Neighboring School kids. We are very excited to announce that a Dream for us is coming into reality.
For sometime I have been wrestling about what to do about Africa... Everytime I would see something on TV or come across some kind of article on Africa it would wreck me ... Inside I just wanted to do something but did not know where to start. Now I know there are many well meaning and good organizations in Africa that are making a differnce but me writing a check and sending off a few dollars so someone else could do something seemed sort of 'not me.' 'I MUST do something for my sake and for my family's sake' was what keep running in my mind.
So after 6 months of searching and talking to several people ... as of this week its official. I have purchased land in Africa. No we will not be moving there but we will be investing our lives into there and for generations our family will shed some of us into that continent. It is in a small villiage in Western Uganda - about one hour from the Congo Border. Right now our land is being planted with banana trees to help feed the school kids who are on the land right beside us. We have plans for buildings and more. There is so much behind this story that we will probably deidcate a web space to it specifically [blog or something].
I will be starting soon to report on it because we really want to share this journey with others but if you want to see the area we purchased here are the coordinates 0° 1'40.69"N 29°56'13.42"E. For those of you who use google earth you can view the placemark here.
For sometime I have been wrestling about what to do about Africa... Everytime I would see something on TV or come across some kind of article on Africa it would wreck me ... Inside I just wanted to do something but did not know where to start. Now I know there are many well meaning and good organizations in Africa that are making a differnce but me writing a check and sending off a few dollars so someone else could do something seemed sort of 'not me.' 'I MUST do something for my sake and for my family's sake' was what keep running in my mind.
So after 6 months of searching and talking to several people ... as of this week its official. I have purchased land in Africa. No we will not be moving there but we will be investing our lives into there and for generations our family will shed some of us into that continent. It is in a small villiage in Western Uganda - about one hour from the Congo Border. Right now our land is being planted with banana trees to help feed the school kids who are on the land right beside us. We have plans for buildings and more. There is so much behind this story that we will probably deidcate a web space to it specifically [blog or something].
I will be starting soon to report on it because we really want to share this journey with others but if you want to see the area we purchased here are the coordinates 0° 1'40.69"N 29°56'13.42"E. For those of you who use google earth you can view the placemark here.
