six have been distributed throughout Uganda, and many are stored in my extra room as we plan future distributions and teaching!

IAM is indebted to you for your prayers and support since Stella English and I first founded Imagine Acts Ministry for the purpose of developing a culturally relevant series of books teaching chronologically Creation to Christ to the nation of Uganda. This ministry has truly been one based on faith. We praise God for His amazing abundance, direction, and provision!

Book 12, unfortunately, is not quite finished. There were minor but necessary changes and additions to a couple of illustrations,but as soon as the art work is complete, we will rush to the printer. Hopefully, the book will be in our hands the end of the month. I am glad to be back on the ground to personally push this forward and approve the final copy. I am pleased to report that ministry and teaching continued in my absence with some distributions taking place and on-going village ministries meeting.

These next months will be spent seeking God's direction for the continued distributions and teachings of the series and then proceeding forward. We look forward to the day sets are distributed throughout Uganda placing the books into the hands of the people and the message into their hearts. Thank you for walking this incredible journey with us. We still need your prayers for the way forward!

ORPHANAGE

On Sunday, 65 children attended Sunday School. I wish you could have seen and heard the beautiful singing and witnessed the hearing of God's Word. It is wonderful to have these books to use for teaching as we prepare for Easter. Book 11 beautifully illustrates the Death and Resurrection of Jesus.

Tuesday evenings will be the time for English Bible reading and study. We are in need of Bibles the next time someone comes from America. Many of the Bibles were given out last term to the older students who have now graduated from Primary School and have left the orphanage to board at another school

Wednesday evenings will be a class on Bible Memory. We met yesterday to prepare construction paper booklets and learn the first verse: Ps. 119:105 "Thy Word is a light to my feet and a light to my path." We hope to learn the books of the Bible and practice locating books and verses. There were 25 who signed up to be in this class!

Final News--Our New Dog

January and Simba 2

Simba, Hooch, and Spot

We were all saddened when my German Shepherd died earlier this year while I was in the states. When I arrived at my compound last Thursday, I realized how eerily quiet the nights were and determined that we would have to find a new dog; however, quickly locating a suitable dog in Uganda is not always easy. Through both answered prayers and contacts, we were able to secure a new dog on Saturday. January and I drove to Kampala to meet Simba2, a five month old German Shepherd. We love him already and he is adjusting great; time will tell if he will prove to be a good guard dog. Our guard dogs are trained to work at night patrolling the compound with January and barking and alerting him to any suspicious sights or sounds. They are tremendous comfort to me as I live here alone.

Food and Water Shortage: We were informed by news text on Monday that the Prime Minister had issued a danger warning due to a prolonged dry season thereby causing a shortage of both food and water.

Pray for the current situation in Uganda regarding food shortage and extremely high prices.