| | Wow, what a year this has been! Coming to it's conclusion, I find myself still twirling in the last of the wisps of this annual whirlwind as the dust settles down around me. Our ministries are growing, people's lives are being transformed, and God is at work all around, both in Karamoja and Teso. Here are some highlights:
a. Expansion of the Peace Programme. the pilot project in Nabwal now has over 9000 residents in over 4000 homes! A little more than one year ago there were NO people living in this feared, No-Man's Land, where raiders with machine guns ruled. We now also have the second set of peace villages started, as of October, with over 2000 people there now! These are people from the previously warring communities, who have forgiven one another and are now mixing together in joint peace communities. This last group does not have enough food and water, however, so we are working hard to make it more sustainable.
b. Child Sponsorship/Scholarships. We have expanded our coverage of the educational scholarships for orphans, former street children, former child soldiers/abducted children and vulnerable children. We now have 160 children we support, through donations from churches and friends in the US. We have enjoyed several spiritual retreats with the children, where we counsel and pray with them and have time to get to know them and play with them as well. We started 7 Bible Clubs in their schools to help them learn the Word.
c. Livestock Revolving Loans. We continue to help local churches to have outreaches to the poor in their communities by supplying them with livestock to give out on a revolving basis to the most needy in their neighborhoods. After training the recipients in livestock care, we give them a goat or camel, which they keep at home. After it delivers it's first born young, and weans it, they bring the young one back to the church, to be given out to another needy person. We have over 500 animals currently rotating in the villages, and have received many reports of opportunities that the churches have had to share God's love with the poor in their areas.
I'll write more later, as it's getting late now and the power is going to go off soon!
Had a great Christmas=time with the Biornstad family from Corvallis. We celebrated with the 2nd Peace village, where cooking for 2000 took an extra day to complete, but our appetite was ready by that time! (3 bulls, 400 lbs of cornmeal, 200 lbs of beans, 150 lbs of sweet potatoes, etc!) Wish you were here!
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