God hears and answers. We just need to ask.

​I've been told by several here in Uganda that it can take several years to find your place and true calling in Africa. This past trip I feel like I have clarity on what God wants us to do over there and so we filed paperwork to become an NGO in Uganda.
The purpose of this post is for prayer, but I want to share a few thoughts so you'll understand the significance of the need for your prayers.
The photos posted here are some of the ladies we are ministering to at this time. The goal and the purpose of empowerment is to create sustainability and not dependency for them. They are each uniquely created in the image of God and they have all the resources within themselves and their community to achieve their full purpose. In order for them to truly succeed this requires not only addressing the issue of poverty but the entire worldview behind it.
As I've been praying and meditating on what this will look like as we begin a new work in Uganda I've come across some great literature that lines up with my vision of creating an organization birthed from a Biblical world view that involves four key components. These line up with my understanding of how Jesus would want us to serve "the least of these” and the need for prayer.
"To understand the relationship between world view and development, one needs to examine the example of Jesus’ own development in Luke 2:52: “Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favour with God and men.” Jesus’ development involved growth in the intellectual or mental aspect (wisdom), in the physical aspect (stature), in the spiritual aspect (in favour with God), and in the social aspect (favour with men). These four core areas are the core of any meaningful development effort and shape the process and strategies we use as key players in the community development process, shape dialogues and activities around the approaches to be taken, determine the indicators for measuring success from the community’s perspective, as well as shape how those activities lead communities to transformation." ~World Vision
The article mentioned above lines up with core values of TTWWK, to empower and strengthen families spiritually, physically and emotionally. It is discipling the whole person.
Here is my prayer as I prepare to return to Uganda, taken also from the literature I'm reading.
Please pray for spiritual preparedness on my part and on the part of those in our organization. Pray that we will be moving towards achieving sustainable change and significantly improving the social and spiritual well-being of children and their families. Pray he will guide every single step and we will hear his voice say “this is the way. Walk in it.”
God hears and answers. We just need to ask.
Thank you so much!!!

​Alinda has been very successful in our program. She wants to own her own shop one day.

Nalongo wants to buy land and provide a safe home and education for her children.

Mary wants her house completed and Esther wants to be a successful business woman so she can empower others to succeed.