I sit here in the house of our friend, Faith Kunihira of Bringing Hope to the Family in Kaihura, Uganda bringing in the new year, 2009. We love this place so much & have seen God’s hand of blessing upon it in every way.
We have looked after (sponsored) kids here for the past 5 years & love returning to see how they’ve grown & matured. Whenever we come, the kids run out to us & maul us in the most wonderful way, filling us full of love & joy for all of them. The orphanage has increased, so many kids, but God has been faithful & is meeting most of them. We are here with an organization from the U.S. – Global Support Mission, who has done some great work here, such as building the current large ‘Home Again’ house & another new building to house some missionaries from the states for the next year. It’s great to see so much activity happening at Bringing Hope; there are plans for a hospital & school in the future.
Christmas was again challenging in Africa as I picked up a virus or something that gave me a nasty chest infection along with a lot of coughing & convulsing. I went to the clinic for Bringing Hope & they gave me an injection of some kind – actually, 2, which were 6 hours apart & did the trick & allowed me to get some rest.
As for us & IMS, we have been busy in every way, ministering in many areas of Uganda. We had a successful leadership conference in Kampala, with RED ministries (Revival, Evangelism & Discipleship) & will continue to build with them for the future. Pastor Joel & his wife Pamela were lovely hosts with great hearts for their community & are doing all they can to build God’s kingdom.
We’ve been at Bringing Hope in Kaihura, a village about 3½ hours drive by bullet bus from Kampala. We felt we were riding on 2 wheels, sideways a lot of the way, haha. We’ve ministered locally in the church, at the orphanage in a number of ways & near Fort Portal, about ¾ of an hour away at a new church we thoroughly enjoyed getting to know. The Lord continues to open an abundance of new doors & opportunities. Currently, Renee & I are joint teaching a couples’ seminar along with a local couple heading up the ‘Be Faithful’ program in Uganda. It’s a program encouraging stronger marriages & relationships to alleviate some of the hiv/AIDS problem so prevalent here. It’s in married relationships that hiv/AIDS has taken the greatest toll. Renee & I are teaching a course on the 5 love languages & it’s been well received & a joy for us to teach. We plan on having another teaching in Sabatia, back in Kenya with our friends’ Pst. Enock & Rosemary in February.
We have a busy itinerary that will take us well into February here in Uganda…. A conference in Katooke village for a few days; general 1st day, youth 2nd day, then elders & leaders on the 3rd day. Then we’ll embark on a new journey to Kibale, which is on the Rwandan border. We will take our Ugandan ‘son’ John with us, which will be such a blessing. He’s been in school in Kampala, so his English is excellent now – he ministers with us in a variety of ways, leading worship, sharing testimonies & bringing a word forth; quite a gifted young man. We will drop him at school in Kampala the first week of February.
Prayer Items & Needs
As we travel around so much ministering in various areas of Kenya & Uganda, it has become apparent that we will be able to accomplish so much more with a ministry vehicle. We spend so much time waiting for buses, ‘negotiating’ (arguing) with corrupt conductors on buses & taxis as there are prices for locals & a much higher rate for whites. Even coming to Kaihura this time, because it was Christmas, they put the rate up 3 X’s normal, plus tried to charge extra for our luggage. We wasted 4 hours sitting in the bus station waiting for the bus to fill so we could leave. We hope to purchase a Land Rover or Toyota Prada, which is similar.
Please pray for us as we consider relocating to another area of Kenya. We have had a rental home in Butere, Kenya, but find we need to be closer to a city, like Kisumu as we go there frequently. For now, we need a rental home, but for the future, we want to purchase our own land & build a guest house to accommodate all the future missionaries the Lord will be bringing us. A guest house would be ideal as we could use the rooms for our team members & then rent out the rooms in between times to generate some income to support what we are doing.
We are networking around the world; one of the key places being the UK. Please pray for God’s favor as we minister in various churches & with various ministries there. We have friends who are encouraging others to join with what we are doing in the future. We know that we accomplish so much more with others the Lord will bring along.
Pray for our protection & good health. Personally, I’ve been in Africa for about 6 weeks & have been sick twice. This season it’s been colds & flu’s; last season it was typhoid & malaria.
Last prayer item for now is the Lord’s provision for all our needs. Everything we do is by faith & for the glory of God. It is beyond us to do it all ourselves & I love that as then God gets all the glory. Philippians 4:19 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Renee & I are so thankful for all the support we have been given practically & prayerfully. It means so much to us to have such amazing people who stand with us in every way. We would never want to do any of this alone. God bless you all so very much.
