Uganda Trip

June 8 - 23, 2012
Gulu, Uganda

In partnership with the AIDS Initiative and Global Justice team, Kerus Global and World Vision.

The men, women and children of Northern Uganda have lived through some of the most gruesome atrocities of our time. Would God use you to bring them HOPE and encouragement? Are you available to go where He sends you? Join us as we travel to Gulu to work alongside pastors and community leaders.

Trip Information

Uganda Trip Brochure Trip Facts The estimated cost will be $3,900 per person depending on current airfares. Cost Includes: Ministry supplies Airfare Lodging Meals Ground transportation Health and accident insurance and emergency evacuation insurance. Fund raising training will be available. Team Size: Minimum - 4 Maximum - 8 Team members must be 18 years of age or older. All team members must be in good physical condition. Trip Schedule TBD The itinerary is subject to change. Registration Click on the following document links to print the appropriate Application Packet. First time mission trip with DTW:   (Adult packet)(Youth packet) Returning DTW missionary:   (Adult packet)      (Youth packet) NOTE: The Statement of Faith included in the application packet is for you to read and keep with you. Your completed forms may be mailed, dropped off at the church office or at the Missions & Outreach table in the main lobby. Passport is required. There is a $100 non-refundable deposit per person. You may send in your application, drop it off at the church office or at the Outreach table in the main lobby. What is covered by my fund raising? Fund raising covers your flights, ground transportation, accommodations, food, health and accident insurance and team supplies. It also covers ministry supplies for the field. The cost of your passport, shots and fund raising expenses is not included. What about transportation and lodging? The team will make their own flight arrangements once the team is formed. In country accommodations will be done by the team. The team will stay in hotels or guest houses.

Poverty and disease plague the entire country of Uganda, but suffering is worst in northern Uganda, where the rebel group called the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has battled the Government of Uganda for more than 21 years. During this time, more than 1.2 million Ugandans have been displaced and tens of thousands have been killed.

Since 1987, an estimated 25,000 children have been kidnapped by the LRA for use as child soldiers and slaves. These innocent children are brutalized and mutilated, forced to commit atrocities, and given as sex slaves to military commanders.Those who attempt to escape are killed. Fearing abduction, streams of children leave their homes every night and walk for hours from surrounding villages to reach the relative safety of major towns, only to trek their way home in the first light. Some 40,000 “night commuters” sleep under verandas, in schools, hospital courtyards or bus parking places to evade the snare of the LRA.

A significant number of people fled to IDP Camps - Internationally Displaced Persons. These camps have tens of thousands of inhabitants living in crowded, dirty, poor circumstances. Food is scarce with much of the population relying on foreign aid.

Join us as we travel to Gulu to work alongside pastors and community leaders. Let’s bring them HOPE. Let’s walk alongside them and learn from them and pray with them. When we can and when we are able, let’s lend a helping hand but the rest of the time let’s listen and ask God to show us what to do next as a church. How can He use us to help the Acholi people to become independent once again?

How can He use them to encourage us to grow as disciples of Christ and how can God use us to encourage the Acholi in their faith?

Ministry Opportunities

• A three day Church Plant mission in one of the villages in which we could have a long-term partnership in development. CHCC would partner with this church to be used of God to disciple it, to reach the community with the gospel, and also to be channels of development and transformation. CHCC would work alongside local volunteers to construct a temporary worship shelter, using local materials.
• Visit and minister in an existing church in Kidikal Village.
• Minister to women in the church and community through a one-day Women’s Conference/Seminar.
• Empower village or church leaders through a one or two day pastor/leader seminar.
• Meet with different church groups, especially those affected or infected by HIV/AIDS that are involved in income generating activities to assess their needs and help them out of poverty.
• If a music team is raised up, ministry using music as a tool of communication could take place in schools. Could also hold a youth rally to reach and empower

Kathy Burr is the Director of Outreach and Missions at CHCC. She is widely traveled and has led numerous Discover the World teams to different parts of the world, including Uganda and South Africa. She and her husband, Mark, have two children, David and Nikki and live in Castle Pines, Colorado.

Contact

Kathy Burr
303.325.8426

What is the AIDS Initiative and Global Justice Team?