Author Archives: rememberthepoor

Meet Ivan.  He is Alex Kaggwa’s younger brother, and he is Seggy’s “best buddy” in Masaka.  His mother has AIDS and Ivan does, too.  Seggy described Ivan by saying, “He is jolly all the time–like Mark of Uganda” 🙂 You … Continue reading →

Meet Ivan.  He is Alex Kaggwa’s younger brother, and he is Seggy’s “best buddy” in Masaka.  His mother has AIDS and Ivan does, too.  Seggy described Ivan by saying, “He is jolly all the time–like Mark of Uganda” 🙂 You … Continue reading →

Thank you to our “informants”–Ron, Rhonda and Dad– for passing along these great insights from Chuck Colson & Joel Rosenberg! We bring you good news!!– that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the … Continue reading →

Photos and e-mail from John Mugabi- 3/10/09 In this life, everyone has something they love most and treasure. To some it is their family, their money, their wealth, their good health, their education, their prestige, to name a few. While … Continue reading →

John Mugabi shared the following on 3/7/2009: Dear Friends, I am speechless. On Wednesday, I decided to go to prison to just drop a few supplies.  I asked Brian, a new sponsored boy, (who is 20) to give me a … Continue reading →

The following is an excerpt from The Hole in our Gospel~ by Richard Stearns, President of World Vision: When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in … Continue reading →

“(In our western culture), it’s considered normal to keep far more than we give. I’m convinced the greatest deterrent to our giving is this: the illusion that earth is our home.” ~Randy Alcorn, Money Possessions & Eternity, page 166 What … Continue reading →

“(In our western culture), it’s considered normal to keep far more than we give. I’m convinced the greatest deterrent to our giving is this: the illusion that earth is our home.” ~Randy Alcorn, Money Possessions & Eternity, page 166 What … Continue reading →

“Everybody is special to someone, but some people are special to everyone.  Katie Davis is one of those really special people.  Sure it’s unusual to live in Uganda as a mother of 11 (or more?) children at age 20, but … Continue reading →

First term in Uganda starts in February…so school has just begun for the year! Update from John Mugabi: So far we have 189 new high school students. This means that we may shoot to over 700 students this term. I … Continue reading →

One week ago, we posted the blog Lord of the Rings.  Two days later, on Saturday, Bryan and Andrea Thiele wrote a blog. For a little background, they have 4 biological children, 2 adopted, and are in the process of … Continue reading →

Below are updates from John Mugabi this past week!  I’m not sure he slept :)… Our Labor is Not in Vain I have observed something with the children.  On a general note, there is a physical change, a moral change, … Continue reading →