New Life Blog

After a long Covid-induced absence, we bravely booked a flight, grabbed a hotel, and headed back to our African church partner in Mukono, Uganda!

The world has been in lockdown but we can do a LOT for the kingdom, in our kitchen and on our computer! Check out these updates from around the world!

Praise the Lord! We collected $25,000 through our 2019 Christmas offering so that made it easy to divide it between our five missions works designated to receive the funds for both humanitarian aid as well as spreading the Gospel. Here is a quick report from each partner about how they will...

Today while Jason held a soccer coaches clinic at the church campus, the lady folk headed off for a long trek into the capital city of Kampala. While perhaps only 15 or so kilometers distance, the wretched traffic, dirt roads, and sheer volume of motorcycles, goats, trucks, buses, trucks full of...

Today we had several errands at the church campus, including a “Pizza Class” and Teen Dinner. As it turned out, it was lots more exciting than we expected!! Several years ago we wanted to help our community in Uganda create a business to employ the single moms & bring income...

Wow! Wow! Wow! We were invited to a graduation celebration of sorts at New Life Christian School, the primary school on the grounds of Mukono Community Church. We were greeted by our “emcee” 12-year-old super-star Michael, the sponsored child of Scott & Beth Voigt, who could be a...

Oli Otya Friends- we are live from Mukono Uganda and want to share all the good things God is doing in this beautiful place! Our internet has been spotty but it’s looking better- here’s the first few days so you can catch up! Five of us (Cindy, Laurie, Mary, Jason & Laura) and...

“This is the team that never ends, they just go on and on, my friend!”  Seriously, after working for an entire week, morning until night, our last day in Anonos was full of extra projects and last minute efforts!! Due to some extra financial gifts to our team from New Lifers, we...

After a LONG week, 6 am wake up calls & back-to-back projects every day, we took a half-day to spend in the beauty of Costa Rica! We brought 6 of our VBS helpers, the next generation of leaders at LaViña, and headed out of the city & up up up the mountains to a waterfall garden...

It seems like we just arrived and also that we have been here for months! We have formed or deepened relationships with people from 6-86!! Our teammates have been the hardest workers, open & welcoming, caring, giving 110% in every task from making lunch to moving chairs to washing dishes...