Uganda Update.

4-30-04
    Well we know now where we will be going. We will be going to a small "trading center" called Nkonkonjeru 30 miles east of Kampala. It is a town that is very alive with market type commerce. The setting can change within a few miles of the center of the town. We can expect actual structures in and around the town, but outside a mile or two we can expect grass huts and shanty type homes. We have also been told that witchcraft is heavily practiced in this area. We will be staying in a hotel of sorts called Ellie's motel. This location will actually be guarded during the night to ward off any potential trouble.
    The mission has expanded in scope. We have wired some funds for the locals to begin work on the church building. It may or may not be done by the time we get there. However we will be conducting a medical clinic, ministering to an orphanage of nearly 200 children, visiting and ministering in a local prison, holding leadership and marriage training, doing door to door evangelism and holding nightly crusades. No doubt our 10 person team will be stretched thin. We will be accompanied by a variety of local help. We will have interpreters and elders from the Ugandan Presbyterian church with us. We will have drivers and cooks assisting us with our daily needs. This is going to be a wild trip!! I am getting so excited.
    I had to get 5 shots in one sitting several weeks ago. These included Hep A, Hep B, Tetanus, Yellow fever, and something else, I can't remember. My arms were killing me. I couldn't raise them for days. We also had to take a series of Typhoid pills. Our passports are ready and our visas are pending, but God is paving the way for us.
    Our biggest material need right now funds. We have wired only a portion of the needed money to get the church and pastors house built. We are still about $15,000 short. But God will provide whatever we need and whatever He provides will be a blessing. But this also doesn't mean we believe God will just throw the money in our laps. We are currently attempting some fundraising events. The first one is a huge garage sale. We have asked our church members and people in the community to donate items to be sold with 100% of the proceeds to support the mission. The date of the sale is Saturday May, 15 at the Somerset clubhouse. Drop-off for donated items is Friday May, 14 from 3 to 7 pm.
    Other fundraisers are only in the planning stages, more information will follow as it develops.
    We also are in need of  items for the orphanage: There are 188 kids with half boys and half girls and their age ranges from 5 to 12.

The items we need include
(a) Clothes eg Shirts, shorts, trousers, skirts,
dresses and blouses.
(b) Shoes and stockings.
(c) Bed sheets, Blankets and towels.
(d) Washing soap and bathing soap.
(e) School materials like exercise books, pencils and
pens.
(f) Soccer balls.
    You can only imagine what a Ugandan orphanage looks like and the absolute incredible need these kids have for the basics.

You can e-mail me if you would like to donate any items for either the garage sale or the orphanage
davidjackson@carolina.rr.com   

These photos I found on the internet. This is what I think it will be like. Though I may be way off!