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Posted : Aug - 15 - 2007 @ : 2:02 pm | Filled under: News and Updates
(Courtesy of Julie.)
Hey friends!
I’m back from Uganda! The trip was amazing and I hope that you get a chance to see the pictures!
If you want to see all of them, you can view my web album by clicking here.
The Container where the McCall’s live (upstairs) at Restoration Gateway (500 acres of land). 6 of our girls stayed downstairs and it was not too bad.
So far they’ve hired 46 workers on the land and they have Bible devotions every morning led by George, a Ugandan.
Our team hiked to the edge of the land of Restoration Gateway b/c it overlooks the Nile river.
They now have a brick machine on the land so they can make their own bricks.
We went to a nearby orphanage one day and played games and told Bible stories with the kids. They were so joyful and it made you appreciate the simplicity of life!
We worshipped at the top of Murchison Falls on the Nile. Amazing.
The End!
http://www.restorationgateway.com
To see all of the pictures and the 14 videos go here.
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Uganda Blurb (From: soloencristo)
My Africa photos
Take a look at my photos at Africa. Though it was physically uncomfortable with the heat during the day, the mandated military showers, and the lack of comforts we have in the States, spiritually it was the most invigorating period of time. Though we were there only for a short period of time, I saw the Lord’s work, particularly in the orphanage. A lot of people asked me if I see myself in Uganda long term. I honestly can say that I do want to be there for a good amount of time, but I have not been released by the Lord to do such. I am called to Waco for the next few years doing medicine. I know that much. But my heart is to do missions someday.
Go to Restoration Gateway to learn more about the project.
Uganda was Amazing . . . (from Running Hard)
Why was I so worried? I absolutely loved it there – it was the best trip I’ve ever been on. Given the opportunity, I think EVERYONE should go to the heart of Africa and experience it. Words can’t describe how awesome and humbling it was. God is good!
Uganda Thank You Letter (From: The Crenshaws)
Below is my Uganda thank you letter that I am mailing out to my dear friends and family; I thought I’d share!
Hello friends and family!
I am back safe and sound, and I am excited to share with you about what God has done and is still doing!
It was presumptuous of me to assume that my trip to Africa would greater impact the people of Uganda than me. I had supposed that I had much to offer them, and they would have little to offer me. I was wrong! I am forever changed by the people of Uganda!
Joy seems to be one of Uganda’s greatest cultural values. Ugandans express evident and abundant joy in the simplicity of life and living in the here and now. Several times on my trip, I encountered men, women, children, and entire families who had so little. Many were clad in dirty clothes, most were not well fed, and few children had shoes. Yet the beauty of their situation is that their contentment is not base upon what they do or do not have. They know what it means to be dirty, and hungry, and barefoot, but they also know what it means to choose joy. Their happiness is not based on their circumstances because, after all, circumstances are only circumstantial, and they understand this.
Being amongst these people was, for me, a fresh reminder of from whom and from where I should derive my joy. In our American-Christian culture, we tend to find our joy in our “blessings.” It seems to me that we correlate material wealth, circumstantial happiness, and even sheer luck with divine favor. Thankfully, this is not from where the Lord intended us to find joy! “The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy, and I will give thanks to him in song.” Psalm 28:7
A servant to Uganda and its people is absolutely the most prestigious position I have ever held. My team and I spent our mornings worshipping the Lord with the Ugandans employed by Restoration Gateway. In the afternoons, we toiled the land and molded bricks. In the evenings, we cooked meals along side two Ugandan men employed by the McCalls. One life-changing afternoon was spent with 125 parentless, orphan children. We taught these children songs, games, and Bible stories. We held them; we played with them; we fed them; we loved on them. We told them about Jesus. We saw Jesus through them!
After a trip such as this one, I can’t help but consider my life in contrast to theirs. A Starbucks drink is nearly a week’s worth a food for a little Ugandan girl. An hour on the Internet could be used to make 8 or 9 more bricks needed to build Restoration Gateway. A half hour in traffic is half the amount of time it takes some Ugandans to walk to work. I realize, in comparison, that I have much monetarily, and I want to give back. I want to make attempts, as feeble as they may seem, to close this distribution gap between my world and theirs. Though monetary donations are needed and necessary, I am convinced that these people need something more sustaining than anything I can offer. They long for restoration, and only the Lord can provide that.
We all have a role that we are called to play in the kingdom. I love what the McCalls have written on their website in regards to this: “Some will give. Some will pray. Some will go. Regardless, God wants us in. All of us. Two coins or entire existence. Just Act.”
You can find a lot of this team’s pictures all in one place here courtesy of Meredith.