Our Ugandan cooperative, Peter Kimbugwe, wrote us a letter recently that was too good not to share. We have been working with Peter since 2004, when we first began serving in Uganda. A brick-maker and farmer by trade, Peter also has a gift for languages, and has served as our primary translator in Uganda for over a decade. He now serves as our chief instructor at the Institute for G.O.D. East Africa, on top of other administrative responsibilities, gardening, and launching an animal husbandry endeavor with his wife, Cissy. This year, we were able to build Peter a home on our property, which will allow him even more freedom to use his giftings in to further our projects and programs.
Hello brethren,
I am so thankful for all that the LORD is doing in our lives, transforming us to the likeness of his son through his word. It's so wonderful to learn about his ways and to know them and to walk in them. I can't imagine the anxiety, the that I would have felt in my life if I had not known the LORD. It is amazing that to be in relationship with God, which automatically demands to be in good relationship with God's people as well, this brings a sense of joy and fulfillment to our lives. Not forgetting the high calling to serve the creator of the universe, and the blessed opportunity of becoming his children and representatives on earth, it is great.
<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514ce42ae4b0d2e6d866511c/1430495599393-N0HZJGBKAFSEJ4SXBK8V/gardens.jpg" alt=" The rainy season has just begun in Uganda, and our cooperatives tell us that that means "more business," i.e. there is so much to do!&nbsp; " />
The rainy season has just begun in Uganda, and our cooperatives tell us that that means "more business," i.e. there is so much to do!
<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514ce42ae4b0d2e6d866511c/1430499384416-O7MJDTX1A2O7K088YAOP/green.jpg" alt=" This is the G.O.D. property in Uganda, located outside of Kampala, on seven acres. The structure is where all large meetings, bible studies, and seminars occur.&nbsp; " />
This is the G.O.D. property in Uganda, located outside of Kampala, on seven acres. The structure is where all large meetings, bible studies, and seminars occur.
<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514ce42ae4b0d2e6d866511c/1430495601304-YH9LU20U1L7K6AFIVX26/peter+house+1.jpg" alt=" Cooperative and friend of Peter's, Francis Lubega, skilled mason and builder, has been the foreman for Peter's home, and all structures on our property. His apprentice, Tom, is finishing the plaster on Peter's house.&nbsp; " />
Cooperative and friend of Peter's, Francis Lubega, skilled mason and builder, has been the foreman for Peter's home, and all structures on our property. His apprentice, Tom, is finishing the plaster on Peter's house.
<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514ce42ae4b0d2e6d866511c/1430496234665-32WQFT1WA9LBDH6T3XHK/Image+Today%2C+12-17-32+AM.jpg" alt=" All students at the Institute for G.O.D. East Africa are involved in food production. The land is home to 44 beds.&nbsp; " />
All students at the Institute for G.O.D. East Africa are involved in food production. The land is home to 44 beds.
<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514ce42ae4b0d2e6d866511c/1430496236915-OM1FFDVZLUEWZTUG4MPH/IMG_6189.JPG" alt=" Peter instructs college students in a class called Christian Development, which introduces psychological and developmental concepts about living out a vocation and participating in a community of faith.&nbsp; " />
Peter instructs college students in a class called Christian Development, which introduces psychological and developmental concepts about living out a vocation and participating in a community of faith.
We are so grateful for the kind of love and care that is constantly shown to us through different ways, I feel like I do not have the real and true words to express our joy and appreciation for the new home. Sometimes it becomes overwhelming and it leaves me missing the right words to use, but we are so thankful and grateful for all the hard work, dedication and commitment that has been displayed by everyone, may the LORD bless everyone that has been involved in the construction of our home. On the other hand it challenges me in different ways as well, as we strive to serve together in this vocation.
<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514ce42ae4b0d2e6d866511c/1430495716584-CBXHIWQHVPXM2BDGQVJY/15264454375_15c7aae263_k.jpg" alt=" Joel is number five of the six Kimbugwe children.&nbsp; " />
Joel is number five of the six Kimbugwe children.
<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514ce42ae4b0d2e6d866511c/1430495716524-AE6VI8RA0V2252Y5QR2W/15077748970_e3b7aadff7_k.jpg" alt=" Joy is the fourth of the Kimbugwe children, and definitely lives up to her name.&nbsp; " />
Joy is the fourth of the Kimbugwe children, and definitely lives up to her name.
<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514ce42ae4b0d2e6d866511c/1430495729953-2CO6D9GXSUTB04ZZAK4P/IMG_9645.jpg" alt=" All of our cooperatives from East Africa, including three families from Uganda and two from Kenya, with their children.&nbsp; " />
All of our cooperatives from East Africa, including three families from Uganda and two from Kenya, with their children.
<img src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/514ce42ae4b0d2e6d866511c/1430495795396-L14OY1PRITCWZ3LUIHPA/IMG_9230.jpg" alt=" Peter and Cissy Kimbugwe. " />
Peter and Cissy Kimbugwe.
My family is doing well, the kids are growing so fast, they have started their first term holidays, which will take them a slightly more than three weeks. It's now raining and we are busy organizing the gardens. Cissy's pigs produced two young ones.
Please extend our greetings, love and appreciation to all the brethren, we truly love you, miss you, and we pray for you often, God bless you so much.
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