Entries by James

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 11-14-2011

Greetings and salutations! Work is progressing very well on the church building at Juru. Every time we go out there, I find that the wall is higher. This week, you could see the windows. Another three feet or so and they will have reached the roof. Meanwhile, they are constructing latrines at the other places. […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 10-10-2011

Greetings! I thought I’d send a brief letter and let you see the latest construction out at the Juru church. They have put the roof on the pole building, and we had our first service at the new location yesterday. Thank you to the church that sent us money for the construction. This is what […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 10-04-2011

Baptism. It’s how we Baptists got our name. I conducted my first Baptismal service out at Nakivale refugee camp a few weeks back. It went great. I must say, I was a tad nervous, but I am happy to report nobody drowned. One of the advantages of my height is that I have the leverage […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 09-02-2011

Greetings! Our first Lord's Supper at Sangano went very well. I had preached on this and taught on this, so when the day came, it was all done decently and in order. Everyone well understood the serious nature of the memorial service, and we moved through it at a good pace with time for instruction […]

MISSION: Uganda Blog Update 08-26-2011

276 children. 3 days, 2 hours each place, 3 preaching points, 3 complete VBS’ a day: Marathon VBS at Nakivale! So, we had our very first VBS out at the refugee camp. It was quite the learning experience. I had for months been considering doing something like this. There are children everywhere at the camps, […]