Saturday, December 24, 2011

last week dec


DRIVE WAY
We thank God for Schoolies team...
Schoolies team came in big mud with huge rain as unusual systems. God spoke to uncle Johann about drive ways. we thank God working through the team of Schoolies and Johann, as it was like a dream come true for  us. We did not need to live life parking our van every day at Suubi house when it rains. Thank God.


The entrance to Village of Hope looks great with a nice crossing over the drain - teh Schoolies worked very hard to make this happen - Praise God!






COMMUNITY HALL

This is how far the community hall has gone now.The kids are always taking about and looking forward to having our x-mas meals in there.after we had several meetings in it since schoolies went back and Ron and Anne’s farewell.



CHICKEN PROJECT
We thank God for his faithfulness .we are looking forward to raising them within 2 to 3 months then sell them. After that we want to buy layers for eggs and more broilers to increase our farm income.
Its some hard job to do but we thank God who has helped us to have the birds after a long time of waiting .Everyone at the village especially the children are extremely  happy and working very hard to see their growth. We thank God for this addition .
                                                          




 Chicks are now three old days and they are doing well.our boys are working so had here at the village.
We thank God again for the providion of the funds for this project through the Schoolies team - Praise God!


 MOTHER'S WORKSHOP
We left the village at 2pm and went to town  
with the mothers for a parenting workshop.
Theme of workshop : PARENTING IN GOD’S WAY: our speaker  introduced and explained the word parent as pa-rent = as we all know what God says about children as his gifts. So "par" - means  authority given to you as care taker, "renting" -  parents are just given responsibility of passing on care from God
It was really good for mothers to have workshop and to understand how God valves children as His heir so parent are in position of being accountable to God for raising ,shaping and preparing them for a life of service to God and humanity. This point raised questions from our mothers to understand more and the speaker was good enough to explain more with guidance of the bible references.
Biblical principle of parenting, role of parents, styles of parenting  Knowing your child, mothers couldn’t speak any more because they discovered that they had not known their children at all. After they raised a question to the teacher if he was willing to have another session with them and make follow up with them on weekly basis and have some one on one with each mother at least once a month.  The facilitators were Mr.and mrs Fred Mukasa, leaders of family ministry [ywam] and every home for Christ in Uganda.


OUR SHELTER
Some meetings will be held in our new shelter besides the rock at village. And its now a beauty salon for the girls.The teams will also be having their Rolexes and breakfast in there, especially quite time, prayers for individuals and some small groups. etc


Comfy Chairs
Joy mounted  up in our kids when saw chairs on the  van today. Everyone was struggling to be the first to sit.

Thanks to the Schoolies, for helping each of our houses to become more comfortable and home...  it’s a blessing .



 
Ibra and maama agnes enjoying a cup of tea




FOUNDATION/SLAB FOR HOUSE 7
Ugandan building crew has worked tirelessly  before Christmas time to make it ready for the upcoming team on 26/12/2011.









Glad for the new signpost. For it carries alot of meaning. Many have come in and have been blessed and many have have left and been blessings.Thanks to the last team - The Schoolies Team for this encouragement.





Overview of the driveway and Village!


6 comments:

Johann said...

Great work Robert - lobe the news... a lot has happened in the short time that we have been gone.. Praise God. Great initiative with the parenting course, we pray that God will bless the work that has been started through this.

Stan said...

Dear Robert. Thank you so much for so much news. It does sound as though so much has been done. Praise God for His wonderful and abundant blessings. And may He continue to bless you and Milly in your role at the village.

Andrew B said...

Good work guys! It's great to have a snapshot of the village work. It was great to be able to be a part of the 'changes' and improvements. The schoolies team sure did a great job!! Good work on the parenting workshop too. I believe God will use it to bless the mothers and the children!

Glenn said...

Happy Christmas to you and the village. May the reality of 'God with us' be your strength and joy.
It is such a blessing to see all that God is doing in the village and the amazing things that have happened just recently. You are in our prayers always.

Luke said...

This is Amazing. It's awsome to see the progress in the Village and how good God is to everyone involved.
Keep up the great work

Robert said...

Thanks dear friends.we are glad to be part of hope builders uganda,all of you have been a blessing and apart of this great work.
Blessings