Happy Halloween Friends & Family!
Becky told me a few days ago
that she saw a post on Facebook that announced there are 8 weeks until
Christmas. What! Crazy. Now all of the sudden I am inspired to pull out our
Pentatonix Christmas album or some Charlie Brown. I know in reality that
Christmas is still 2 months away but lately it seems that the end of 2015 is
racing towards us. Recently Becky’s parents and my mom have both come and gone
to visit us here in Uganda. They were great trips filled with lots of laughs
and memories made but they went by way too fast. The main project I have been
involved with since moving to Uganda has, to use a construction term, been
substantially completed and I now have the privilege of working with some other
great partners and ministries. But again it went by way too fast. As we hurdle
towards the new year, the end of our time here in Uganda seems to speeding up as
well. We still have about 3 ½ months left here, which is a long time, but we
are starting to have logistical items that are needing attention in preparation
and that naturally leads us to looking ahead. So we currently find ourselves
desiring to still be ‘all here’ in Uganda and make the most of what God has but
in at the same time being pulled back home.
As a part of our looking ahead to the end of our time in Uganda, I wanted
to write an update that gave a brief summary on some of what we have been doing
here in Uganda and what your prayers and money have been supporting.
- Engineering Ministries International (eMi) www.emiusa.org – EMI is the organization that I have been working for while in Uganda. They are a group of Architects, Engineers, Surveyors, Construction Managers & support staff that really want to serve God with all their hearts using their technical & professional skills. They are a group of people who really love what they do and love the people they are serving.
- Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) www.maf.org – MAF is an organization who desires
to get the gospel to the isolated places of the world. They use aviation to
take people and supplies to countries like South Sudan. I have had the
privilege to work closely alongside some MAF employees and they, like EMI,
desire to use their technical skills to serve God and the ministries they
support. The main project I have been working here has been a new shared office
space for MAF & EMI.
MAF/EMI new office building on MAF's existing airfield
- Cherish Uganda www.cherishuganda.org – Cherish Uganda
is an organization that exists to help children living with HIV in Uganda. They
have 56 children currently living on their campus that have HIV. They support
these kids and the surrounding community with a primary school and hospital.
EMI designed & built a clinic that is the first piece of their hospital
they desire to have. I am currently involved on several small projects for
Cherish like a generator house and 2 latrine buildings for 2 of their existing
homes.
Clinic at Cherish Uganda that EMI designed & built
- Universite Chretienne Bilingue Du Congo
(UCBC) www.ucbc.org – UCBC is
Christian university in Beni, DRC that is a community development initiative to
educate and train Christian leaders of tomorrow in the DRC. EMI has been
involved with UCBC for a few years in the repurposing of some of their current
buildings and the master planning of their future plans. I got to visit UCBC in
2014 and am continuing to work with them periodically on their existing
community centre.
UCBC Community Centre that EMI is helping to retrofit
- African Children’s Choir (ACC) www.africanchildrenschoir.com –
ACC is an organization that supports children all over Africa by giving them
support and an education that they could not otherwise afford. ACC supports
these kids by doing choir tours in the western world to raise funds for their
education. EMI has been a long partner of ACC in Uganda and has designed &
built their primary school campus. I will be a part of starting construction
for their new Choir Training Centre before we leave in February.
ACC existing campus
- Acacia International School www.acacia.co.ug – Acacia is a Christian
international school in Kampala. Becky has had the privilege of getting to
teach science at their secondary school for the 2 years we have been here. They
are a school that really wants to make a difference in the children they educate,
particularly providing world class education for missionary families.
Becky's science class doing an experiment
There have
been many other people & ministries that we have been involved with while
living here but the above are some of the ones we wanted to highlight. Thank
you to everyone for your prayers and support that have enabled us to live here
and be a part of the body of Christ here in Uganda. It’s been awesome. We appreciate
you all very much. We will be doing a follow-up update in a few days, so be
looking for it!
Please feel
free to email us anytime with what’s going on in your lives. We would love to
hear. (jaywhisnand@gmail.com / becky.whisnand@gmail.com)
Jay, Becky,
Nathaniel & Bethany Whisnand
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you want to contribute to our support account, please go to http://emiworld.org/donate.php. There
are options for donating from the US or Canada. You can donate by CC or check.
Any questions, please email.
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| Trip with my Mom to Queen Elizabeth National Park |
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| My Mom took me rafting down the Nile River for my birthday. It was AWESOME!! |
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