Carrying out mission work involves sacrifice. It is something you cannot get away from. From the price of flights to accommodation to all sorts of vaccinations needed, something has to be given for the trip to take place. A lot of time, what makes people do mission work is the [...]
I have been in Uganda for just over a week now. There has been plenty going on with me personally. I am a lay minister of the word of God in every area of my life and minister into the lives of others in the UK and Africa. I am [...]
Just last week TEAMS and it’s GL12 Mens leader, Pastor Charles Lakon, had organised and led a two day men's conference with board member Amit Dattani flying in from the UK to speak and participate.
The event was extremely successful with topics consisting of: a responsibility of a man, how a [...]
Amit and David accompanied Pastor Eric (Prison Pastor) for the first time to Gulu mens prison (new side) in what was an awesome experience. There is a church service held between 2pm-4pm every Sunday in the prison and this time there were 173 inmates in attendance.
The service started with some [...]
Robert and Martin looking very smart and proud in their new Security Guard uniforms. As we have increased the overall security on site by employing an outside agency we felt it appropriate to equip our onsite security staff with smart new uniforms. These were made by SEAMS – our Sewing [...]
Last year on mission I experienced the surface of Gulu, but this year I am experiencing and enjoying all that this town has to offer me. There are no car taxi’s available but there are motorbike taxi’s called ‘boda bodas’ and I’ve really enjoyed travelling on these because it allows [...]
This year for the mission there has been a spiritual theme of unpacking and rebuilding. Today I was led to speak on Nehemiah 4:17-18. It details how the people of Israel rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem together as a team, each looking out for one another. This shows that as [...]
I was inspired by God today through Matthew 10:7-10 where the disciples were instructed to go out and preach the kingdom of God; to heal, cleanse, raise and give, but, taking nothing for their journeys except themselves. It got me thinking about the plans and preparation we carry out in [...]