Hope & Healing Center progress

Hospital Project: Hope and Healing Center

(photos from Jan 30th Meeting)

Land Donation Process

The locals have fully taken on the responsibility to get the land donated for the hospital project.

We had the signatures we needed but were informed that a few people who didn’t want the hospital went to the district and told them that the signatures were fake. This is why nothing has happened for quite a long time. So, the locals in favor have created a committee and are doing all the work again.

December 31^st there was a full village meeting where the decision to donate the land was given. We weren’t there but got phone calls that people were dancing in the streets once the land was donated.

January 1^st the committee sat and decided on 5 representatives to craft a letter to take to the district concerning land donation.

January 30^th we were asked to meet with the committee to fully explain the process and timing of building the hospital. 

                                                         

 Something Deeper Ministries Board members were in attendance and presented the hospital project.





Peter, SDM's spiritual adviser. Presenting SDM's vision to empower youth to change their own community.

HumKay, SDM's PR man presented how far the hospital project has gone.

Map of the hospital was great to show to the locals.

Isaac, SDM's director presented the phases of the hospital project construction.

Rachel chatted with locals after concerning what the surgery building will look like.

Events and meetings seem to always include eating. Ugandan style.

Richard presented the construction process and legal issues surrounding building.













Mino, SDM finance manager in pink, sitting with Richard's wife.










It was great to travel to the meeting with the whole team. This project is just getting bigger and bigger. Thank you to all who are praying and giving towards this cause. Uganda will be different because of this hospital.

Many things

Please forgive my silence. Here in Uganda they say, "you've been lost". And yes I have been lost. There has been so much happening that blogging has been pushed behind. Sorry.
Here is a picture offering to make up for it ;)

Packages from the US, we love them

They play so well together.

Walk in the neighborhood

Christmas party with our church friends

Eating Banana

Visiting Family in Kiwanyi

Hi Grandpa

Merry Christmas from the Mubezi Family

OK I know I'm cute!

Lusoga Bible

We are happy to announce that we are official owners of a copy of the Bible written in Lusoga!


Isaac and I were shocked to hear that his tribe didn't have the whole bible translated into their language. They had been using the Bible in Luganda (another tribe in Uganda with a similar language).

This will make explaining the gospel much easier, even to those who can't read, Isaac will spend less time translating and more time explaining.

Happy to have the Word of God more accessible to the people of Iganga.

Visitors Visitors

 We had so many people come to see the babies.

The meant hosting all of them! But it was worth it.

It was great to see Joseph and his family. His wife and I were pregnant at the same time. It was fun to bond over our size as we grew together. Their baby is now 6 months old.

It was great to be able to read some of the new books with the children when they came to visit.

The neighbor children also enjoy it when we come out to visit. They seldom come to visit us because they say that they are dirty, which is true but not my rule to keep them out. So we make many trips outside to visit them.

We do enjoy these crazy kids!

School Vacation

In Uganda many children attend boarding school from a very young age. This is because some of the best schools in the country aren't within walking distance. This results in multiple extended holidays during the school year. This holiday Isaac's nieces were asked where they would like to spend their vacation, in village with their grandmother or at Uncle Isaac's holding babies.



It doesn't take anyone long to figure out what two teenage girls decided. So Mable and Peninna came to spend their last two weeks of holiday with me and the boys.

It was such a blessing to have extra hands to hold babies, wash diapers, cook meals, do the laundry, etc.
We took them out to the mall their last weekend for a meal as a thank you. Mable was impressed that the owner of the restaurant was a well known Ugandan musician. She got a little star struck when she saw him sitting at the table next to us. :)