August 1, 2022

Medical Missions & Youth Camp

August

We have a busy but exciting month ahead of us, as we have two weeks of outreaches planned for the community. Over the last month, we have been moving up and down getting things prepared. We are pumped to see all that the Lord does over the next few weeks for His kingdom and for these communities!

Medical Camp

Our goal is to tell the community about Christ. Many of the people in these communities live in extreme poverty and can’t afford to go to the hospital or visit a local clinic, so they will often go without treatment for simple things, such as colds, or cuts – but with the poor conditions and poor access to clean water, minor illnesses and cuts can often turn into more serious conditions. One of the ways that we can connect with the community and open doors to share the Gospel is by meeting their physical needs. We see that even in Jesus’ earthly ministry, when He and his disciples went from villages to villages preaching the Kingdom of God, they would heal the people, or he would feed them and then share His message with them.

Our first outreach this month is a medical camp. We have invited the community and 4 other villages for a free medical checkup. Over 1000+ people are expected to turn up. And everyone who does come will personally hear the Good News of the Gospel.

A team of 9, including two doctors, are coming from the USA to work along side of a local doctor and his nurses to treat the patients. The others on the team and a few local churches and their pastors, will be assisting with sharing the Gospel with each person and counseling them.

Pray for us as we prepare to receive and serve the people.

We will be posting daily updates on our Facebook page (Nuwagaba’s in Uganda) and on our Instagram (TendoBibleCamp).

Youth Camp

Youth Bible Camp
15th – 20th , August 2022
The Armor of God

Second Term Break is here. Kids and youth are home for a month! Camp is coming! Over 200+ students ages 5 to 17 will be coming each day.

Our theme: The Armor of God from Ephesians 6:12-18!

Guest Speaker: Pastor Zeddie Muzungu, from Calvary Chapel Kampala

Pray for us as we continue to prepare! Pray for the student’s lives to be transformed by the preaching of the Word. For decisions to be made for Christ.

Pray with US

We covet your prayers as we proclaim the Gospel to this community! Pray that we will be bold in speaking the truth and will have wisdom in discipling each person that God leads our way!

May 18, 2021May 25, 2022

“I only have five loaves and two fish”

13 “Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 15 Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” 16 But Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.” 17 They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.” 18 And he said, “Bring them here to me.” 19 Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass, and taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. 20 And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over. 21 And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.” – Matthew 14:13-21

Life in Uganda can be challenging at times. Somethings are not readily available in villages. People often go without some of the basic necessities. When we go out to Namayumba, we often get overwhelmed by the needs of the people that we are trying to reach with the Gospel.

There are days that we feel as though we are lacking in resources and the knowledge to effectively reach the community. Like Jesus’ disciples, when he lead them to feed the 5,000 people, we look at what we have in our hands and we tell the Lord, “I only have five loaves of bread and two fish”- ‘it’s not enough”, “I can’t do it”. It’s through our weaknesses that the Lord teaches us about His all sufficiency.

He allows us to experience the emptiness of our hands to teach us to trust in Him alone.
When we do take our eyes off of our own inadequacy and look to the Lord, we can see His faithfulness to those who trust in Him – we are never lacking.

December & January

Youth Fellowship

Trip Out

We wanted to do something special for the students for Christmas/End of the Year celebration. We looked around and found a Recreational Center in Wakiso town that had a small zoo, horse back riding, grounds to play and a swimming pool.

Not knowing where the funds would come from, we began planning- we knew that we could bring about 70 kids in total. We would need to cover the entrance fee, plus transportation, and food/drinks for the day.

In November, we had a friend reach out to us wanting to send us a love offering. Through her special gift we were able to bring 108 students and a few leaders! Everyone had a wonderful time.

They were so thankful for such an opportunity. It was a great way to end out the year.

Schools Reopening
After 2 years of closures, the government finally allowed schools to reopen. With students returning to school, we have moved the Youth Fellowship to Saturday’s.

Here in Uganda, students can go to either day school or boarding school. Those who go to boarding will stay at school until their term break in April.

Many of the students that have been coming to the fellowship have gone to boarding, so they will not be able to join us on Saturday’s. We have decided to continue through The Story of Hope with those who have remained behind and we will work with those who went away when they return.

Special Visitors & A Special Gift

Being on the field about 8 months our dear friend, Dustin, from back home in Michigan called to check on us. During our conversation, we mentioned the need for help on the grounds at the location the Lord has blessed us with for the ministry.

Without hesitation, Dustin said he was coming to help with the work. So, Dustin came along with two of his sons, Colton and Layne, the second week of January.

