A little background of who I am and what myself and my 12 year old son Chipman are doing would probably be helpful right about now, so here's the low down on all you need to know. I am Helen, I am a mum of 2, my daughter Beebie is 6 and as I mentioned before Chipman is 12. My husband Mark is a motorcycle mechanic and loves his bikes almost as much as us! We are not a perfect family, we fight, we forgive, we fall out and we love just like everyone else. Our family does have added pressures in that Chipman has Aspergers and ADHD and Beebie has speech and language problems. There is never a dull moment in our house!
So now you have a picture of who we are, what on earth are we doing? Well Chipman and I are heading off to Uganda in July, not on an exotic 2 week relax by the pool type of thing but a getting our hands dirty, building, visiting and helping type of trip. All of this has been made possible by a fantastic charity called Mission Direct. They work in 11 different countries building with bricks and mortar and with God in people's hearts. The trip we are going on is to a town called Rukungiri, Mission Direct have done lots of work there already building schools, boring water holes, and now they have a new project. The mainstream primary school is amazing, it has a class especially for deaf children and it is giving the children a future but there are a group of children missing out. Disabled children. They have no opportunity to learn, that is until now. A and I will be going with a team of 18 others to help build an extension onto the existing school just for disabled children. They too will soon have the chance to learn and a better future too.
As you may have guessed with the list of diagnosis our children have, helping others with disabilities is something very close to our hearts. We have been so amazingly blessed by God with this opportunity to not only build buildings with physical materials but also help build his kingdom too. If you are reading this and would like to know how you could support Chipman and I as we embark on our adventure then I would love to ask that if you are the praying kind that you pray for our family, the team going and also the staff team who will be in Uganda organising everything for 4 months (they are all volunteers which I think is amazing).
For our family in particular I would love Chipman to be surrounded by prayer for the change, having Aspergers means that he likes structure and routine to be the same, Uganda will be very different. Please pray that he can enjoy the time in Rukungiri and grow and give to the best of his ability. For me I would love prayer for patience, dealing with Chipman on my own without my husband especially on a long flight will be demanding. Please pray for all of our team that vaccination plans, fundraising and practical preparations go smoothly. Please also pray that we are quick at learning how to lay bricks and are given opportunities to share God's love with those we meet.
Keep checking back to see what is happening on our journey to Rukungiri!
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