JOB WELL-DONE!

Unloading bricks from car to wheelbarrow.

Brian hauling a load of bricks to the site.

Henry, one of our students, hauling cement.

Mark , one of the boys, giving water.

A few weeks after the project, Timo and I visited.

AN ACT OF COMPASSION

Late in July when Timo noticed an elderly man struggling to get water and food, he spoke to him and followed him back to his home to assess his needs. For the past 6 or 7 years, he had been living in a hut he had constructed of various accumulated materials. On a Saturday , Timo took several of his friends from school with him to give the man a helping hand. When they arrived, they realized the man was close to death and needed to get to a clinic. Timo called me, and as he and the boys carried him down the hill on a narrow path, I met them on the closest road with the car.
They took him to the hospital where he was given and IV and admitted. Later that afternoon, Timo and Iwent to the hospital and to the market to buy sheets and a blanket, as the hospital does not provide anything, but the bed. We made up his bed, talked briefly with him and prayed for him. He seemed to be comfortable on the soft sheets and bed, thanked us and smiled.
On Monday evening, the doctor told Timo he was discharged. Timo and the boys took him back to his place and Timo left a neighbor the medicines to give to him the next morning. Sadly, when the neighbor went on Tuesday, the man was dead. There was no family, no service, no coffin. Some neighbors dug a grave opposite his hut, wrapped him in the new sheets and blanket and buried him. The boys came just as he had been buried and we prayed.
We were comforted to know that in his last hours of life, he had known compassion, kindness, and gentleness. This experience had a profound effect on some of the young men.

The Hut
The Man

Timo and Charles carrying him


In the clinic

Timo (right) with school friends at graveside.

A Helping Hand, New Clothes, Big Smiles!

Slashing the Grass
Supplies

Brian(l), Lillian(r), Grandmother(c) and 14 children!

Brian and Lillian organized a work day to help their 95 year old grandmother who keeps 14 grandchildren by herself in her home. The grass needed slashing and general clean-up, and a few items were needed: soap, jerri-cans, and clothing for the children. Again, we had been blessed when friends from Texas gathered and sent a trunk of clothes for us to distribute in such a time as this. Boys worked on the clean up and Lillian carefully put together something "new" for each child. All of the children were so happy.

IMAGINE ACTS MINISTRY AT WORK

April and May were both busy and productive months in the book ministry and the on-going work at Mityana Orphanage with the children's activities. In addition, we have had numerous occasions to manifest the love of Christ in and around our community here with people we know and care about. Your donations have made all of the work you see documented below possible.
Thank you for caring and for sharing. If you would like to know more about any specific project please contact me at bmiller43@gmail.com.

OH, HAPPY DAY!!

Imagine Acts Ministry has now completed the 12 books in the series, Creation to Christ, which was begun in 2008! All illustrations and printing has been done in Uganda. Now, the distribution works begins!! It was fitting that on the day the final book was picked up in Kampala, Tonny, Peter, and Henry were all with me. Those same three were with me in 2008 when we picked up the Creation book! Their faithfulness from beginning to end has been amazing and appreciated! At the Printers in Kampala

VILLAGE BOOK MINISTRY IN NAMA

For two years on Sunday afternoon, we have met with a growing group in Nama, a village about 20 minutes from Mityana. We now regularly have about 18 adults and many children. We have seen much spiritual growth in the lives of some of the group as a result of the teachings. Many questions have been answered and spiritual understanding has increased. In addition, these people have become as family to us, and we have rejoiced in births and stood with them through deaths of loved ones.

Let the Faces Tell the Story

For Young


And Old

The illustrations are captivating!

BOOKS TAKEN TO KENYA !!

Some sets of the complete series, CREATION TO CHRIST, are now in Kenya thanks to friends, Kathryn and Doug Taylor, formerly from Istrouma Baptist in Baton Rouge and currently serving as missionaries in northwest Uganda. The Taylors and other missionaries from Central East Africa were attending a general membership meeting in Niarobi, Kenya in mid-April. The Taylors gave books to several Class 3 missionaries serving Muslim groups in Kenya and Tanzania. They were not allowed to have their pictures taken, so Kathryn and Doug stood for them holding the books. I know many of you are happy to see Doug and Kathryn! They have been wonderful ambassadors for the book ministry, both using them and sharing them with others.

Becky, Henry, and Tonny putting sets together in Kampala to be taken to Kenya.