News & Updates

December Update – Christmas & Scholarships
Christmas! Thank you so much for your generous support of our Ugandan Christmas celebration. To say that God provided above and beyond through all of you and others, would be a vast understatement! Our goal was to raise $10,000, I was praying for $20,000, and God provided $26,857! WOW! Truly amazing. We knew from the beginning that God would provide exactly what He needed for His purposes. The extra funds will enable our team to reach even more people with the

V127 September Update – School Info & Prayer Needs
Here is the latest from Uganda Schools We just received word that Primary and Secondary schools will not be allowed to meet for in-person learning until Jan 2022. This is not the news we hoped for, as you well know the challenges of our children learning at home. Once again, our team is working hard on behalf of our kids. Our teachers are meeting with small groups of children in various areas of our dormitory and the church building to

August Update – Thankful for steadfast love! ❤
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV Here is the latest from Uganda Lockdown The lockdown has been eased somewhat, with more transportation allowed and some public places allowed to open, but churches and schools are still closed. The government has said that they will remain closed until they receive shipments of vaccines. They are hoping for some Johnson & Johnson

July Update – Reminders of His Faithfulness
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.James 1:2-4 NLT Here is the latest from Uganda Victory House We have a roof on Victory House! The trusses are up and the metal sheeting was just completed

V127 June Update – Prayer Needed
Dear Friends, I just heard from Pastor Herbert that there has been a recent surge in Covid cases in Uganda. (They have had a very difficult time getting the vaccine there, and less than 1% of the population has been vaccinated.) As a result, the president made an emergency announcement Sunday evening that all churches and schools will be closed for the next six weeks. The children have until this Thursday to return to their homes, and then travel restrictions will be implemented. There

Happy Mother’s Day from V127!
Happy Mother’s Day to all of our amazing moms! Thank you for your sacrifice and for your commitment to your families. Thank you for shining your light for Jesus so brightly in the way that you love your children. I wanted to spotlight for you today one of our courageous Ugandan mommas. Faith’s story is very similar to many of our mothers…persevering through extreme hardship to insure the survival of their children. Faith lost her husband to HIV about 10

V127 May Update
Dear Friends, Happy Mother’s Day! I am reflecting today on my amazing mom, who has now been with Jesus for 30 years, and a grandmother who was fierce in her

V127 April Update
Dear Friends, First of all, thank you so much to those of you who contributed to our emergency rice and beans donation last week! God provided $2500 for us to send

COVID-19 in Uganda
Dear Friends, Just a quick update to let you know that the virus has arrived in Uganda. They are under similar restrictions as we are in that the children have

Welcome Eliana
Dear Friends, It’s been a very difficult week for all of us, and I thought you could use some good news: Yesterday, our very first V127 baby was born! (Would she be

V127 Higher Education Update
Dear Friends, I wanted to update you on the purpose and function of our higher education fund. When we first started this ministry, we quickly realized that we want to provide

V127 February Update
Victory Primary School We are so excited that God provided the funds we needed to complete Phase 2 of our Victory Primary School construction project! Our team has been working
