Here is a link to some more photos I’ve posted in a Picasa web album. Have a look…
Africa Photo Album
Archive for November, 2008
Africa Photo Album
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Refugee women
Posted in Ministry Updates, Reflections on November 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Had a couple great sessions with a group of refugee women living here in Kampala. The first day I asked them to share a bit of their personal stories with the group- how they ended up her in Uganda. It was very heavy. Every one of these women has experiences of death, separation, and violence. [...]
Hungry Children
Posted in Ministry Updates, Reflections on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today we participated in a feeding program that Anne and friends regularly have for the children in the slum area where she lives. About 40 or so little kids showed up for a plate of rice and beans served with lots of sauce and a small piece of meat. The 8 year old girls come [...]
Uganda: It’s people who know struggle who teach us about hope.
Posted in Ministry Updates, Reflections on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well our time in Rwanda has come to an end and so its time for our team to split up. Dave and Jen Adams, Ron Johnston, and Catherine are on their way back home. Pete and I are traveling to Uganda to spend a few days at a ministry that IT Canada is partnering [...]
Bujumbura bound
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We faced a big disappointment when we found out that the United Nations will not let us go to the refugee camp to do the training time that was planned with pastors and their wives in that camp. Apparently they are doing some sort of census and don’t want outsiders coming in. Very disappointing-and we [...]
Training Update–Amazing People and Challenges in Need of Prayer
Posted in Ministry Updates on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The latest update from Alison in Rwanda
Saturday, November 1st–
Finally a chance to get on the internet. We just arrived back from the pastoral training sessions, everything there went really well. It was a very full couple of days it felt like we crammed about a weeks worth of stuff into 2 days. [...]
