Village Church Members in Uganda
This summer, a number of members of the Village Church as well as other churches located throughout the United States participated in Fount of Mercy’s Travel With Purpose program, traveling to Uganda and using their various abilities to minister to the inhabitants of neighboring villages and teach skills ranging from accounting and grant writing to garment design.
Many of those who traveled blogged about their experiences. The blog opens with an introduction:
Fount of Mercy is back in Uganda for their second visit. Last year we established relationships with six indigenous grass-root organizations who are caring for orphans and vulnerable children in Kampala and Jinja Uganda. Last year on our trip we meet with each organization, listening to their vision and dreams.
This year we have returned with a large group of volunteers to provide technical support. Our volunteers are traveling to Uganda from New York City, Boston, Archer City and Reno. They are teachers, accountants, pastors, nurses, costume makers, fashion designers and students. This summer our volunteers are going to be teaching workshops for our organizations to attend. Follow our blog to see how our summer goes.
Tara shared about her experience working with Marie to teach design & sketch classes.
We started our first day talking to the 20ish women about how important it is for us to be creative. Then we showed them current fashions from around the world. This lead to where we find inspiration…in nature and works of fine art. We had them choose artwork they were inspired by and colors they loved. They went around and shared why they had chosen what they had, and how they could translate some of the ideas into garments. At that point, we were excited that they had been open to our sharing of new things with them, but had no idea how interested they’d be in the whole class.
Alex and Ann taught on accounting and grant writing:
There were a few moments that strike me. While I was teaching I was having a hard time figuring out if the workshop participants were understanding me or were receptive to my teaching. It was about an hour into my lesson. I was confident 4 people were following along….the others, not sure. A man asked a question….3 people started answering it for me…they were talking about all the things I’d just taught. It was a great moment, my students understood me, so much so that they were anxious to help others understand too!
Visit the blog for more stories and reflections from the team that traveled to Uganda. And check back soon for pictures and more!
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you are very good people. i’ve visited to Uganda too. i know that how people lives there. Please do not stop to help them. Thank you very much. God blesses you.
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