Survey Trip to Gulu

Today we are writing to let you all know that we are going on a survey trip tomorrow (Tuesday) to Gulu, Uganda and to ask for your prayers. As you can see on the map, Gulu is located just east of Arua, and it is about a 3-4 hour drive from us. Gulu is the home of the “Invisible Children,” which you may have heard about or seen videos about before. They are called the “Invisible Children,” because they have been suffering the horrible, traumatic effects of war, mainly from a rebel group called “The Lord’s Resistance Army” (LRA), led by Joseph Kony, for over 20 years now. And people, or at least Americans, have just recently in the past few years, noticed what is going on and finally taken action.

WGM is hoping to start ministries with the university students in Gulu some time in the future (at Gulu University). And as most of you know, John’s heart and passion is for university students. WGM has not reached Gulu yet, but it is in our hearts and our dreams. We are so excited to see this place and dream about what God may do there one day with WGM.

There is a huge presence of NGO’s (non-government organizations) there already, but we aren’t sure of the number of missionaries, churches, or spiritual support that the children of Gulu are receiving. We will go and meet with staff from the “Invisible Children,” see some of the camps where these refugee children are living, and we even get to hopefully be involved in “play therapy” with some of these kids. We can’t wait to share pictures with you and tell you all about it in a few days!

And for those of you who may have a tendency to worry, please don’t! We will be completely safe! The LRA no longer has a presence in Uganda at all, at the moment. We will be home on Thursday evening. But although it is a safe place for the most part, we can still definitely use your prayers for safety traveling and that God would go with us on this trip and give us His heart and His vision. Thank you for praying & caring! We appreciate you SO much!