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Todd Klipp's January Trip to Uganda
Todd, along with Pastor Whitney Hall and Linda Cohen
of the Covenant Congregational Church of South Easton,
Massachusetts, traveled to Uganda in mid-January 2011. They inspected
the progress at the Bakka orphanage, the Lucky Star Primary School, and
the JPC internet cafe. Todd met with Pr. Frank Mukiliza and other
church leaders, as well as several of the sponsored students. Whitney
preached and provided counseling at JPC, while Linda led a two-day
writing skills program. It was a powerful and productive visit.
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Pastor Frank, Todd Klipp, Pastor Whitney Hall, Hope Kalibbala, Paddy Patrice Walakira, and Linda Cohen visit the
orphanage at Bakka.
Pastor Whitney Hall and Linda Cohen tour the freshly painted Lucky Star Primary School.
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Lucky Star Primary School
The school celebrated the end of the school year with presentations from the children and teachers. Pictured are the first graduates with teachers and the guest of honor, Pr. Lydia Kivumbi (center back). We are working hard to improve the facilities at the school to make it more attractive to students and their families in preparation for the opening of a new school year in February 2011.
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Bakka Orphanage
The Christian Friends Academy in Bakka also held year-end festivities in which students performed for the guests. Construction of the two new buildings is complete, and we are blessed with 240 children. We are now expanding the facility through the construction of a third classroom building. Read more about the Bakka orphanage in Sandy's visit summary below.
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Our Sponsored Students
Ismail Katende (pictured) completed his studies in December and will be awarded a Master of Arts degree in Urban Ministry from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Boston). He plans to continue his studies in youth ministry before returning to Jesus Power Church.
Steven Kakayira is now enrolled at Gordon-Conwell where he is working towards a Masters degree in Educational Ministries. He is an active member of the Trinity Covenant Church family.
Paddy Patrice Walakira recently graduated from Auckland Park Theological Seminary in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a Bachelor of Theology degree. He returned to Uganda in December and is back serving at JPC. |
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Sandy Gannon's October Visit to Uganda
Sandy Gannon spent a week in Kampala and visited the orphanage in Bakka.
"During my October visit to the Christian Friends Mission Academy, I was
encouraged by the many positive changes that have taken place since my
last visit in 2008.
The school now has almost 240 children and is a source of
pride for the teachers, the students, and their parents and guardians.
The Academy has its first graduating class of 4 students; the teachers
and students worked days, nights, and weekends to prepare for their
exams.
The teachers and students are also very involved in after-school
activities. These include the school choir which sang like angels! The
girls have a netball team and the boys have a soccer team. They are a
source of pride and joy to all of the students in the school.
The school now has a water tank; this will ensure that the children have
clean water to drink and make it easier to prepare their meals.
Although the Academy now has two new classroom buildings, due to the
large number of children it is still necessary to rent part of the old
facility which is in very bad condition. We need to construct another
building and are in the process of planning and raising funds for that.
We purchased sewing machines and other equipment to help the ladies of
Jesus Power Church start a sewing business. We have rented a space and
should be in business soon. They also learned how to make pot-holders.
The JPC youth group learned how to make friendship bracelets. They are
very interested in having American pen-pals and would like to learn
computer, knitting, sewing, and beautician skills."
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Sandy Gannon with children from the orphanage.
The school's new water tank
New sewing machines provide jobs for the women of JPC
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