SAMS and a few SAMS Missionaries will be at Urbana18 and they look forward to meeting you there! Urbana is an eye-opening global missions conference, a sacred space for college and graduate students, faculty, and church leaders to hear God’s call. Are you thinking about your calling to mission, but are not sure where to […]
Dr. Ned with his memoir (UCU Partners Photo) By Patty Huston-Holm Unless you speak the Runyankore tribal language, you might be intimidated by a book entitled “Ndyamuhaki!” The author, Ugandan Edward (Ned) Kanyesigye, explains that what appears to be a single word on the front of his memoir “is actually a sentence.” “It’s hard to […]
5 years ago in a country far away, God began a work in my life and in the life of our church family that can only be described as life-changing. In January of 2014, my eldest daughter approached me about going with her on a trip to India as she wanted to accompany her husband […]
“I know my rights!” This is a line usually delivered by a belligerent, unpleasant character on your dime-a-dozen police procedurals. The other characters may roll their eyes collectively during his bellicose rantings. We the members of the audience are meant to find such characters either amusing or annoying. But why do we find someone declaring […]
This wooden shelter on a patch of dirt may look flimsy, but it is the future home of the Global Teams Turkanaland Women’s Center. The Turkana are a nomadic people group who raise camels and goats and follow their herds. The arid region in which they live — Turkanaland — is far less developed than […]
UCU Vice Chancellor John Senyonyi and grandson “I was sick and you visited me… truly I tell you whatever you did for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” – Matthew 25:36-40 By the Rev. Canon Dr. John Senyonyi, Vice Chancellor, Uganda Christian University My grandson, coming up on […]
God’s business is putting things right. – Psalm 11:7 (The Message) I shared this verse with a member of our congregation and two other directors from the social services ministry of Cochabamba. Right before we went into a hospital room to pray last rites with a teenage girl. God is at work to put things right. […]
Each week AFL posts an Anglicans in Action video, which gives practical suggestions, resources, and ideas for life-ministry. This week’s focus is the sanctity of life lectionary. You can see all the Anglicans in Action videos on our YouTube Channel. This week’s action idea is to check out AFL’s new Life Lectionary feature on our […]
Lovincer Katana, Uganda Christian University Partners scholarship recipient at 2018 graduation (UgandaPartners Photo) UPDATE: Since this story was written in October, the subject of the interview has been ordained and currently volunteering with the Uganda Christian University’s Chaplaincy (December 2, 2018). By Brendah Ndagire Her family said “no.” But God said “yes.” It wasn’t quite […]
Have you ever shopped for a birthday card for someone over 40? They tend to be comedic in nature, laughing about the realities of getting older. Forgetfulness, aging bones and muscles, greying or thinning hair, wrinkles. You can probably write the jokes yourself. It’s all meant laughingly, but there is a consistent, unfortunate theme. Getting […]
The following comes from SAMS Missionary Amanda Scott serving in Honduras: Hondurans are clear about from whom all blessings flow. The last team of 2018 came at the end of October. In addition to all the other usual activities, they decided they wanted to build a house in a day for Ernestina, a tiny, homeless, elderly woman […]
Hello! My name is Avalyn Hicks (or Ava for short). I want to tell you a little bit about my life in the Solomons. Enjoy! WASHING CLOTHES Since we don’t have a washing machine, we have to wash our clothes in the river. Sometimes I go with our house-girl, Josephine. We carry our buckets of […]
We are so very thankful to God for your continuing interest, prayers and financial support for our Brazil ministry. Having just completed our first full-time 3-year term on the mission field, we need to ask you to partner with us and recommit to another term of monthly support of $10, $15, $25, $50, or more by clicking […]
Mugero in his office at the Refugee Law Project (UgandaPartners photo) By Brendah Ndagire As of November 2018, precisely 1,181,322 refugees are within the borders of Uganda. According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, most of these are from South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, but also come from Burundi, Somalia, […]
Chanukah is a joyous celebration of the miracle of light. Recite these traditional blessings when you light your candles during Chanukah. Blessings Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us to kindle the Chanukah light. Blessed are You, Lord our God, King […]
I want to participate in the March for Life in Washington DC, but it is too far away for me to travel. Is there local marches in my area? There may be! While attending the national events in Washington DC and San Francisco are exciting and very worth the trip, many local events really need […]
Each week AFL posts an Anglicans in Action video, which gives practical suggestions, resources, and ideas for life-ministry. This week’s focus is safeguarding those in nursing homes. You can see all the Anglicans in Action videos on our YouTube Channel. You may have seen the news recently, where it has been reported that the […]
Every now and then I see a post on Facebook ominously declaring that we are in the end times. My reaction is “Of course we are. We’ve been in the end times since the moment Jesus ascended.” However, our personal “end time” could come at any moment. A comet could come crashing down down right […]
Juan Zamba at UCU fundraiser By Brendah Ndagire Reveal Light Ministry, a Christian organization that works with refugee children, held a concert at Uganda Christian University (UCU) to increase awareness for the education, health care, land, housing and employment struggles for those forced to flee their homelands. This year alone Uganda has received more than […]
How do you pray for mission work when you don’t have very many details? Or, you don’t know the places where our partner missioners are working? Or, you can’t pronounce their names? Or, you don’t understand their context? Or…or…or… Sometimes we can’t give a lot of details of missions for security reasons, and sometimes we […]