All is Happening at Village of Hope!!

Another  month of business for the busy VILLAGE ,Children in their third week of Third Term and some are through with their Begining of Term Exams. Candidates (P7,S4) only have 4:1weeks  respectively to down National Exams, revising tirelessly and they also need our prayers for better Grades.
Mothers are fine and in good healthy busy with their daily routines and all thier children are at School. From the board meeting ,a recomendation for guidance and counselling  from all people concerned is still being implemented, Luke and I hold Saturday boys' talks to help them growup positive society impacting MEN.
Village of Hope has embarked on its project of producing its own safe clean water for the Village  and community use.From Borehole drilling ,testing water quality, Tank stand building,Raising 2 big Tanks, AND NOW on digging pipeline trenches, Installing Solar panel holder on which the Panels will be placed to
capture solar power to run the pump and then get water in every point....Innovation Africa is the company to make this happen.
Micro-enterprises of Village of Hope are operating smoothly. We have a brand new addition of a cross breed bull bought from the extra savings made from Farm Income, this will be able to serve the cows in 5 months time. Our 100 Krouiler birds are now a month and 2weeks old and in good condition.Thanks to all our sponsors of these micro enterprises.
On the sad note, on 10-09-2014 our beloved partners Home of Hope(Home for the Disabled) lost a boy (Derrick) son of Aunt Edith one who started the Home  and again yesterday Moses one of the children also died. Home of Hope people need comfort in these trying moments.
Again We thank Hope Builders for the good work being Done to build Hope in Children and Widows.

ready for School

final finishing s on tankstand

pipe connections installed

p.v.c pipes on site already

strong tall pipe to hold solar panels

new bull on the Farm

board members praying for children

during Derricks funeral rites

trenches for the pipes

in a general meeting

Bye-Bye Holidays, Welcome Third Term

It has been a full month enjoying Second Term Holidays, now is the time to start a new term.
Schools open on Monday for the children to begin their third term in order to get promoted to their respective next classes ,"as all the School requirements are already bought.
The holiday has been enjoyable for the children with lots of plays, games and sports competetion within themselves. More to be happy for, at least every child got his /her self a cloth from the Container this holidays.
The holidays have also been used to carryout regular counseling and guidance to those who dont seem to be upright.All stakeholders have been involved from  big girls for the Little ones ,mothers,Admin people, Luke, Ron and Ann and Ugandan board directors. "We believe it will workout";.
Construction project always goes on in the Village, House 11 is now being roofed as i write this post. Houses 9and 10 are being finished and furnished electricity installed and plumbing work done.
Home of Hope IS doing well as they get the necessary requirements (food) stuffs.
We again Thank Hope Builders for the Great Support.
Blessings.
ENJOY THE PICS BELOW

Last holidays

queuing for a cloth

House 11 being roofed

Luke's counseling sessions to the boys

H.O.H Children

Village's left wing

another time for a cloth

Village of Hope updates.2014.

 Blessings to all. It's Term 2 hollidays, children are relaxing and enjoying it.Now they can wake up at 7:00am different from the usual 6:00am. They get Breakfast at 7:30am ,and relax up to 10:00am before engaging in holiday coaching which lasts for 1and half hrs. More hours having fun on the Slide, playing round games and all sorts of plays....All of that makes the Village a good place to be for the Children.
For the P7candidates, their days are numbered to the National Exams, (Jane, Little Brenda, Carol Big, Phiona and Joshua ) are all " busy bees " being helped by their Teachers ...Ron and Anne at the Village.
At the start of their holidays, children with worn-out mosquito nets received new ones and they were so happy for that.

Great  news to hear...;i believe' our broiler birds are at selling stage and we are to taste how delicious they are this Sunday.
The cattle shade  is now ready to house Farm Animals.
Posho mill project is on , the first trials were successful after assembling the Machine by the Technicians.Village of Hope will be manufacturing it's own Posho very soon.
Thanks to all Hope Builders.........

Enjoying our holidays

i like this

stock ready for sale

thanks for the new mos-nets

posho mill being tried

new cattle shade ready for Animals

Team 16!! Great Work Well Done

What an amazing Team 16 was...For the 2+weeks we are so blessed at Village of Hope.
From leaving House11 at Wall plate for another new addition of 16 children and a widow, visiting the slums in Kikaramoja,playing and chatting with children and  a whole lots of activities carried out.',, Big up Team.
I cant resist remembering Sue's and Stan's welding skills, the girls and boys busy raising the wall with the African Hope Builders.
After a hard 2weeks work, the Team had to say goodbye to Uganda but at least not forever.
A farewell party at the Village was the way to go on Monday evening. It hosted a number of Hope Builders ranging from Children, Mothers, and all V.O.H Staff plus our Dear Visitors who had made it all.
Party involved speeches, dancing competition between whites and Africans and at the end of it all', Drinks and Eats (Sodas and Biscuits) which gave every body a reason to be happy, smile and dance.
We indeed had a great time and a Great Team...I wish you could be here when our chicken are ready for consumption........Sue,how about it?
Thanks Hope Builders in the fight of Breaking the Cycle of Poverty.
Let the Pics down talk.................

Cant say goodbye  guys

Enjoy this and that

We prefer Fanta to Coco guys

goodbye

safe journey God's People

 waiting for a new lot soon

W' 'll be ready in 2wks time

So, day 16……….  And 17!!!

