Team two at work!!! and more!!

A team member busy

























team two members working on house B











during the "last supper" with team one



Yesterday we had team 1 leave for melbourne, uganda has become a second home! we've been blessed!! we pray that they will come again to be a blessing to us when the lord richly provides!

Team two is busy at it! there motivation is good and just like team one nothing can easily divert them from their focus.

Farewell to team one in style!!

today was filled with fun packed fun,we had miss florence's family bid farewell to team one!!

she shared alot,how the project even in its infancy has put a smile on her face,they intertained us to a nice skit which was so beautifull. the team was so excited.

team one will always remain our hearts!!!

Team 2!!! and the arrival of bitumen emulsion

bitumen being off loaded from the truck!

Jan 20th was indeed a busy day,first its the day i graduated with a BA EDUC (HONS) from Makerere university, for a year i had been tracing for missing marks which were finaly traced and i had to graduate. its also a day obama was doing his oath,the atmospahere here was filled with obamania!

It also marked the arrival of team two with all their luggages,this seldom happens,God is great, things are moving from glory to glory!! they arrived safely and were on site orientation today.... we look forward to working with them. lets believe God that all things will run as planned!!! so we should pray for divine protection,good health,favour and above all wisdom,and to allow God to us for his will!!

Today we had the much anticipated bitumen emulsion arrive on site!! this comes at a time when chris howe the mud bricks expert is here too,so we regard this as being in God's divine timing!!

we hope to use his experience and expertise.

the community connection.

one of the things the lord has done for hope builders is finding favor in the eyes of the community,this is evidenced in the way they would like to contribute to the development of their community so that the cycle of poverty is brocken,weeks ago johann and rob took off some time and had a talk with the widow who were sharing ways in which they could benefit from the project. For any project this aspect is very important,and by the end of the meeting a community connection had been formed,it ceased to be hope builders' stuff to a community project. Some of the widows 's views were taken in consideration and would be worked on in the near future..the widows would be interested in making crafts,diong small businesses like selling foodstuff goat farming,poutry and so on..
johann also informed them that the priority now was setting up the two houses and having highly vlnerable children in there but promised that financially sustable enterprises woulld be set up in addition to the brick enterprise in existance. The meeting was very fruitfull indeed. hey help breakl the cycle of poverty!!

Team 2 is on its way!!

Team two left on Tues morning from Melbourne and will have arrived today. Team one is eager for their arrival and are ready to hand over the batten. Please pray for team as they arrive in Jinja and get into things and as the two teams transition things.

Work on the site is slow and steady. The concrete ring beam is nearing completion before the last few courses of bricks are to be layed before the roof goes on, hopefully in a week or so.

The Bitumen was due to be on site on Tuesday or Weds. Please pray that has happened. Also pray for a smooth transition for the mudbrick makers as they transition to using the bitumen in the brick mix.

The work continues

Jim & Ben at the souce of the Nile River


Walls continuew to rise



Master brick layer Ben.

Site forman Caleb keeps the workers on their toes.

The Muzungus keep things happening. Master builder Rob Doeden's returned home on Monday leaving the rest of the team to keep working hard in the hot sun. Team two are packing thier bags and will be heading out on Monday.

The Bitumen Emulsion sounds like will be on site over the week end - just in time for the arrival of Chris Howe - flying in from the Congo - Chris has been helping us with the whole mud brick making process. He will join his wife and daughters who are also staying at the YWAM base.

The excavation is finally complete a bit over budget and some bigger than expected rocks, but it now means the slab for the administration hub can begin.

Keep praying for team one as they finish up and team 2 as they arrive early next week.

progress at the site!!

lots of progress is evident at the site,we have the walls going up,excavation has been successfull,though a big stone stands,we could use it for many things guess.maybe decorate it and stuff. the village of hope is amidst hope buildings. we have hope house that houses the bush fire ministries,then we have hope land that is home to the ywam base plus hope community high school that is 3 km away from the village of hope...sounds prophetic huh?

well the long awaited bitumen emulsion that we shall add in the bricks to be made is just days away to be on site,just some small clearing and we shall have it....

i know yu guys have really committed us in your prayers and thats really wonderfull,the lord has answered lots of our requests and we need to thank him for that.