​Yesterday one of our mamas brought this beautiful rug to showed me that she has made. I continue to be amazed at this mama’s talents. I have not bought rugs because I haven’t found the quality I want. This is better than anything I’ve seen in Uganda. It’s all done by hand with knitting needles.
today we took her and our other manager in training into town for hands on training. We stopped at a couple shops to see if they would be interested in some of these rugs in their shops as well. They are both interested and will talk to their higher ups to see if our ministry can have a space in their shop.
One is also interested in stocking our washable sanitary pads.
They were so excited to see the potential of getting things into stores. Please pray God would open doors for our products and that income would come in. It can be difficult for steady income due to poverty but we are trusting God to change that for our families.

​I can’t believe how much we have been able to do in a day since moving to a larger place.
Six ladies came to help take care of the property. We had a great meeting with our two mamas who are in training to lead the group. Along with Tom, our Family Coordinator, we created the budget for the month and talked about management responsibilities. This will take the pressure off of me to make all the decisions. It’s so good.
We also were able to get all the sewing materials out and send a suitcase home full of material for three of our mamas to sew the washable sanitary pads and get them ready for school starting in January.
Please pray God will open doors to provide them in the schools and give us opportunity to teach and share the Gospel as we do it.
We shopped for blankets and water filters for our families. More bottles will delivered tomorrow. And we put up our Christmas tree. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

20 blankets purchased so far!

​First week back was filled with so much excitement. God miraculously provided a long-term rental that we could move into so now we will have room to do so much. You can read more stories o on the photos.
We are so grateful to YWAM for the nine months we stayed there. It was such a blessing.
I am so looking forward to what God has in store for us in 2022. With more space and a large vision we will spend much of this month giving our ladies as much work as we can while they still work their own business.
We will be setting up leadership within this group and brainstorming business ideas. We will begin training two of our ladies for management within their group and then begin training others for individual roles in business.
God revealed to me this week that each lady struggles alone in her business. They are tired and still can’t make enough to meet the basic needs of food, shelter and education for their children.
God did not design us to work alone. He is a God of relationship, and community is so important.
I am even more committed to helping them discover their God-given gifts and helping them develop those gifts to work together in business. Please pray for a way out of poverty for them.
We are already working on several projects that we hope to be launching soon. The skills they will be learning will help in their own business and also equip them to run a group business.
Please pray for wisdom, discernment and direction as we move forward. Also pray that God would bring an American intern to help administratively. I could really an extra hand if it’s in His Will.

​GREAT story here. The tall one is Evan. Before I left we ran into him at the watering hole. He was walking back with his water jug on a hand made ladder he made for carrying the heavy jug. I told him what a great idea it was, how he could market and sell them and gave him about $.65 to buy nails. The month I was gone he made and sold many of them and bought himself two hens. Remember hens are the first business toward success here? Pray they stay healthy and that God grants him favor in this new venture.

Alyssa's favorite family and friends

Alyssa's new choir friends at church.

Our new friend who came and shot videos for us, and the first guest in the house.

WOW!  So much is happening, and God is so good.  We have found a new home and base for our offices, ministry activities and the bridal shop!  
The facility we had been renting from YWAM was due to be unavailable in September. Thankfully we were able to get the rental agreement extended until December, but the search began for a new facility to house our growing ministry and activities. We found a beautiful facility, truly perfect for our needs, but the price was out of reach. After much prayer and a few conversations with the owner to express the amazing things we are doing in the community, he agreed to bless us with a price reduction, bringing the rent to a level we can manage. This property will not only provide housing for me and Alyssa, but office and meeting space, a space for the bridal shop, fruit trees from which to harvest and places to plant more food. The house has basic furnishings, but we are in need of mosquito netting, pots and pans, and a tent for gathering outdoors in the courtyard. Would you consider coming alongside our ministry as part of Giving Tuesday? Thank you for all your support!

My friend Jennifer has been my donations supplier for about three years. She is on her way over today with that table full of items for our Uganda Christmas. We will let our mothers come and fill backpacks with necessities as well as some fun things for each of their children for Christmas!
Here’s where I need help. Will you be willing to donate for extra baggage fees. It’s $200 for each checked bag over our allowed bags. We will definitely have more than it limit.  
Thank you.

​This question was asked in an African country of some locals. When they described poverty, it did not reveal material lack at all. Instead the answers given indicated shame, fear, hopelessness and other human conditions, but not lack of material possessions.
Often we think it is the lack of material things. In reality, we are spiritual beings as much as we are physical beings. So poverty alleviation is about helping people to be "fully human. To live in right relationship with God, Self, Others and Creation." (CAFO)
This is our mission in Uganda. It is to restore not only my brokennesss but also help others restore their relationships, to God and others, through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There is no other way.
We are doing this by teaching the Word of God and helping each person know what it means to know God and be known by him. When we realize our God-given identity, it changes us. It gives us hope and a reason to get out of bed in the morning.
I was so excited to get these videos today from Uganda. This is today, Monday, which is coming to a close in Uganda. They came and volunteered. Wow, am I blessed.
May God bring spiritual, emotional and physical healing to each one our ladies and their families, as well as our staff. God, we all need you. May you come and fill each one of up, here and in Uganda, so we can be a light to others.

