I will be speaking at the Vancouver First Friends Church on Monday, June 11th at 11:30. Just wanted to let you know if that place is more convenient for you than the others in the Portland area.
Laurie
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012
May 25th - Update and dates
Greetings, Friends!
I had a great time this past weekend with all of you at The Bridge in Burley! Thanks so much for your expressions of love for my kids in Budaka, and for me. You guys rock.
I talked with Rogers on Sunday and everyone is doing well. School has started and he sent me the picture you have of our kids on the first day of the 2nd term. (I look at the picture and remember how hard it is to get 31 kids to all look forward and smile [or at least look interested!].) It's so fun to see them.
The 2nd picture is of our maize growing. As you may remember, we rented land for 2 years for the restaurant. We were not able to build the restaurant, and are now doing the bakery instead, but we are using the land to grow crops for food for the kids. Thanks for praying - we continue to listen and learn to adjust. We should get several bags of maize from this land, which will give our kids posho for a couple of months. (Posho is a staple of Ugandan food.)
Here are upcoming scheduled times I will be speaking and/or presenting pictures and videos of Cornerstone. Would love to see you!
Thanks so much for all the clothes, shoes, books and baking items you all have given us to take back. Some of you have said you are still bringing things. It would help a lot if we could have everything by July 1 so we can get a good idea of what will go back with us and what will come with the next team. We are still in need of:
Laurie
I had a great time this past weekend with all of you at The Bridge in Burley! Thanks so much for your expressions of love for my kids in Budaka, and for me. You guys rock.
I talked with Rogers on Sunday and everyone is doing well. School has started and he sent me the picture you have of our kids on the first day of the 2nd term. (I look at the picture and remember how hard it is to get 31 kids to all look forward and smile [or at least look interested!].) It's so fun to see them.
The 2nd picture is of our maize growing. As you may remember, we rented land for 2 years for the restaurant. We were not able to build the restaurant, and are now doing the bakery instead, but we are using the land to grow crops for food for the kids. Thanks for praying - we continue to listen and learn to adjust. We should get several bags of maize from this land, which will give our kids posho for a couple of months. (Posho is a staple of Ugandan food.)
Here are upcoming scheduled times I will be speaking and/or presenting pictures and videos of Cornerstone. Would love to see you!
- Hesperia CA, New Life Chapel, Sunday, May 27, 8:30 and 10:30 am services
- Santa Fe Springs CA, Florence Avenue Foursquare, Wednesday, May 30, morning chapel
- Newark, CA, Saturday, June 2, 4pm
- Hillsboro, OR, Monday, June 11, 7pm
- Hillsboro, OR, Sunday, July 1, 1pm
- Cottage Grove, OR, Sunday, July 8, morning service
Thanks so much for all the clothes, shoes, books and baking items you all have given us to take back. Some of you have said you are still bringing things. It would help a lot if we could have everything by July 1 so we can get a good idea of what will go back with us and what will come with the next team. We are still in need of:
- reading books (up to Grade 3)
- fine tip permanent markers
- small digital clock
Laurie
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
May 16th - Budaka pics- Hillsboro and Newark
Now you have 2 choices to hear about what's happening in Budaka, you Hillsboro folk...
Hope to see many of you at one of these!
Laurie
- Monday night, June 11, 7pm
- Sunday afternoon, July 1, 1pm
- Thursday night, May 31
- Saturday afternoon, June 2, 4pm
Hope to see many of you at one of these!
Laurie
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
May 15th - Hillsboro area Budaka update
All of you who are in the Hillsboro area - we will have at least 2 presentations. Here is the one I know for sure the date of:
If this date doesn't work, but you would like to see what's going on, we will make sure there is another time.
Laurie
- Monday, June 11th, at 7pm.
If this date doesn't work, but you would like to see what's going on, we will make sure there is another time.
Laurie
Monday, May 14, 2012
May 14th - Update...from Eugene this time
Greetings, Friends.
I thought it was hard to keep up on once-a-week communication from Uganda, but it is proving harder from here in the States...sorry it's been a couple of weeks since I've written.
I've had a great time with many of you either one-on-one or at your churches and schools. Still waiting to see many of you in the next 4 weeks!
Wonderful to be with DaySpring Fellowship yesterday. Thanks to my mom and dad for opening that door, and to all of you "DaySpringians" for graciously welcoming me to tell about what is happening in Budaka.
