Wow!  What a day!  What a wonderful day at Grace Church, Kampala.

The Lord had been working on Pastor Rick for well over a year, to bring his message, on this day.  A year prior, as Rick had prepared to deliver his message on ‘We Need a New Story,”  COVID changed the world, and the Spring 2020 trip was cancelled, forcing everyone to exit Uganda immediately.  A year later, Rick delivered the message.

50 to 60 men and women responded to the message in powerful and visible ways.  The message was about the story we allow others to see in our lives, the stories we are always trying to create and protect.  We all need a new story!  A story of our relationship with Jesus Christ, leading us through life to the story of eternity!

The truth is, our story . . . is not about us at all.  Our story is about where we will spend eternity.  What a story that will be!

Sometimes it is the simple things that make the greatest impact!

A few years ago, Damascus Road installed a drinking water well in a community where as many as 17,000 people had no access to clean water.  We installed a well.  But the contractor, without our knowledge or permission, used inferior materials that caused the well to disintegrate on the inside.

These images are from the well repair.  When everything was finished, Rick tried out the well for himself.  What a fitting response to the well’s performance!  Amen!  It is finished!  Amen!  It is done!  Amen!  People were blessed.

This is a special Place!  There are maybe 100 plus children, who at any given time, live here.  They have either been abandoned, discarded, or left alone due to the death of their families.

The kids range in age between 3 or 4, to maybe 10 or 12 years old.  They are being cared for.  But the food could be better, and more plentiful.  Their dormitories could be better.  Their classrooms need improvement, and the bathroom facilities . . .  well, let’s say they need a massive overhaul.

Your giving over these past few years has helped – Tremendously!  But there is still so much to do.  I would love nothing more than for anyone to join in, join the journey, and join with a child who is only looking for a new friend!

The plans for 2021 and 2022 are challenging.  You can help!  You can make a difference!  Adopt a boy or a girl for $25 per month.  Sponsor the project that will lead to positive change.  Send Rick an email to rick@damascusroad.org.  100% of your gifts will go directly to the need.  Damascus Road will not use your gifts for any administrative purpose.

Damascus Road is a Uganda Ministry, a registered Corporation.  We have been given the permission and the authority to plant churches, do ministry, teach and train, and ordain qualified candidates.

Brian Okiring, is one of those special young men.  My brother John Robert Opio, the Uganda Director is with me in this photo.