I would like to introduce myself, my ministry (which you may have seen some posts here over the years) and invite you follow us and join us as we serve in Uganda Africa.
I hope you will read our story and join our journey. 
I am founder and director of a 501c3 here in Grand County called That The World Will Know. We have just received our Uganda nonprofit approval (called an NGO). The name is Bulungi Agaliwamu, which means "Better Together," based on Ecc. 4:9-12.
We work alongside, and support in many different ways, 10-12 single mothers and widows in a remote village of Uganda. Our families and staff consist of about 60 people. I am currently spending about 6-8 months a year in Africa. I love the people of Uganda. They are so kind, friendly and joyful, even in the midst of extreme poverty.
Since 2018, we have been working to create sustainable and income generating opportunities for the people we serve. We are teaching them how to sew washable sanitary pads, a great need in this part of Uganda. So many girls drop out of school because they cannot meet this basic need. I'm excited to say that out of our 10 mamas, two have mastered the patterns and are sewing for income. Another is almost ready to be on her own, and the others are working so hard to learn. We have taught them all how to make liquid soap that they can sell for income. We have also provided each family with income to start a business. Some sell bananas, some clothes, others potatoes. Each lady chose a business and we helped them get the supplies to operate.
We started a Women's Empowerment group that meets once a week for Bible Study, life skills training, training on how to run a successful business and encouragement that comes from being in community together.
We are currently partnering with a local Uganda organization, Work 4 a Living. We have been able to send some of our family members, and staff, for job training. We currently have eight of our mamas in a 'Wired 4 Business" training course, which teaches all aspect of running a successful business. It also focuses heavily on overcoming the poverty mindset that is so prevalent Uganda.
In addition, we financially support all the families with some of their school fees. For the most needy families we are paying full tuition for a child. We recently enrolled two of our college age ladies in an apprenticeship program to learn a trade. They work some at the ministry office to help pay their tuition. We helped purchase land in September for one of our mothers who has been working so hard to save for land. She is one of our most desperate and needs a better place to live. Thanks to one of our doctors in Grand County we will be going back with a two-room tent that she can set up temporarily until we can raise money to build.
Another very exciting project is we are opening a Bridal shop under the Uganda NGO to help support our families and the work we do there. Thanks to the generous donation of 57 wedding gowns by local FB groups, we have been able to train each of our ladies in a skill so they can work one day a week in the wedding shop. Some will be washing dresses, some sewing, ironing, answering phones and other office work. This will not only help them have some income for their families but teach them skills they can use in their businesses and community as they move through our training programs.
There are so many good things happening in Uganda and currently I manage it myself. I have some wonderful Ugandan staff but I really need the help of a couple Americans to help with administration, fundraising and other things.
Here are some of our current needs if you would like to help out.
I am looking for an intern that would like to spent 3-6 months in Uganda. They must be strong in administration and computers. They will have to raise their support, but it is not a large amount. If you know someone or are interested you can email me at the email address below.
I'm also looking for someone who would like to volunteer to help manage our social media presence and website.
Right now we need donations of 100% cotton flannel for our Restoring Dignity Project (the washable sanitary pads).
Thanks to a generous financial donation from my dentist, this Christmas we will be providing all our families with a water filter and two water cans so they can have clean water. We also will purchase warm blankets for our families. The donation will not cover the cost of a blanket for each child, so you would like to donate funds for blankets and other Christmas package items that would be so wonderful.   
If you have read this far, thank you for reading our story. You can follow us on our FB ministry page: www.facebook.com/ThatTheWORLDWillKnow. I hope you will want to get involved or pass the information on to someone you know would love to be a part of a great work in Africa.
Have a blessed day.
Contact:
[email protected]
P.O. Box 4214
Granby, Co 80446
316-516-0823
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​We were blessed this summer with money to buy an oven. This was a first experience for one of our family members. They were just all sitting on the floor watching the cake bake. It was so great to come out of my room to see this.

​My special needs daughter loves living in Uganda. She has so much love to give and everyone loves her so much. It's like she was born for Africa.

​The five graduates. It was a tough course. You had to be on time, participate, start a business and earn money in three days. Some were continully late (a huge problem in Africa) and didn't receive the top accommodation. They can go through the training now for free as much as they would like. I have encouraged my staff to go through it again in November so they can help our families find jobs.

​Look what God has done. We have opened a bridal shop to help support the work of the ministry in Uganda. It is managed by women in our program. Each will be able to work one day a week to earn income for their personal business and family needs.
Pray for wisdom for them as they move forward to help brides find their perfect wedding dress.

​When I was home in July I was sharing with my friend Rena about our families and some of their dreams. When I told her of one mama who wanted to rear goats, she wanted to buy a goat for the family.
Today we went and found a pregnant goat who will hopefully give birth to two babies around November.
This is a such a big blessing for this family. Rearing goats can be a good business and go a long way to supporting a family here.
When we arrived at their home the kids wanted their photo with us and the goat. They were so happy and excited. Please pray the goat will be healthy and the babies will be healthy.
Thank you so much Rena for this life changing gift.

We all have a love language, a language that feeds our soul and helps us know we are loved. “According to Dr. Chapman, there are five primary love languages that people speak. These include words of affirmation, quality time, physical touch, acts of service, and receiving gifts.”
While Uganda has been in lockdown we’ve been trying to spend more time with our families. Carol’s love language is quality time. She loves for us to come and spend the day. Sometimes that’s hard to do but with the current COVID restrictions in Uganda we’ve been able to spend more time with our families, which is what I love more than anything.
She and her daughters fixed us lunch while we played with the kids. Then our Family Care Coordinator, Tommie, took the boys and Alyssa fishing.
Several ladies have offered us to stay for tea or a meal and so we have decided that we are going to spend ours days with different families instead of visiting a short time. I hope you enjoy our day with Carol and her family and some other families in the village. It was a wonderful Wednesday.