Departure day

Team departs for Uganda tonight and will be flying to Entebbe, Uganda via Dubai. They expect to arrive in Kampala on Sunday afternoon.

Here we go!

The Uganda team leaves today. They should arrive in Uganda on Sunday January 8th. They return on January 26th.

We have started a 40-day fast and prayer for the Uganda team.  At least one person each day will be covering the Uganda Team in prayer before and during their trip, The purpose of the fast is to also intercede for the kingdom of God to be manifested there. This is a 24 hour "no food" fast starting from 7pm of the assigned date to 7pm of the next date.

Ezra 8:21-23

And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled. ... So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer.

The Uganda team is comprised of:

Adrian Wi
Don Boyd
Donna Parachin
Gabriel Wee
Herman Lam
Jonathan Chung
Karen Chan
Karyne Wee
Steven Chow

The 40-day fast has already started, however there are still dates left unaccounted for. These are:

Jan 2
Jan 6
Jan 8
Jan 13
Jan 15
Jan 20
Jan 22
Jan 25
Jan 26

If you are interested in fasting and praying for the Uganda team (hopefully by filling in one of these open spots), please email bryankltai@gmail.com

Uganda awareness day pictures

Thanks to everyone who helped out and to everyone who stopped by. 

Kitchen volunteers

Mbarara booth

Decorations 

Kitchen prep

Serving hors d'oeuvres

More hors d'oeuvres

More servers and food

Uganda currency

Mbarara booth hostess

Seminar speaker

Rubongi booth hosts

Video

Culture booth hostesses

Blessings booth

Chocolate fountain

Pastor Alvin sharing about Mbarara

Herman Lam (right), event master

Uganda 2012 Meet the team: Herman Lam

Name: Herman Lam Occupation: Engineer in training # of trips to Uganda: 0 (First Time!!)

Why I'm going to Uganda: God's been stretching me over the past couple of years, in my own character and in the capacity to love and bless others.  Uganda's the next big stretch, eye-opener and heart-opener to God's heart and his love for the nations.  It will be a trip to share, love on and to overflow all that God's taught, and blessed me with over these past couple of years, that being the Father's Heart and what it means to be His son. If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be? Freeze Time.. then I could sleep more and not lose time doing it!

Uganda 2012 Meet the team: Donna Parachin

Name: Donna Parachin # of trips to Uganda: 0 (first time)

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us that we should be called children of God!" - 1 John 3:1 There are many verses in the Bible that speak of God as being our loving Father. While many of us as committed Christians understand this truth in our minds, we lack a genuine personal experience of His Fatherly love in our lives. God can seem distant and detached from our every day lives. He can seem to be silent in the midst of our troubles and our cries for His help. We long to touch Him and to be touched by Him in our hearts. Not only do many of us not experience God as the loving Father that He truly is, we instead fear Him as a Judge and as a strict Master under which we serve as slaves rather than being in relationship to Him as sons and daughters. “Living in the Abundance of the Father’s Love” is a conference that has been designed to bring God’s people into an experiential, transforming encounter with God’s Fatherly love. As a result, those in attendance will see their relationship to God transformed from that of being spiritual orphans to glorious sons and daughters! Encountering this unfailing love of the Father will release you from the barriers that have kept you from Him and the fulfillment of His desire for fruitfulness in your life. "For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, `Abba, Father [or Pa Pa, Father].'" - Romans 8:15

Uganda 2012 Meet the team: Don Boyd

Name: Don Boyd

We will be hosting the conference entitled "THE HEALING POWER OF LOVE" in Mbarara, Uganda. The conference will be 4 dynamic days spent in the powerful and healing presence of our loving Heavenly Father.  This is a time of spiritual restoration and renewal as we receive ministry in the Word as well as Spirit-empowered impartation.  It is time for a shift in our thinking, our words and our walk so we can be set free from our past and learn to see ourselves the way God sees us - through the loving eyes and heart of Jesus.  It will change your life and set you in a place of victory while dealing with the realities of everyday life.  The Enemy wants to keep you down, alone and in despair; but the Lord longs to lift you up, bring you into loving relationships and establish you with a hope and a future.

Uganda 2012 Meet the team: Adrian Wi

Name: AdrianWi Occupation: Pastor About me: Happy married with 3 boys # of trips to Uganda: 4 (almost Ugandan!)
Why I'm going to Uganda:  One of my defining moments was an encounter with a little orphan girl in Soroti, Uganda that redefined the Father’s Love for me. My passion is to raise up a generation that carries the heart of the Father Things I like to do on my rest time:  Play fight with my 3 boys, workout, soaking, hanging out and gaming with my spiritual sons

Uganda 2012 Meet the Team: Abby Lai

Name: Abby Lai Occupation: Marketing (Yes…we are the people who make you buy stuff)  # of trips to Uganda: 0 (this is my first)

Why I'm going to Uganda:  This will be my very first mission trip and I’ve always hoped to experience something like this! I’ve heard of all the miracles and stories that happen whenever people come back from there, and I am excited to go share the Father’s love and have my eyes opened up to other parts of the world. If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?  The ability to jump through time!

