The East African Missionary Society Blog
A blog dedicated to what we’re doing in Uganda.
Archive of: 2014
The Journey

“Every great journey begins with a step”. A saying that has never rung so true, than on the Thursday 14th August 2014, when we a 10 strong team began our journey to Gulu Uganda. As we took our first steps at air side to board, we had no idea [...]

'Enlightenment determines evidence'

We live in a world, where evidence is king, seeing is believing and materiality is progress. Yet, just like you cant take the ‘green out of grass’ or the ‘blue out of sky’ so you cant take ‘faith out of fact’. Intuitive to man, is to have belief. Belief in [...]

'Decisions determine destiny'

There are a couple of characters in the Bible whom stand out from the rest because very
little if anything is said negative of them. Perhaps the most that can be levelled against
them is that they were ‘victims of circumstance’. Joseph is one, Daniel is the other.
Joseph [...]


How Deep Is Your Love

With the horrific abduction of 200 children in Nigeria, we are conscience
bound to ask the question – how hardened can the human heart become? In
Gulu we have seen firsthand the cowardice of using children as human tools for
political and religious gain. There can be no greater cowardice [...]


New life

As we enter the season of Spring,after the dark winter months, it is so refreshing to see the changes all around. New leaves and colourful blossom blooming on the once bare trees. The days are now lighter both early in the morning and later in the evenings, which is a [...]

TEAMS Agape Child Support Programme

The Agape Child Support programme is a project that funds the education of children predominantly from orphaned backgrounds through sponsorship. The funds go towards school fees, uniforms, scholastic materials and medical support. The Agape programme first began back in 2001 with just [...]

Faithfulness

Faithfulness and loyalty are rare qualities today, but they are a few of the most important characteristics we can possess - as it reflects the nature of God. Life throws disappointments, tribulations and trials which can lead us to draw back from our responsibilities, but God draws closer to [...]

Reflections - Uganda Mission 2014 - Amit

We are now back from the mission after a gruelling 10-12 days. It was so easy to get carried away in the day to day grind of it but upon reflection something incredible yet simple stands out. The faithfulness of God.

The missions trip was incredibly positive in many ways [...]