No, me either.....but that will all change when I begin my journey on November 12, 2014!
Join me on this adventure.....I hope to be able to update this journal with facts, thoughts and photos! While we are gone, please keep our group in your thoughts and prayers as we spend 2 weeks in Uganda Africa!
Where is Uganda you ask.......
Upon arrival at the airport in Entebbe we will be driven to Kampala (the capital of Uganda) where we will spend the first week with Hopeline Africa Mission, a school and orphanage near the capital city.
This is very exciting and scary at the same time! I have travelled quite a bit across the US and around the world....but except for when we could see Africa from the Rock of Gibraltar....this will be my first true Africa experience!
Following is the post from my FaceBook page:
Did you know I’m going to Africa?
I am blessed to go on this journey and be able to join with my cousins to honor our cousin, husband, son, brother, father Chuck….by travelling to Kampala Uganda to visit Hopeline Africa Mission Orphanage and school. My cousin Chuck Obremski was the minister at Kindred Community Church in Anaheim Hills CA as well as the chaplain for the Anaheim Angels (i.e. Los Angeles Angels) and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks hockey team. Linda(my cousin Chuck’s wife) is hoping to honor her husband’s memory by seeing for herself just how far Chuck’s message has spread the word of God. Chuck was a minister in Southern CA, who passed away in 2005 from cancer.
First and foremost I’d like to ask all of you to keep us in your prayers for our trip. Please pray for our ability to not only make a difference, but also our health and our safety. I would love to have you all partner along with us on our journey. We will be in Uganda for 2 weeks, first to Kampala to work with Hopeline Ministry and the Orphanage and later we will travel northwest to the village of Gulu to Christ the Center Ministries Nursery and Primary School started there by members of Rock Harbor Church of Costa Mesa & Orange, CA. This will be the week of their graduation and it will be wonderful to share in that experience with them.
I am working on a journal that I can update and post pictures to while on this journey. Let me know if you’d like to be added and I’ll send you a link when the page is complete.(and here it is!! :) )
Next, Linda’s first dream is to purchase for the orphanage among other things....chickens and maybe a goat or two! Her goal is purchase 500 chickens for Hopeline to have for food and also to be able to sell the eggs to provide for their other necessities. Want to help and buy a chicken? $1 buys the chicken and $20 would provide the food and medicine needed for the chicken’s upkeep!
Also on her list is a bible for each and every student. While in Uganda we are planning to purchase for each child a new bible for $10!
Lastly we hope to also purchase for each one a new pair of shoes….. we are hoping to be able to get them in Kampala for around $20 a pair…for sturdy, new, closed toe shoes also for each and every child!
If you’d like to partner with us, first and foremost, please keep us in prayer. With the news we all hear every day –going to Africa right now sounds a little scary! But we are trusting that the timing in right….and look forward to our adventure.
For more information please surf on over to: http://www.chuckobremski.com/ and learn more about my cousin and his ministry as well as read the note written by Linda for our trip!
I’ll be home Thanksgiving eve! Looking forward to a most awesome trip….and best homecoming and Thanksgiving ever!
Blessings, franci
For donations or information…..feel free to email me at johnmdavid@aol.com or send a check made out to Chuck Obremski Ministries and mail to: franci davidson 11867 Oakland Hills Drive Las Vegas NV 89141! There is also a link on the ministry page. With all donations, a tax donation form will be mailed for your 2014 tax preparation
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