Back in Norway

I left Uganda after my visa ran out, and came back to Norway. Surpriced my parents, and my brothers and their wifes - they didn't know I was coming. Only my sister and her husband knew. You should have seen my parents reaction when they saw me or heard my brothers reaction when I talked with them on the phone- it was fun. Priceless!!
This is the house I moved into, nice isn’t it - it's my parents house in Kristiansand southern part of Norway. They haven't lived here for 10 years so there is a lot to do in renovating and such. Soon after I got back, a spiritual cleansing was done in the house – needed!! There was such a difference in the house after that. Imagine that!!

It has been hectic for me since I got back, because I have been a fulltime aunty for my nephews and niece. Good to see them and spend time with them, yet very different from being with the children in Uganda and in Mozambique.

The other day somebody asked me to come and share at an Africa evening. The people were able to ask questions after pictures had been showed and stories had been told from my time in Mozambique and Uganda. They were interested in signs, wonders and miracles - and some of them wanted prayer afterwards. There is a hunger for more of the Lord, something that really is encouraging - and I do believe that Revival is coming to Norway soon.

Uganda, Green - life, growth

Uganda is such a green country, specially in vegetation. But there is also life and growth in the spiritual atmosphere. Living with the children at Busota, was challenging but also very fun. Staying with 40 other girls in a house that didn't have walls all the way up to the roof - didn't always give good nights of sleep..... if something happened in one end - it would be heard in the other end..... leaving the rest of that to your imagination LOL We had times where the children needed discipline (imagine that), and that is not always easy to do, one on one, when the culture is – “something is happening lets go look what it is” ...... cultures are different and we need to take that into consideration. Getting water at the borehole down the road was always something. They ran to find a gerican, and then go fast or run so that they could have time to play when the others filled their gericans. Children are so alike when it comes to play..... Leaving the orphanage was hard, but I was ready to move on - not in a bad way - just because I knew it was time. The children have changed so much during the time there. From being shy to come running toward us when we came, and give us hugs. It’s huge.

Many things have happened on the property, and a lot of buildings have been built - 2 new homes, 1 dorm for the girls and another for the boys. They have also built 2 school building, new latrines and showers. By now the school is done, and the children are all excited about the new Kasozy Primary School. They will have new uniforms, shoes and stockings. God is so cool.

After leaving the orphanage, Duncan Hill whom is the founder of UoF, had met someone on his way over to Uganda - and it was another divine connection. He got introduced to a person that has huge influence in Pader district - and had a meeting with him. This resulted in that the team I was a part of went up to Pader 3 days before we all were supposed to leave Uganda. The place we went to is the same place that I went to in the beginning of my stay in Uganda. Interesting !!!! I was able to meet some of my friends there, which was very good.

One of them has a daughter that had had diarrhea for 1 month - I prayed for her and then they left. The next day I went over to say hi and buy (since we were leaving) and guess who was outside playing.... the little girl. She didn't have any problems at all...Glory to God

Busota!

Busota is a place north of Jinja close to Kamuli in the southern part of Uganda. The houses on the property are built by Uganda Orphans Fund (UOF) and owned by them. They also own the land and are buying land to cultivate.

They are now in the process of building schools for the children, and are planning on building more houses so that they can take in more orphans. The goal is to take in 240 orphans from all over Uganda. Right now they have 74 children, from 2 till 16 years old. 36 girls, and 38 boys.

I have the privilege of staying with these children over a period of time, together with a friend of mine, Jeff Gazy. We are there helping them with their school work, loving on them, playing with them, getting water with them…… what ever is needed.

They don’t have electricity or running water, but they have LIFE. They are so full of life and are happy kids. I don’t know who is benefiting of this the most, the children or Jeff and I. They are so fun to be around.

Last Sunday Service, after giving the word – the children was asked to come forward if they had any pain or sicknesses. A lot of them came forward, and we prayed and prayed. Many of them got healed, and some was completely well the next day. Yeah God.