With their coming to help, our home church Gr.Church, did something truly amazing. They fundraised the finances need to help put structures on the property. With their generosity, we were able to put up the meeting hall, the kitchen, office and storage building and toilets.

We are so excited about all that the Lord is going to do at this property in reaching people for His Kingdom. We are thankful to the Lord for those who are coming along side of us, partnering with us to make this dream a reality.

Lord willingly, we will begin meeting at the site in March.

The guys went white water rafting down the Nile River. It was a trip of a life time.

Upcoming

Bible Clubs – With schools opened, we have contacted a few of the local schools about holding weekly Bible Clubs or chapels for the students.

A couple of the schools have given us permission to come. Apparently, one of the schools were anticipating for us to contact them as many of the students were apart of the fellowship.

So, when Denny went to ask for permission to hold a Bible Club, the head teacher was ready to give us the go a head. We praise the Lord for these new opportunities. Please pray for us and for the students.

Vacation Bible Camp – Schools will have their first term break Mid-April through the first week of May. We plan on holding a camp the last week of April. We are expecting to have at least 200 students.

Please pray as we plan for the week and for provisions need to provide the students with lunch and a snack each day.

Also, pray for the students to make decisions for the Lord. We need about $1000 to effectively run the camp for the week. This will cover lunch, snacks and juice/water for the week and also for the supplies for games.

We also need to raise about $1600 for 200 plastic chairs. Each chair cost about 28,000 Ugandan Shilling, which equals about $8 USD.

Visiting Local Churches – Denny, Ivan and Pastor Patrick will be visiting a few of the other local churches in the area.

Short-term Trips
We have a couple short-term teams coming. A medical team coming in August and a church from South Florida coming in September.

Family Update

We are pleased to introduce our fourth son – Rhys (pronounced “Reece”) Jody Nuwagaba – born January 3rd, 2022 at 6:50pm East African Time.

Mom and baby are healthy and doing well! He was almost a week late, but came fast when he did decide to come. We praise the Lord for a quick and safe delivery.

Asher & Korbyn have gone back to school. Asher is in grade 1 and Korbyn is in Pre- K 4.
Jaden is at home helping with his new brother.

Praise & Prayer Request

Praises:
Schools Reopened in January
Ministry property taking shape
New Ministry Opportunities

Prayer Request:
1. Youth Ministry in Namayumba Village Saturdays – Evangelism & Discipleship
2. Youth Camp last week of April – Open hearts, provisions for food and materials for the camp, volunteers to help
3. Short-term Teams in August & September
4. Renewing Asher’s passport & Reporting Rhys’ birth abroad.

5.$1000 for Camp in April to cover food & drinks, craft & games supplies
6. $1600 for chairs

Thank you for standing with us in reaching Namayumba with the Gospel. May the Lord bless you for your love for the nations.

In Christ,
Denny, Cassie
Asher, Korbyn, Jaden & Rhys
Nuwagaba

September 14, 2019May 25, 2022

Youth Fellowship

“I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.”
Psalm 7:17

At the beginning of the lockdown, the hospitals were packed with people and numbers of COVID patients were high, but by the end of the lockdown numbers had reduced greatly.

Some restrictions have lifted, but a few remain in place – including gathering sizes, churches and schools remain closed, there is a limit of 3 people in personal cars, plus mask are required in public places.

We thank the Lord for keeping us healthy during this whole time.

Although the lockdowns have been used to stop the spread of the virus, they had been very stressful upon families and individuals, as many were not able to work and provide for their families.

All public and private vehicles were not allowed to operate, leaving families with limited ways to get to work.

Also, the educational system had been put on hold for 2 years, they did open a few levels back at the beginning of the year, but closed again with the lockdown.

Unless, parents had a way for their children to do online school or homeschool to keep up with their studies, kids here are 2 years behind in their studies.

Those who were supposed to graduate have been put on hold, many finding ways to make money and now won’t return to finish. There has been an increase in teen pregnancy. Lord willingly, they will open schools soon.

Prayer Request:
1. Churches and Schools to reopen
2. Youth Ministry in Namayumba Village Tuesday – Evangelism and Discipleship
3. Developing ministry opportunities and community outreach in Namayumba Village
4.Healthy Pregnancy and Baby – Due December 30th, 2021
5. Asher & Korbyn school
6. Visas/Immigration – We are still working on our immigration statues, we submitted our information in Mid August and we still have not receive any information back.

Praise:
Starting Youth ministry in Namayumba Village
New baby in December

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