This is the funeral service of the pastor who was killed in the mudslide. There were at least four others who died in this tragedy. Please pray for this village that the grace of God will overwhelm them in their time of grief.

This is a picture of the site where the church in Maboona was located. It was flattened by the mudslide.

This is a picture of the mudslide that took place on Sunday, February 28 that destroyed the church at Maboona, the village where we will be going on April 9-14.

Attention Prayer Partners!

Just as we were getting excited to see our fundraising coming to a successful end, I received the news from Dan Schwob, one of our team members, that there was a mudslide in Uganda, near the Kenya border that killed upwards of 100 people.

Two days later I received the following message from our missionaries in Uganda, Tim and Colleen Stevenson:

Monday evening we received a phone call from our District overseer, Stephen Kutosi in Eastern Uganda, situated on the slopes of Mount Elgon bordering Kenya. He told us that our church near Bududa town had experienced tragedy. On Sunday morning as one of our congregations was meeting, a landslide carried the church away along with many other homes and buildings down the mountain side. Due to the heavy rains and deforestation, a massive landslide swept through 3 villages devastating anything along its path. Our information at this point is that 5 congregational members have died including the pastor (one of our few lady pastors), as well as many people in the community. But, due to the thick mud and debris, many are still not found. They are literality digging them out by hand! Please pray for this area as it struggles with the coldness, mud-logged houses, and the demoralizing effect on the community. The government of Uganda has declared many dead (and are providing over 100 coffins) and many missing due to this enormous calamity, and for sure they need our support.

Our request is for you to pray for our church family as they deal with loss of life and property as well as health and stamina while they continue looking for survivors. The Church in Uganda is sending representatives there today to assist with blankets, household items and food relief.

It seems there are many disasters happening these days – but, one thing we know – when we have Christ – we have hope and a future no matter what the circumstance (Prov 23:18)! As a church family, let us keep each other in prayer!

In His service –

Tim and Colleen

I wrote her back confirming that our team would be willing to go to this region to help with relief efforts if they felt it necessary. Then this morning, 3/4/10, Colleen emailed back and said that this is where we were planning to go for our village visit and work detail.

Please pray for those who have been affected by this tragedy, and for our team as we gear up to help with these relief efforts.

On another note, one of our team members, Molly Angelo, has a severely sprained ankle with possible broken bones in her foot. Please pray that her healing will be swift as our departure date is one month from tomorrow.

Thanks for your prayers!