End of 2008 Blog
I sit here in the house of our friend, Faith Kunihira of Bringing Hope to the Family in Kaihura, Uganda bringing in the new year, 2009. We love this place so much & have seen God’s hand of blessing upon it in every way.
We have looked after (sponsored) kids here for the past 5 years & love returning to see how they’ve grown & matured. Whenever we come, the kids run out to us & maul us in the most wonderful way, filling us full of love & joy for all of them. The orphanage has increased, so many kids, but God has been faithful & is meeting most of them. We are here with an organization from the U.S. – Global Support Mission, who has done some great work here, such as building the current large ‘Home Again’ house & another new building to house some missionaries from the states for the next year. It’s great to see so much activity happening at Bringing Hope; there are plans for a hospital & school in the future.
Christmas was again challenging in Africa as I picked up a virus or something that gave me a nasty chest infection along with a lot of coughing & convulsing. I went to the clinic for Bringing Hope & they gave me an injection of some kind – actually, 2, which were 6 hours apart & did the trick & allowed me to get some rest.
As for us & IMS, we have been busy in every way, ministering in many areas of Uganda. We had a successful leadership conference in Kampala, with RED ministries (Revival, Evangelism & Discipleship) & will continue to build with them for the future. Pastor Joel & his wife Pamela were lovely hosts with great hearts for their community & are doing all they can to build God’s kingdom.
We’ve been at Bringing Hope in Kaihura, a village about 3½ hours drive by bullet bus from Kampala. We felt we were riding on 2 wheels, sideways a lot of the way, haha. We’ve ministered locally in the church, at the orphanage in a number of ways & near Fort Portal, about ¾ of an hour away at a new church we thoroughly enjoyed getting to know. The Lord continues to open an abundance of new doors & opportunities. Currently, Renee & I are joint teaching a couples’ seminar along with a local couple heading up the ‘Be Faithful’ program in Uganda. It’s a program encouraging stronger marriages & relationships to alleviate some of the hiv/AIDS problem so prevalent here. It’s in married relationships that hiv/AIDS has taken the greatest toll. Renee & I are teaching a course on the 5 love languages & it’s been well received & a joy for us to teach. We plan on having another teaching in Sabatia, back in Kenya with our friends’ Pst. Enock & Rosemary in February.
We have a busy itinerary that will take us well into February here in Uganda…. A conference in Katooke village for a few days; general 1st day, youth 2nd day, then elders & leaders on the 3rd day. Then we’ll embark on a new journey to Kibale, which is on the Rwandan border. We will take our Ugandan ‘son’ John with us, which will be such a blessing. He’s been in school in Kampala, so his English is excellent now – he ministers with us in a variety of ways, leading worship, sharing testimonies & bringing a word forth; quite a gifted young man. We will drop him at school in Kampala the first week of February.
Prayer Items & Needs
1. As we travel around so much ministering in various areas of Kenya & Uganda, it has become apparent that we will be able to accomplish so much more with a ministry vehicle. We spend so much time waiting for buses, ‘negotiating’ (arguing) with corrupt conductors on buses & taxis as there are prices for locals & a much higher rate for whites. Even coming to Kaihura this time, because it was Christmas, they put the rate up 3 X’s normal, plus tried to charge extra for our luggage. We wasted 4 hours sitting in the bus station waiting for the bus to fill so we could leave. We hope to purchase a Land Rover or Toyota Prada, which is similar.
2. Please pray for us as we consider relocating to another area of Kenya. We have had a rental home in Butere, Kenya, but find we need to be closer to a city, like Kisumu as we go there frequently. For now, we need a rental home, but for the future, we want to purchase our own land & build a guest house to accommodate all the future missionaries the Lord will be bringing us. A guest house would be ideal as we could use the rooms for our team members & then rent out the rooms in between times to generate some income to support what we are doing.
3. We are networking around the world; one of the key places being the UK. Please pray for God’s favor as we minister in various churches & with various ministries there. We have friends who are encouraging others to join with what we are doing in the future. We know that we accomplish so much more with others the Lord will bring along.
4. Pray for our protection & good health. Personally, I’ve been in Africa for about 6 weeks & have been sick twice. This season it’s been colds & flu’s; last season it was typhoid & malaria.
5. Last prayer item for now is the Lord’s provision for all our needs. Everything we do is by faith & for the glory of God. It is beyond us to do it all ourselves & I love that as then God gets all the glory. Philippians 4:19 19 And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
Renee & I are so thankful for all the support we have been given practically & prayerfully. It means so much to us to have such amazing people who stand with us in every way. We would never want to do any of this alone. God bless you all so very much.
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Greg Plunkett
SKYPE me @ 1-251-243-0210
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