And Yet, Another School of Champions.

By Jennie Wellsand

Today our team went to Africa Greater Life, this school recently won a tournament in Arusha & prior to that won one of our tournaments & received a goat whom they named Hope.  We were welcomed warmly with an African song, cheers & bight smiles.   The footballers were dressed in their jerseys looking like champions.  Since this was my second trip to AGL, I knew what to expect for the most part but was once again blessed by their welcome & joy as we came to campus.  As we went on the tour of the grounds it was encouraging to see them strive to be self sustaining by having a green house, fishing pond & lots of land to plant.

The most shocking part of the day for me was realizing how many faces & names I remembered from last year.  As soon as we went into the chapel for our welcome ceremony a boy named Isaac shook my hand & was so happy to greet me again.  Isaac wants to be a musician.  He was actually the boy in charge of the keyboard music for our session & was beaming with pride.  I am excited to see him at the tournament tomorrow & again Sunday morning – I am hoping to sit down with him to see how well he is achieving his goals of being a musician.  Despite the extremely hot day we had, it was encouraging to see our team flourish in all of our specific giftings loving on the children of Uganda.

When we arrived back at the house we were greeted by our Gulu (northern Uganda) staff.  They helped the Kampala staff get jerseys & prizes ready for tomorrow’s big tournament.  While they were organizing things, our team was also greeted by two of the widows we partner with, Hannifah & Rose.  Rose works with about 30 women who make our beaded work which includes bracelets, necklaces & paper bowls.  Hannifah & her family make our cloth products which include purses, coin purses & scarves.  It’s amazing to be a part of an organization who can support women’s lives in such an amazing way.  Knowing I will bring back some of these handmade products to The States & sell them at a fair trade price to American’s that want to further the ministry of Fields of Dreams makes me thrilled!! Thank you for supporting the women of Uganda & impacting the future of the children of Uganda.  You’re making a huge impact with your purchase & I cannot wait for you to see the new products we will bring home!