Uganda Trip

$3,335 of $12,000 goal

Given by 27 generous donors in 7 weeks

Four of us: Jacob, Nicole, Uriah and Jesse are heading of to Kampala, Uganda on July 29th 2015 for four months to serve people in need.

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The four of us: Nicole Keenan, Uriah McCall, Jesse Workman and Jacob Smits are heading off to Kampala, Uganda on July 29th 2015 to serve people in need and spread the love of Christ.

The Ministries we are partnering with are:

EMi - Engineering Ministries International, East Africa

(http://emiea.org/)

Sozo Children - EMi EA's Client (http://www.sozochildren.org/)

Doors Ministries

(https://www.facebook.com/DoorsMinistries/)

WHAT WE WILL BE DOING:

NICOLE:

August - Doors Ministries

- Serving the Girl's Ministry arm and helping at Yahaya's plot as a landscape architect, planning to create a sustainable source of highly nutritious produce to be used throughout their other ministry arms.

September - Mid December - eMi East Africa

- Serving as a Landscape Architect on a project for Sozo Children to develop a primary school, church, children’s homes, clinic, vocational training center, and sustainable agriculture on their 27-acre un-developed plot near Entebbe, Uganda. We will be master planning, and developing reports and construction and architectural drawings.

URIAH:

August - Mid December - eMi East Africa

- Serving as a Civil Engineer on the Sozo Children project (described above).

- Also acting as volunteer co-ordinator

JESSE:

August - November - Doors Ministry

- Serving with the street outreach programme, as a tutor in math, english and teaching carpentry at Yahaya's plot.

JACOB:

August - November - Doors Ministry

- Serving with the street outreach programme, at the primary school and Joshua Home as a tutor in math, english and music, and as a chef at the school programmes.

WHY ARE WE REQUESTING FUNDING?

Although we are partly self-funded, we must look to others to support and partner with us financially to enable us to serve the Sozo and Doors Ministries children in Kampala. They are the direct recipients of our time and effort. These children have very little hope in their lives outside of Sozo and Doors ministries and we would love to partner with you in our efforts to help them.

PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

We will each be contributing at least $3000 from our own savings ($12000 as a team). This covers flights, transport, entertainment expenses, travel insurance and vaccinations. As well as giving up our jobs or using unpaid leave for the time we are in Africa.

WHAT THE FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR:

The funding that you help us raise ($12000 goal) will go towards (the figures below are for the team altogether):

• supplies we need for our work eg. eMi staff office overhead fee etc. - $3600

• accommodation in ministry housing (eMi and Doors Ministries) - $8000

• food $1600

• other ministry expenses eg. phone/internet $400

This support target could be raised if 240 people felt led to donate $50 each.

We could really use your help:

(1) Words Crew - prayer, messages, posts

(2) Finance Crew - donations

Either way you feel you are able to support us, please make contact and let us know. We find it so encouraging knowing that you are behind us.

Nicole Keenan's involvement (page creator)

We are involved because each one of us has individually been called by God to do His work in Kampala this year.

Before any of us had any plan to go to Kampala, God was sending us on errands, preparing our hearts and making arrangements. Jacob sold his Ute, Jesse would heal people by praying for them, Nicole moved into a flat even though she lost her job. In God’s eyes these acts of faith no matter how small, are truly momentous events in our relationship with Him.

What does it mean to do God's work in Kampala?

- It means we are going over there to love people, spreading the love of God through serving them as per their needs. Whether it is teaching children math and english, using our professions on a big master planning project creating community, or just chatting to people, meeting them where they are at and hearing their story.