WHO WE ARE - Frequently Asked Questions

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. What do you eat in Africa? Rice, cornmeal, beans, goat stew and mashed bananas. Plus amazing tropical fruit and vegetables.

2. What do you miss the most? Wonderfully silky smooth toilet paper and soft, grainy bread.

3. Can we come volunteer? JAM welcomes you to use your God-given gifts and serve the ministry in Uganda. We would love to see you partner with our organization.

4. Is it safe? Yes, um... yes. Just pray for us!

5. Is it weird coming back to the US? It feels like home from a past life, almost as if we are tourists at the same time. Now Uganda has become our home.

6. What exactly do you do? Rescue and love abandoned babies in our home and lead the ABIDE youth discipleship and leadership training program

7. What has been the greatest challenge? Losing our daughter Jerusalem. Missing deep relationships with family and friends.

8. Do you see lions? Not in our front yard, but we have seen them in the beautiful National Parks. It is an awesome experience.

9. Are you tired of answering these questions? No, it’s exciting to share about what God is doing (but it is hard to repeat ourselves over and over again).

10. Do you live in a house? We bought land in 2004 and built our own home (with the help of many knowledgable Ugandan construction workers) when we arrived on the field in 2006. It is a beautiful, simple house design with four bedrooms and two baths; built with brick/motor, cement floor and tin roof. We survived without electricity for two years and often go without indoor plumbing. We love our garden, banana plantation and frontyard compound to play football.

11. What is the education like? Uganda uses a mixture of the British system with 7 grades of primary school and 6 grades of secondary school. The system uses rote memorization with very little experiential, problem solving education. Secondary school is divided into two levels; the last two years are specialized down to four subjects. The entire academic system climaxes with the Secondary school graduate exams. They determine a students future opportunities for further education or work. Most children have the opportunity to attend primary school, but it is an honor to be able to graduate from secondary school. University is often an impossiblity for the majority of students.

12. What language do you speak? English and we are learning the local dialect in our area called Runyankole. With over 40 dialects in the small country of Uganda, English is used nationally to unite the communication across tribal boundaries.

13. Are you scared of HIV/AIDS? In the past 25 years, HIV/AIDS has killed millions of people at every level of society and in virtually every country in Africa. But Uganda is rapidly defeating the disease. The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, initiated a coalition of government, education and church leaders to mount and campaign for a vigorous, Christian-based way of life in the country as an approach to curbing the runaway AIDS pandemic. The result of putting Christ in schools, government and in the society itself resulted in the reduction of the infection rate dropping by 2/3. Even so, many people have died, leaving their children behind. There are, today, more than 880,000 children in Uganda alone who need love, long-term care and education. We are caring for some of these children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. With proper medical attention and a loving environment, infants born with HIV can live productive and full lives. While there are extra precautions and regulated medical attention, a childs life can be virtually normal. The challenge is that very few individuals and organizations are committed to serving these precious children with extra needs. Many HIV+ babies are ostracised or abandoned. We are here to stand in the gap and meet that need.

14. How long are you going to live/work in Uganda? We are committed long-term and plan on living in Uganda indefinitely. It would require the Lord to make a very clear call for us to move. But we don't follow a call, we follow Jesus Christ.

15. How can we be involved in your ministry? We invite you to support us with prayer and finances. You can partner with us to share the saving life of Jesus Christ in Uganda.

WHO WE ARE Statement of Faith Personal beliefs of Christian theology Why Uganda? The reason for serving Christ across the world About JAM More information about our organization Frequently Asked Questions Things people want to know and usually ask	FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. What do you eat in Africa? Rice, cornmeal, beans, goat stew and mashed bananas. Plus amazing tropical fruit and vegetables. 2. What do you miss the most? Wonderfully silky smooth toilet paper and soft, grainy bread. 3. Can we come volunteer? JAM welcomes you to use your God-given gifts and serve the ministry in Uganda. We would love to see you partner with our organization. 4. Is it safe? Yes, um... yes. Just pray for us! 5. Is it weird coming back to the US? It feels like home from a past life, almost as if we are tourists at the same time. Now Uganda has become our home. 6. What exactly do you do? Rescue and love abandoned babies in our home and lead the ABIDE youth discipleship and leadership training program 7. What has been the greatest challenge? Losing our daughter Jerusalem. Missing deep relationships with family and friends. 8. Do you see lions? Not in our front yard, but we have seen them in the beautiful National Parks. It is an awesome experience. 9. Are you tired of answering these questions? No, it’s exciting to share about what God is doing (but it is hard to repeat ourselves over and over again). 10. Do you live in a house? We bought land in 2004 and built our own home (with the help of many knowledgable Ugandan construction workers) when we arrived on the field in 2006. It is a beautiful, simple house design with four bedrooms and two baths; built with brick/motor, cement floor and tin roof. We survived without electricity for two years and often go without indoor plumbing. We love our garden, banana plantation and frontyard compound to play football. 11. What is the education like? Uganda uses a mixture of the British system with 7 grades of primary school and 6 grades of secondary school. The system uses rote memorization with very little experiential, problem solving education. Secondary school is divided into two levels; the last two years are specialized down to four subjects. The entire academic system climaxes with the Secondary school graduate exams. They determine a students future opportunities for further education or work. Most children have the opportunity to attend primary school, but it is an honor to be able to graduate from secondary school. University is often an impossiblity for the majority of students. 12. What language do you speak? English and we are learning the local dialect in our area called Runyankole. With over 40 dialects in the small country of Uganda, English is used nationally to unite the communication across tribal boundaries. 13. Are you scared of HIV/AIDS? In the past 25 years, HIV/AIDS has killed millions of people at every level of society and in virtually every country in Africa. But Uganda is rapidly defeating the disease. The President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, initiated a coalition of government, education and church leaders to mount and campaign for a vigorous, Christian-based way of life in the country as an approach to curbing the runaway AIDS pandemic. The result of putting Christ in schools, government and in the society itself resulted in the reduction of the infection rate dropping by 2/3. Even so, many people have died, leaving their children behind. There are, today, more than 880,000 children in Uganda alone who need love, long-term care and education. We are caring for some of these children infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. With proper medical attention and a loving environment, infants born with HIV can live productive and full lives. While there are extra precautions and regulated medical attention, a childs life can be virtually normal. The challenge is that very few individuals and organizations are committed to serving these precious children with extra needs. Many HIV+ babies are ostracised or abandoned. We are here to stand in the gap and meet that need. 14. How long are you going to live/work in Uganda? We are committed long-term and plan on living in Uganda indefinitely. It would require the Lord to make a very clear call for us to move. But we don't follow a call, we follow Jesus Christ. 15. How can we be involved in your ministry? We invite you to support us with prayer and finances. You can partner with us to share the saving life of Jesus Christ in Uganda.
the KEHNS serving in Uganda with Juna Amagara Ministries