Today was the Sunday sleep in….  So, breakfast was a leisurely affair as we prepared to go to church…

We just made it to church in time for the Bible study, which came after and hour of prayer, and is followed by at least an hour and a half of worship, ministry items, and mini sermons. BUT, we had this amazing preacher!!  Andrew..  (I had to say it since no one else would do the blog tonight!)

After church we ‘sloped’ (as they say here when you go ‘down’ to anywhere) back down to Suubi house to have a bit of lunch. Fresh rolls baked yesterday by our amazing cooks!!

From there we went up to the Village to hang out with the kids.  Some of us hung out and did hair (girls, not Daniel!), and some of the guys played a football (soccer to the uneducated!) match with the older boys of the village…    and got beaten!

We then headed home to get ready to go out and have a well earned dinner at All Friends, our favorite restaurant! 

Back home, it was all to bed to get ready for our last half day of building tomorrow….

So, no post last night, ran out of tome and got tired J

We had our last rolex and chapatti breaky this morning.. before heading off to the village to meet the builders.  We are above window height now and the house in in its final stages…. 

We finished at 12 to get ready for our regular Australians vs Ugandan soccer match. We had the illusion that we may win, BUT despite our huge effort, with Mick, Anna, and Nat our players of the match (Chetty pulled a groin muscle… least that’s what he said!), we were unsuccessful.  It was made all the more difficult for us as Ron Matheson and his 2 Australian visitors joined the Ugandan team, so we would get confused and kick to white skinned people. Unfair, we cried, but it didn’t wash!  We’re also sure that they had just a ‘few’ more on the field than us, but we fought valiantly!!

This afternoon, we begin to pack and clean, then it’s up to the village to have a farewell time with the kids, mothers and builders..

An early night tonight as we will get up at 4am, ready to head to the airport and go to Kenya… Safari, here we come..

Not sure if you’ll hear from us in the next few days, but we sure appreciate you reading about all of our different experiences….

Please keep praying for us..  We have all been well, and suffered no sickness and we’d love it to stay that way…. We would love you to pray for safe travels as we fly and drive in Kenya too.

Pray to for a great time of closing our trip together..

Check out the pics below to get an impression of the last 2 days…

The Village older girls singing

Amazing Preacher :)

Chetty's new office!!

At All Friends..

Last bit of building...

I'm hot!!!

This is how far we got!!!

Trying hard..  

We got this...... um, no we haven't!!

Go Jen!!!

So day 15 started with an early rise at 5am to walk up Monkey Mountain! We had 6 keen walkers who powered up that hill with great power!! Who knows where their strength came from? (Considering how tired we are) but yet we climbed it in great time!! Then we sat and just admire Gods incredible creation while lifting up his name in a great time of worship! (with some incredible voice might I add!! Anna and Grant of course J) Then we walked down and met up with the rest of the team of a great breakfast of rollexs and chappattis.  We had a great devo run by Jen reminding us how important encouragement is within our team.  We then proceeded to write warm fuzzies to one another.  This was great fun and an even better way to start the day!

We then with 5 minutes to spare head off to ‘Welcome Home Children’s Orphanage.’   When arriving we were welcomed by the beautiful hearted Mandy who runs the orphanage with her husband.  She told us about how it started and the awesome work that has continued to happen for all the children.  Some of the children are in serious need, some have been abandoned, some suffer from aids where as other are not in stable family situations.  We then got a tour of the place looking at the babies’ room, the toddlers and the older children areas.  After having a look around we were able to just have some time to play with the kids and enjoy each others company.  The kids really tested our energy levels, as they climbed and jumped all over us.  We ran around, jumped on trampolines, swung on play equipment, sang songs, carried babies, struggled to let go of babies, some enjoy some urine on their cloths, while others were fortunate to miss out on that.  After a few hours of playing we were able to witness probably the cutest toddler feed ever seen to mankind!! With a heavy heart we said our good byes, while Andrew checked our pockets to make sure we didn’t take any kids with us, when we headed out to town for lunch.

Some of us enjoyed a nice lunch at The Keep, before endeavoring the main streets of Jinja for the last time.  We did some shopping for family and friends back at home of course, as well as a few things for ourselves.  Some of us went to the market place and enjoyed seeing a different side of Jinja from the touristy side.  From stalls and stalls of fruit to cow hooves, stomachs and everything else you can eat! Was quite a sight.  Some of us had the privilege to watch a dance competition, where they were also able to participate with their sweet moves and break dancing!

We then headed back to Suubi house for some chill time before having an amazing dinner of lasagna!! Was definitely a highlight meal! Then after dinner our cooks Juliet and Elizabeth surprised us with a delicious cake, as it was a last dinner with them!! As Juliet gave her speech there wasn’t a dry eye in the house, as we showed our appreciation for the amazing food we have been able to have while we have been here.

Then after dinner we practiced some songs that we are leading in church tomorrow.  Being very creative using bottles, and caps, spoons, forks, and anything we could get our hands on making quite a racket! But we are pretty excited to be able to lead some songs tomorrow in church, so stay tuned!

Keep it real Tiff! J

Look at me....

Food for all :)

Kids love bubbles

....and swings..

Sometimes you just need to be held!

Cute!

Two on one..? we can do that.

Please sir...... can I have....more..

Our amazing cooks..

Juliet makes a speech..  cool..