Preparation

At the request of my daughter Shailynn we are creating a blog so we can share our tip to Uganda with our friends and family. You may wonder how it came about that my daughter Shailynn and I came to sign on to a missions trip to Uganda. Earlier this year Virgil and Joy Ricks from Say Yes Internation brought a Ugandan Pastor to our mid week home group to speak. At the end I asked Virgil where are the pictures and videos? I could not for the life of me envision Pastor Jonah's home with 49 children in it. After letting Virgil know that I do videography on the side, he invited me to go with him on his next trip. I told him that I would think about it and we parted ways after the evening. Several months later Shailynn received a phone call from her close friend Jessica and found out that she was going to Uganda with her father Kevin. Shailynn turned to me and asked if we could also go. Her jaw nearly hit the floor when I replied that perhaps we could go with them. The rest is history.

Mark