Returning to Uganda
Ever feel unqualified to serve on a mission trip? Especially one to Uganda? Maybe it's because of your past or just the feeling of, "What do I have to offer?"
Sometimes all we have to do is show up. Scott Barry returned from Uganda a changed man. No longer suffering from night terrors, he believes God used this trip to Uganda to release him from the guilt and shame of his past.
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A few weeks ago, I had the honor of meeting Dennis Kilama, the Development & Partnership Administrator at ARU (African Renewal University) who is also a Pastor at Lugogo Baptist Church in Kampala, Uganda. He recently completed a Doctorate in Ministry from Africa International University. Dennis and I were meeting because God has continued to develop a healthy relationship between Buyamba at God Cares Schools in Uganda and ARU. We currently have 22 of our 93 students in higher level learning at this Christian university in Uganda, and it is our collective hope that this number will grow in years to come.

I realized in this meeting how this partnership is God-given, for in Buyamba’s mission to empower our students to impact their nation for Christ, it is a blessing to partner with ARU. This is the next logical step where our students could be further educated in a university whose mission is “to develop a new generation of Christian leaders whose lives are transformed by rigorous study of Scripture, impassioned love for God, and faithful service to the nations as the body of Christ.”

The other thing that stood out to me was Dennis’s “fresh eyes” in America since it was his first time here. He was so taken by how many “things” we have, and there are “so many choices to make,” including a choice of multiple toppings on his pizza. He commented that in America, there “are too many choices.” He told us a story that when he was on his way to meet us, Dennis looked out the window of his Uber, and he saw so many things that he could not have previously imagined. He realized that everyone in America must be Christian, for they must be so thankful for all they have been given. He then turned to us and asked, “This is true, right? Everyone is Christian in this country?” When I realized he was serious, it was sad to explain that this was indeed not the case. I went on to tell him that even though Uganda has much material poverty, so America has much spiritual poverty, even though there are also many people here that love the Lord. This seemed a little difficult for him to take in since he reasoned that people with so much blessing should be so grateful to God.

This is often one of the insights the Lord shows an individual who travels from the U.S. to Uganda and back on any short-term mission trip. We are so very blessed in America. God has given us so much (even personalized license plates!), and it is indeed a gift to be able to provide from that place of blessing. In our case, we have been given the opportunity to give to the children of Uganda, who need us so much.

- Julie Dimas
Executive Director
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