Entries by James

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 07-21-2012

Hello again! The work at Juru is finally finished. Here are some pictures of the finished church building there. Thank you to everyone who contributed to help get this thing built.  Pray for the ministry out at Nakivale. The UN has cut rations to the camp (again). We are having difficulty getting out there because of […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 06-22-2012

Hello again! Things are progressing very well here. The annual Uganda Field Conference has come and gone without incident. It’s always pleasant when I go to Kampala and don’t a) have car trouble b) get robbed c) get pulled over by crooked traffic cops, or d) get in a wreck. We got to visit with […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 04-30-2012

Greetings! We had a great trip down to Rwanda. We stopped in at Kabale near the border for lunch, then made the border crossing without a hitch. You drive from Mbarara about two-and-a-half hours to the border, and then it’s about 80 km from the border to the capitol city of Kigali. Driving through the […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 04-15-2012

Greetings from sunny Uganda! Things are progressing well here in Africa. We baptized 12 at our Easter service last week. We have 4 preaching points going, divided between the Bassetts and us. Construction is nearly finished on the Juru building. Classes at Sangano are going well. I am continuing Genesis, Jeff has finished Biblical Leadership, […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 03-26-2012

Yesterday was an interesting day. Our Sunday began like normal at 6AM. I got the car ready and loaded with some bagoya (the large, yellow sweet bananas you eat uncooked) and some sugar cane from our garden to take out to Djuna, our national pastor. Such things are scarce out at the camp, so I […]