Trustee Trip to Kasese District: 

Feb 24th – March 13th 2012 - Proposed Schedule

Friday – Feb 24th

Flight to Entebbe, Rob and Liz meet up with Dennis and stay at Adonai Guesthouse in Kampala

Sat Feb 25th

Driver pick up at 9am – Get shillings and Reading books and drive to Ibanda Rwenzori Basecamp Guesthouse.

Meet with Lumika and Rebecca at the guesthouse to greet them and give brief outline of our mission.

Sunday Feb 26th

Go to Maliba Church for service with Lumika and Rebecca – to include meeting Neckson, Joshua and Wilson.

Later in the day meet with the full executive team, including Neckson and Joshua to discuss our Mission and moving forward concept.

Monday Feb 27th

Liz and Rob School review and /Seminars, Dennis Accounts/Health issues

Tuesday Feb 28th

Liz at St Mark’s School for seminars etc

Rob and Dennis to Kasese – Slates if nec. etc including meeting with manager of ‘Five Talents’ in Kasese.

In the evening, supper with Rebecca, Lumika and Yeghe the school Bursar- to continue discussion of Mission and Moving Forward etc

Wednesday Feb 29th

Rob and Liz – ‘A Day in the Life’ Video and clothes distribution to orphans with photographs at Lumika’s House.

Thursday March 1st

Kevin Duffy Health Visit at St Mark’s School and Chapel at School. Later Kevin and Dennis to visit Khanya Village to meet with the village Chairman. Liz and Rob working at School and doing video.

Friday March 2nd

Lois Pre-Wedding Ceremony and later team to continue with charity business.

Saturday March 3rd

Dennis leaving with Kevin. Rob and Liz to Lois Wedding Ceremony.

Sunday March 4th

Rob and Liz Church at Maliba and Visit widows/new pig photo (Video). Update list of widows with Rebecca. Get news of pigs and piglets etc

Monday March 5th

Liz and Rob - Orphan letters to sponsors and letters to pupils in the UK.

Liz P7 Leavers Questionnaire

Tuesday March 6th

Liz to hold seminars with teachers at St Mark’s School, to review school policies for discipline and special needs. Rob reviewing structural developments and on going concerns. Later Rob and Liz visit King Jesus College for news of orphans.

Wednesday March 7th

Liz and Rob go to Dave and Dani Renno

March 13th – Liz and Rob back to UK


Please pray with us as we prepare for our trip and during our time in Uganda. Claire Newby has written the prayer below.


Dear Heavenly Father,


We pray for our brothers and sister, Dennis, Rob and Lizzie, carrying out your work in East Kasese, Uganda with An African Dream.

We ask that your give them safe journeys, just as you walked alongside the disciples on the road to Emmaus - accompany them on their journey too.
Lord be their wisdom, grant them the gift of knowledge, allow them to have spiritual eyes to see the truth, and where needed, give them insight to know what to do if problems arise.


Help them to be your ambassadors; allow them to shine bright as we are called to be 'salt and light to the world'.

May they be bringers of love, joy, grace and mercy to all those that they meet.


Bless all those which they will encounter; the children, young people, parents, teachers, widows, church members, and the church leaders.


May Dennis, Rob and Liz know that they are your servants; your hands, feet and voice to all those who they meet, and may they radiate your love to all.


In the name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ we pray.


Amen



Trustees Update

We are pleased to announce that Trish Harding has taken on the role of Treasurer.  This has allowed Dennis Preston to move to the post of Chairman taking over from Rob Turner, to whom our thanks go for his erudite leadership and incisive wisdom during his time in the chair and as a Trustee prior to that. We wish him well with his growing church and family responsibilities.

Please pray for the new leadership in the coming months.  (In Picture: Rebecca; Rob; Dennis; Lumika)

Our next visit to St Mark's - Feb 2012

Liz, Rob and Dennis are very much looking forwarded to their trip to St Mark's & the community this month.

News for the New Year!

So much has happened its hard to know where to begin.

We were able to bless 121 widows in the East Kasese community with a gift of meat and rice at Christmas time.

There have been a number of conferences taking place in Uganda including one for married couples
27th.-31st Dec 2011.

25 new believers were baptised last weekend following teaching at the seminars and crusades which took place over Christmas and New Year.

Pastors have just begun another month of Bible training and 22 pastors will graduate in July this year.  10 pastors are already waiting to begin training later this year.

3 Teen conferences will take place between 16th and 21st January

St Mark's School will begin a new school year in February with new orphans joining the school - please get in touch if you could sponsor one.  We will also soon hear the results of exams taken in November.

A team will be going out to Uganda in February to see the ongoing work including a new tank and guttering installed at St Mark's and also other building developments which has taken place.

We are continuing to support congregations who have begun to build new churches but are unable to complete the roofs.


We have recently been reminded of the fragility of life when we heard news that the bursar of St Mark's school (who is also a pastor and evangelist) lost his wife, he now cares for his 7 children alone.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support.

Fundraising this autumn

A joint fundraising day on October 22nd for Macmillan Cancer Support and An African Dream raised a fantastic total of £979, of which £464 went to AAD.
Two weeks later Liz and Rob held a coffee morning and sale at Bishops Cannings raised another £220.
Every little helps! (to quote an old friend!)

News from St Mark's school

All the children at St Marks school in class P7 passed their Nov 11' PLE (Primary Learning Exams.)

Liz and Rob's Coffee Morning

We made £220 for the charity at a coffee morning in Bishop's Cannings Village Hall yesterday. It was a great success and we are thankful for the support of those that attended.