I was so sorry to miss my time with Vancouver Friends last Sunday, as well as many individual appointments due to putting my back out :( I was down for several days, but, thanks to our Lord and a wonderful chiropractor here in Eugene, I am on the mend and able to move again without pain. Thanks to all of you who pray for me!
I leave Eugene tomorrow and then will head to Burley, Idaho on Thursday. So excited to be with The Bridge this Sunday. Then on to southern California with New Hope in Hesperia and northern California with Broken and Mending Ministries.
I talked with Rogers and things are going well there. The children (except the 4 who have nowhere to go) went for their required clan visits last week, Monday through Friday. Since we don't tell them exactly when I will return, they were apparently having discussions about if I would be there when they got back on Friday. Ronald (our oldest boy) told all of them he "knew" I wouldn't be back then, but others disagreed. Wish I could have been there when they returned - it would have been fun. But my time is coming!
Cornerstone is so blessed by the Lord to have so many friends here in the States. Thank you all for loving my kids, the staff and the people of Budaka. Rogers has been trying to get pictures to me, but the internet has been down there more than it's been working, so we will have to wait. When he sends them, though, I will send them on. I have included a picture of the presentation in Austin TX at Winkley Elementary 2 weeks ago. Thanks, Ann...and Chad who got us connected originally!
Some have asked about the arts/crafts made by Ugandans. (BTW - thanks to AHB School in Austin whose kids, teachers and parents purchased about $400 worth of items to support Cornerstone. Wow!) I do have many kinds of crafts with me and take them to the places where I speak, but if there are particular things you would like to purchase, just let me know. We have jewelry (paper bead necklaces, earrings and necklaces made from cow bone, seed bracelets), bookmarks (made from tree bark), African fabrics (3-yd pieces), baskets (papyrus and banana fiber), Ugandan men's shirts, keychains with Ugandan money, and many other things. You can see some in the picture from Winkley Elementary - they are on the table in the foreground.
Hope to have more information and pics from Budaka for you next time I write.
Love you all!
Laurie
I thought it was hard to keep up on once-a-week communication from Uganda, but it is proving harder from here in the States...sorry it's been a couple of weeks since I've written.
I've had a great time with many of you either one-on-one or at your churches and schools. Still waiting to see many of you in the next 4 weeks!
Wonderful to be with DaySpring Fellowship yesterday. Thanks to my mom and dad for opening that door, and to all of you "DaySpringians" for graciously welcoming me to tell about what is happening in Budaka.
I was so sorry to miss my time with Vancouver Friends last Sunday, as well as many individual appointments due to putting my back out :( I was down for several days, but, thanks to our Lord and a wonderful chiropractor here in Eugene, I am on the mend and able to move again without pain. Thanks to all of you who pray for me!
I leave Eugene tomorrow and then will head to Burley, Idaho on Thursday. So excited to be with The Bridge this Sunday. Then on to southern California with New Hope in Hesperia and northern California with Broken and Mending Ministries.
I talked with Rogers and things are going well there. The children (except the 4 who have nowhere to go) went for their required clan visits last week, Monday through Friday. Since we don't tell them exactly when I will return, they were apparently having discussions about if I would be there when they got back on Friday. Ronald (our oldest boy) told all of them he "knew" I wouldn't be back then, but others disagreed. Wish I could have been there when they returned - it would have been fun. But my time is coming!
Cornerstone is so blessed by the Lord to have so many friends here in the States. Thank you all for loving my kids, the staff and the people of Budaka. Rogers has been trying to get pictures to me, but the internet has been down there more than it's been working, so we will have to wait. When he sends them, though, I will send them on. I have included a picture of the presentation in Austin TX at Winkley Elementary 2 weeks ago. Thanks, Ann...and Chad who got us connected originally!
Some have asked about the arts/crafts made by Ugandans. (BTW - thanks to AHB School in Austin whose kids, teachers and parents purchased about $400 worth of items to support Cornerstone. Wow!) I do have many kinds of crafts with me and take them to the places where I speak, but if there are particular things you would like to purchase, just let me know. We have jewelry (paper bead necklaces, earrings and necklaces made from cow bone, seed bracelets), bookmarks (made from tree bark), African fabrics (3-yd pieces), baskets (papyrus and banana fiber), Ugandan men's shirts, keychains with Ugandan money, and many other things. You can see some in the picture from Winkley Elementary - they are on the table in the foreground.
Hope to have more information and pics from Budaka for you next time I write.
Love you all!
Laurie
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