Uganda 2012 Meet the team: Jonathan Chung

Name: Jonathan Chung Occupation: Renovator # of trips to Uganda: 0 (this is my first)
Why I'm going to Uganda: Because I want to bring hope and leave practical life skills with people Celebrity Look-a-Like: Bruce Lee

Uganda 2012 Meet the Team: Karen Chan

Name: Karen Chan Occupation: Graphic Designer # of trips to Uganda: 0 (this is my first)
Why I'm going to Uganda:   I want to love the Ugandans for who they are Celebrity Look-a-Like: Some Korean girl

Uganda 2012 Meet the team: Steven Chow

Name: Steven Chow Occupation: Business guy # of trips to Uganda: 0, first time

“And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.”     -Galatians 4:6-7 Encountering the Love of the Father has tremendously transformed Steven’s life. By the Grace of God, Steven has been released from the bondage of fear, brokenness, and continuous striving, and restored as a son in His Kingdom. His message is simple. The very Heart of “Daddy” God is to embrace each and every person, accepting them just as they are. Nothing can make God love His children more, and nothing can make Him love them less. The unconditional love of God draws us into a relationship with the triune God, enabling His children to boldly approach His throne in every season of life. In “doing life” together with the church family, Steven’s heart is to impart to others what he has lived, and what he has learned from the brothers and sisters that constantly surround him. Having experienced the power of family and unity in Christ, Steven’s heart is to share the redeeming love of Christ wherever God leads him, meeting each person where they are. Equipped with a heart for the nations, Steven sets out to Uganda, relying on God for provision, for wisdom, for guidance, and His daily supply of Grace. Steven’s desire is to see a nation transformed in every sphere of society; each person driven to take their place in God’s Kingdom by God’s love. When asked why he does this, Steven’s answer is plain and simple, “We love Him [and our neighbours] because He first loved us.”  -1 John 4:19

Uganda 2012 Meet the team: Gabriel Wee

Name: Gabriel Wee Occupation: Pastor # of trips to Uganda: 2

Why I'm going to Uganda:  After going to Uganda in January of 2009 the testimonies and stories of people whose lives have been transformed since our visit put a conviction in my heart to return. In speaking to the Pastor in Rubongi - he told me that from our visit in 2009 a woman gave birth to a little (& handsome) young boy whom they decided to name Gabriel. I want to confirm the rumors of how handsome he really is....  If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?  Batman - he in itself is a superhero.

Ready to trade our scarfs and tuques for polos and skirts

Posing for a pre-departure team photo.

Front (left to right): David, Rodney, Noah
Back (left to right): Adrian, Sherene, Denise, Theresa, Ryan

Just in time

Praise God! With just a week left before our departure, we've reached our fundraising target of $24,000.

We have our final team meeting tomorrow. The countdown begins. 6 days to go!

Call for increased intercession

Thank you so much for the outpouring of support. It is coming in many ways, whether financially, prophetically, materially, or through prayer and fasting.  These past few weeks have been tough. Many of our team members or their loved ones suffered personal setbacks, heartbreaking tragedies, spiritual oppression, even a multitude of distractions to occupy our time and energies. Some of us are still in the midst of it, some are just getting out. We ask for increased prayer and intercession in the days leading up and especially during our time there.


We thank God for the people from Life-Spring who have been participating in a 24-hour prayer and fasting chain for the Uganda missions for the past month. We will be taking a short Christmas break to let everyone enjoy the holidays, but the "chain" resumes on New Years Day and continuing for the duration of the trip.  We leave on the evening of December 31, 2010 and return on January 24, 2011. (Yes, we get to celebrate New Years on the plane!) 


Please continue to pray for us and with us. Our top prayer items are:

• Perseverance and unity - That even when the times are tough, we will persevere and continue to "stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose [us]." (Phil. 1:27-28)
• Protection for the team, family members, and loved ones
• For God's kingdom to be extended in Uganda
• For the believers in Uganda to be strengthened, encouraged, and equipped to be leaders in their generation
• For physical and spiritual restoration in the land of Uganda

Thank you and God bless!

Meet Ryan Seow

Name: Ryan Seow Occupation: Tyndale Seminary Student by day / Pastoral Intern by night # of trips to Uganda: 1 (soon to be 2)
Why I'm going to Uganda: God has called me to the nations and especially to the nation of Africa Celebrity Look-a-Like:  Fozzie Bear

Meet the team leader, Pastor Adrian Wi

Name: Adrian Wi Occupation: Pastor # of trips to Uganda: Including this one, 4
Why I'm going to Uganda: To explore the possibility of investing more of my life into the emerging leaders of Uganda If you could be a superhero, who would you be? Spiderman

Meet Sherene Wi

Name: Sherene Wi Occupation: Big boss of the household - not just a housewife # of trips to Uganda: 0. This is my first trip.
Why I'm going to Uganda: I want to personally meet the extraordinary people of Uganda that my husband Adrian has grown so fond of.  We have opportunity to visit orphanages on this trip and I am especially drawn to the orphans and hope to be able to respond in some way to their heart's cry. What's in your refrigerator right now? My refrigerator has lots and lots of yogurt. My boys love yogurt.

Meet Denise Cheng

Name: Denise Cheng Occupation: Multimedia Software Engineer # of trips to Uganda: 1, soon to be 2!
Why I'm going to Uganda: Because God has blessed us with lots to give, and because we have much to learn too.  Obeying God's command to bring the good news to all nations! What would I find in your refrigerator right now? Leftover chicken rice from our last team meeting. Yummy!

Meet Theresa Wong

Name: Theresa Wong Occupation: Unemployed Nurse (somebody hire me!) # of trips to Uganda: 0

Why I'm going to Uganda: My desire to go to Uganda began earlier this year in January when our church welcomed back a larger team who had just arrived home from Uganda. Hearing their stories of miracles, healings, lives being touched, and God moving in such a mighty way stirred something in my spirit that could only be satisfied by becoming a part of it. My heart began to break for the people of Uganda. I want to go and meet the people and see how we can share the love of the Father with them. If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?  To control time!