The Bible talkes about caring for the widows and orphans, at the home - the widows are talking care of the orphans - by being their mothers. And we have the priviledge of being part of this. Thank you. Lord.

Rackoko

Northern Uganda is different from the south, how - well busyness is one of them. Driving up to the north takes hours - the roads are not paved - it's red dust roads - love it.

The IDP camps (Internally Displaced People) have their own stories, but the people have all been told to move from their villages. Some of their stories are to strong/horrible to tell, it breaks my heart. All the evil that is out there, how people are deceived and blinded from the Truth. This is the reason we need to go out, so they will learn about the Living God that gives hope in a hopeless situation. That will love them when love is missing....

Now that things have settled down and the peace talks are somewhat in process, people are starting to go out and plant so that they can get food to their families - sell some of it and get money to buy from others. Less than 1 year ago, they had a curfew at 5 pm - they had a lot of fear - in fact they still do with good reason. Slowly but surely they are getting back into a routine, that seems normal....

The children find time to play, some are in school - but there are to many in one class. In the one nurcery we visited there are about 60 children in each class, and they have 5 classrooms - would you like to be there when they have a break, that is about 300 children...... try to keep them in order

In the IDP camp that I visited, about 80 % are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus, and on top of that many of them get malaria. The children are the ones that get affected the most when their parents dies and they don't have relatives in the camp. What to do, where to go, what now??

Uganda Orphans

Wow, this is awesome. The team I've been with these last couple of weeks has been great. We have gone into many different orphanages, yet done the same. Prayed over the children, breaking curses, blessing them with a fathers/mothers blessing. The homes are very different both in size of the houses and in how many children they have. Some have 60 children others have 12.

They have all been happy to see the "Muzungu" which is the white person. Most of the children are screaming, jumping and shouting when they see the land rover coming. The children run to greet you, the girls kneel in front of you as a way of respect and shake hands - the boys shake hands. Some take a little while to warm up, but then by the time we leave they ask when we are coming back to stay the night.

Some of the children have said that they feel very free when the prayers are done, they sense that things are different. Praise the Lord. We believe that things have happened in their lives, and that they will see the consequences later on in life.

In one of the homes we went to, 2 of Joseph Kony's children was present. Joseph Kony is the leader of the LRA (Lord's Resistance Army). It's so encouraging to know that they are there, and get christian influence. We believe that more of his children will come into orphagage homes.

Going to Uganda

The question always seems to be, where are you going next? And now I can answer that. :)Uganda, it is. The process has been pretty interesting, but when the decission was made that I would go - a lot of doors opened.

The first 2-3 weeks I'll be part of a team that will visit orphanages in the southern part of Uganda - in Kampala and in Jinja. We'll be praying for kids in the orphanages, lead them to Jesus, break orphan spirit, prophesy destiny, pray for healing...etc

Mid February I'll be leaving to go up to the Northern part of Uganda. Some facts about that region, and the ministry I'll be involved in.

In Northern Uganda there has been a war going on for the last 20 years. The war involves the stealing of children to make them soldiers, and the girls to become wives of the commanders. As a result of the war, there are now many displaced person camps. The rebels do not actually fight the government, they kill civilians, often torturing them. So the people in Northern Uganda have had to move out of their villages into these camps. They now depend on the UN for food.

The ministry is in the process of starting an NGO in a Northern District. The first phase is the Tabitha Project. Where they hope to get the neediest widows and teach them tailoring as well as giving them land to grow food. In the future, as they see the need they want to build a small orphanage. Lastly they hope to begin a Bible school. There are also possibilities in doing evangelism in the camp, and teaching and preaching in the church. The language is Luo, but most children are taught English in the school, so they can understand English. But to be able to communicate with the older people the local language needs to be learned.

Feeding the streetkids!

Remember how it is on Sundays after church, when all the people come to eat!
Well, now that the Holy Given School is over the street kids come in and get lunch every day. They stay at the gate all morning, at lunch they come under the tree by the compound gate - the bell rings and they come running to get food. It's quite the sight, they run for their lives - and the guard looses control....