Uganda

John is finally going on the Baylor Accounting Department mission trip to Uganda this year! After suggesting this discipline-specific mission trip and coordinating a partnership between Baylor's accounting department and Compassion International in 2008, he's going to actually participate in this third trip.

About 20 professors and students are signed up for this mission trip to work with Ugandan university students, pastors, small businesses, an orphanage, and Compassion projects in the span of about ten days. They'll be offering ethics, business and accounting training all through a Christian worldview. If you're interested in meeting the students who are going or want to keep up with the trip, you can follow their blog: Baylor Accounting Mission Trip 2011.

Unfortunately, if you've read the news you know that unrest has popped up in Uganda, specifically in Kampala. High food and fuel prices led some to start peaceful protests. In an effort to squelch protests, President Museveni is now using what the UN describes as "excessive force" against Ugandans. Eight people have been killed and more than 250 injured since protests began a few weeks ago.

Please pray that the violence will end and the riots be resolved peaceably. We do not want to have to cancel the trip, so we need things in Uganda to be safe again. John and I also sponsor two children in Uganda. Fortunately neither are anywhere near Kampala since they both live in rural areas, but we're also praying that they will stay safe and healthy. Of course, you can also pray for all the churches and Compassion staff and children in the midst of this crisis.

I know God works miracles, and we are definitely praying for one right now!