Taking care of the bereaved family

Last year, we received the unfortunate news that a child from the surrounding community fell into YCVM's construction well on the boarding school site. The child was not one of YCVM's sponsored children. Nevertheless, the YCVM board wanted to help the bereaved family, and rebuilt the child's mother's house (see earlier blog post). To help further, YCVM recently improved the beddings for the bereaved family members.

On the left, you see the former bedding, which is a common papyrus mat on the dirt floor of the hut. Following that, you can see the mattress that YCVM provided - a luxury in the villages. Lastly, you can see YCVM director Silver Omakenyi delivering the gifts to the family.

I thank God for the work that YCVM continues to do in the Kumi community.

10,000 bricks

Q: How do you make 10,000 bricks in Uganda?


A: With your bare hands.



This summer, a mission team sent by Chinese Community United Methodist Church will experience a small piece of life in Kumi with YCVM hosting. The mission team wants to (literally) get their hands dirty with the construction of the boarding school, so the YCVM team set about making more bricks. Please continue to pray for YCVM and the work they are doing, as well as the mission team from CCUMC.

The bricks are made by mixing water with dirt from the nearby area. A simple wooden form is used to create bricks of uniform size. The bricks are then left to dry in the sun. After that they're stacked, and a fire is lit underneath to bake them. While is process is very labor-intensive, it doesn't cost much money. Buying the concrete and mortar is a much greater cost.