I've been praying about our trip and this project all week and telling myself it is in God's hands and that's where it needs to be. If you know me very well, that is a challenge in itself since I like to make stuff happen!

And there are some wonderful things happening which are encouraging.

• The nonprofit, Color My World, reached out to me after I tagged Pastor Peter on my last FB post. They are friends with Peter on Facebook and wanted confirmation that if they helped that their support would end up where intended and would have impact. As a result, they are securing a couple of used laptops and Kindles to send with us in the fall. This is a big deal to our friends in Uganda.  Tech gadgets are expensive and hard to come by when all of your money is used for food and shelter! Yet they are so important!
• T-shirts and string bags are selling and water bottles are ordered and soon available for sale. The proceeds definitely help move the fundraising bar on this project.
• The children attending Siloam are hoping to sell arts and crafts to provide income for their families. Lake Union Church supports this and Pastor Peter is gathering photos of the items along with price and we will list them in the "Online Support - Siloam" store (http://lakeunionchurch.org/siloam_project) soon. Part of the cost of each item will go directly to the child's family with the remainder toward the school building project.  Check the link occasionally and watch for these: paintings, coin purses, baskets, and more.  Larry and I will bring purchased items back with us from Uganda.

More to do! 

• So far, the church has received approximately 15% of the needed funds ($10,000). What a blessing! 
• We still have quite a way to go to get to the $10,000.  I *intensely dislike* asking for support since I know how this goes.  Everyone get tons of calls and requests to support various needs and you just can't help everyone. I keep telling Larry that when we get to Uganda he will be very surprised as to how little "stuff" they have and how much love they have for others (and God).  However, Siloam needs this school.  An education is the key to getting the younger generation out of poverty.  We can't even imagine...

Please pray as to God calling you to help with this.  We leave in 10 weeks for Uganda and hope to see the new building well along as to progress.  

Looking forward to coming back to Uganda, reconnecting with Pastor Peter, and spending time at Siloam Community Outreach!  (I snagged a couple of pictures from our last trip to Jinja, Uganda.)