TEAMS TEAMS’s resident Pastor Charles Ajum is seriously unwell and since the beginning of this year has been in and out of hospital in Kampala with dreadful abdominal pains and bleeding. After tests he was diagnosed as having severe ulcerative colitis and more recently is undergoing treatment for suspected kidney failure. Charles is a young man in his early 30’s, married, with 2 children and previously enjoyed good health. Hospital treatment …
TEAMS has grown up! It had its 21st birthday this year. What a lot of wonderful things have happened during its ‘childhood’. We have truly been blessed. We hope that we have managed to pass on these blessings to those in Northern Uganda who are vulnerable, have little, or simply needed to get to know our Lord and saviour a little more. We have so many things to give thanks …
Today, I was asked to speak in our daily morning devotionals, on faith as a fruit of the Spirit. Faith has been a key component in my life (as it should for all of us). It is a strong or unshakable belief in something; trust in God and His actions and promises; or the belief of testimony. I have found that faith is the “currency”, if you will, by which …
As we sat for our morning devotionals, the theme for the morning was meekness. Meekness is usually described as being in a state of humility or of a lowly mind, which means to think yourself lower than God. However, there is a greater extension to that meaning and Jesus talks about meekness regularly for a specific reason. Meekness is accepting adversity, tribulation and trials without complaint. Jesus wanted to prepare …
“Every great journey begins with a step”. A saying that has never rung so true, than on the Thursday 14th August 2014, when we a 10 strong team began our journey to Gulu Uganda. As we took our first steps at air side to board, we had no idea what we were about to experience. The flight preparation for our mission was not the direct route that we had wanted. …
We live in a world, where evidence is king, seeing is believing and materiality is progress. Yet, just like you cant take the ‘green out of grass’ or the ‘blue out of sky’ so you cant take ‘faith out of fact’. Intuitive to man, is to have belief. Belief in something, belief in anything, belief in nothing! Man must believe. Rationality and reason will satisfy the mind, but not the …
With the horrific abduction of 200 children in Nigeria, we are consciencebound to ask the question – how hardened can the human heart become? InGulu we have seen firsthand the cowardice of using children as human tools forpolitical and religious gain. There can be no greater cowardice than exertinghuman control on innocent lives. The 25 year civil unrest saw over 80% of thelocal population displaced into Internally Displaced Camps on …
As we enter the season of Spring,after the dark winter months, it is so refreshing to see the changes all around. New leaves and colourful blossom blooming on the once bare trees. The days are now lighter both early in the morning and later in the evenings, which is a much welcomed change. It is also looked upon as a season of new life in creation in general, which is …
The Agape Child Support programme is a project that funds the education of children predominantly from orphaned backgrounds through sponsorship. The funds go towards school fees, uniforms, scholastic materials and medical support. The Agape programme first began back in 2001 with just 3 orphaned girls. Since 2005 there have been over 30 children receive from the programme. Some are no longer with us due to a change in their personal circumstances. …
We are now back from the mission after a gruelling 10-12 days. It was so easy to get carried away in the day to day grind of it but upon reflection something incredible yet simple stands out. The faithfulness of God. The missions trip was incredibly positive in many ways in which we witnessed God perform recreative miracles; team growth individually and corporately whilst that sense that the Holy Spirit was …