You Are Most Welcome

You Are Most Welcome

Follow along with eight disciples as they travel to Bududa, Uganda to work with our partners at the Bududa Learning Center.  To experience so many intense, passionate emotions in one day seemed unfathomable… until today. As the newest members of the Uganda MPPC...
No Such Thing as a ‘Typical Day’

No Such Thing as a ‘Typical Day’

Follow along with eight disciples as they travel to Bududa, Uganda to work with our partners at the Bududa Learning Center.  I am often asked to describe a typical day on a mission trip and quite honestly, I wrestle with how to answer this question. How do I describe...
Leg Ball, Anyone?

Leg Ball, Anyone?

Follow along with eight disciples as they travel to Bududa, Uganda to work with our partners at the Bududa Learning Center. What a day we had in Bududa! After a glorious hike the ‘back way’ to school, we experienced a school assembly, which is an entirely different...
We Love You, Too

We Love You, Too

“We love you, too. Come back soon.” That parting phrase from Robert, the COO of the Bududa Learning Center, slipped past me at first. He’d caught a ride with us to Mbale, so when he hopped out I stuck my arm out the window and said “We love you, Robert!” His reply,...
Exploring the Bududa Loop

Exploring the Bududa Loop

The porch of the guest house is a pretty amazing place. It’s a little ways up a hill, overlooking the main loop road in the valley (we’ve been calling it the ‘Bududa Loop’) and you can soak in all the sights and sounds: people talking to each other along the road,...
Hey Boda-boda!

Hey Boda-boda!

I rode a Boda Boda this morning, which was both terrifying and thrilling. Driving through Kampala, we saw these motorcycle taxis threading in and around traffic with their fares clinging to the back. They’d dart around larger vehicles and take to the sidewalks when it...
Malembe (Hello!) from Bududa

Malembe (Hello!) from Bududa

It takes two days, three flights, and eight hours on a bus to get to Bududa, Uganda. We’re in the first few years of a new partnership with the Bududa Learning Center, which is a school dedicated to educating and equipping children and young adults in one of the most...
Muster the Meal Brigade!

Muster the Meal Brigade!

The Men’s Shelter of Charlotte is renovating their North Tryon St Campus from April – July 2018 and needs help providing meals to their guests as their kitchen will be closed during the renovation. Disciples are needed to donate supplies for and assemble...
Reflecting on a Holy Experience

Reflecting on a Holy Experience

Tonight our Uganda Mission Team begins the long journey back home, we carry with us joyful and heavy hearts. We have made many new friends in this beautiful mountain village of Bududa – students, faculty and disciples, all living in community together. As a...