Update from Uganda

We are updating our blog straight from Jinja, Uganda, We love it here,
and We've been here now for 5 days!

Here's an update on what we've been up to during this time;
On the first day of outreach, James went out at 7:30a to leading the
outreach team in talking to the prisoners in three prisons. The young
people and adults in the prisons who are in prison were so grateful and
excited for us being there (one person we met had two years in jail for
carrying two people in the bed of his truck).

The prisoners performed beautiful songs for us and James and performed
dramas with the team for over 250 prisoners in the prison. They also spoke
and ministered to the prison staff's children, which included over 80 children.
After this experience James was reminded that when he serves others he always
gets something in return and one of the prisoners told him that he believes that
God keeps us alive because he wants us to continue to help others, amazing!

On the other days, James and his team went to 10 schools and spoke and
performed dramas for over 2500 children. They also went to remote villages
and islands that usually do not receive visitors. The people were very
accommodating and even brought us cold Sodas, which is a luxury here.


Brynea and the rest of the medical team have seen a few hundred people
during the medical clinics. Most of the patients have malaria, but
they treat for many different ailments. It has been fun for Brynea to
hone the medical knowledge and skills learned in nursing school that
may have been forgotten otherwise. For the sake of those faint of heart
we will not share any of the graphic stories here. The more
heart warming stories are so many in number that it would be difficult
to decide on one to share. One of the best things about the clinic so
far, besides being able to help the Ugandan people, is working with
locals who help translate, treat and pray for patients. They have such
big hearts for people when they come work with us all day (about 9-5)
and then go to their paying jobs! So amazing!
Just one more clinic day here in Jinja then on to Entebbe where we pray
we will be able to do at least a couple clinics, although their won't be the
wonderful help that was given in Jinja. The medical team also went to a local
hospital and prayed for the patients on Sunday afternoon. Such an eye
opening experience, seeing the difference between our modern hospitals
and theirs. It makes you thankful for all the things we have access
to in America.

Both of us are being stretched but God is providing for us.

The entire Uganda team here has really bonded over the last week.
Each and everyone of them is so special in so many ways. We have had
wonderful times of worship and sharing together and exposed our souls
in ways many people don't do in just a weeks time.

As you can see from the picture, we are lucky enough to be in a very
nice hotel which is near the source of the nile. We have a beautiful
view of Lake Victoria. However, next to the hotel there are people
living in mud houses. So the beautiful scenery is surrounded by
poverty. However, the Uganda people have shown us that there is more
than meets the eye. They may be living in very poor conditions, but
poor is relative, their spirits are full and their compassion is
great, they are truly blessed. We are luck enough to see truly happy
people.

Thank you for your support and prayers, We've only been working in
this country for five days and already our lives are changed forever.
If you would like to email us, we have internet here at the hotel. We
will be here till early morning Friday, US time.

With Blessings from Uganda!

James and Brynea

Hey Everyone!

We weren't sure we were going to make it...but we are officially FULLY FUNDED AND ON OUR WAY!!! Praise God!!

We leave in just a few hours from JFK. We want to thank everyone that has supported us financially and in prayer. This has been an amazing journey so far and we are excited to see what God has for us in the next chapter! We've met our team and they are all amazing people!

I doubt we'll have a chance to update while there, but we will as soon as we return with pictures. Please continue to lift Uganda and our team up in prayer over the next two weeks! Siibabulungi! ("have a nice day" in lugandan)

LOVE YOU!

James and Brynea

3 Weeks away!!!

Dear Friends and family,

We are three weeks away from our mission trip to Uganda and we wanted to give everyone an update.

There will be close to thirty of us going. The group will be split into three teams, Orphanage, Outreach and Medical. We will be part of the medical team, and the outreach team.

Many Ugandans died last year due to poor sanitation practices, so Brynea will be leading personal hygiene teaching and be leading the medical team during the medical clinics. James has been asked to lead the outreach team. The outreach team will be traveling throughout Uganda to villages and they will also go to two different prisons, including one for women condemned to death. In addition, they will be traveling by boat to different islands to provide relief to widows and people that are ignored by the community. James will also be performing in dramas.

As you can see we will be very busy on this trip, so we will need a lot of prayer support before and during our trip! We appreciate all of the financial and prayer assistance we have received so far, we are $2,024 away from being fully funded. This doesn’t include the airfare to NYC, immunizations, and unpaid time away from work. In order to fully fund this trip, James has taken a part-time job with BWO and Brynea has also worked for them to cover some of the money we lack, so with these additional funds we only need $624. If your willing to help us cover any of this, please let us know, also below you can find a new way to make donations!

God bless you for your continued prayers and support!

James and Brynea Daman

April Update

Dear Friends and Family,

We are less than 2 months away from our trip to Uganda and we are very excited!

Uganda Information
One of the exciting facts about Uganda is that it contains the largest tropical large in the world, Lake Victoria. This lake contains over 3,000 islands, and part of our trip includes riding canoes to different islands to reach this remote population.

Fundraising Update
Brynea and I were recently volunteers for a silent auction at Believers Church. During this auction we were able to raise $1,113!!!!

We want to thank everyone for your prayers and financial support, we are are truly blessed, and we are praying that any gift you sow will reap you ten folds.

Go green with your donation
If you want to save trees and postage you can now donate online:

1. Just go to http://www.believersworld.com/missiontrips/
2. On the Home page scroll down to Make A Donation
3. Click on the “give” for missionary support
4. Fill in the donation amount and click “update total”
5. You can use paypal or just enter your credit card account
6. Very Important!! Click on add special instruction to the seller and type in "James and Brynea Daman" so the credit goes to us and not the general fund.

Again, Thank you so much and we hope you have a blessed day!

Love,

James and Brynea

Feburary Update

Hello everyone!

Here is a link to some videos about what we will be doing with Believers World Outreach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0f8QHj99HM

This video and the other video from dtietsort entitled "Summer Missions Trip 2009: Uganda and Costa Rica" can give you an idea of what you are supporting through prayer and financial gifts.

Brynea is looking forward to using her skills as a nurse and James is preparing to travel into the villages, prisions and refugee camps of Uganda as part of the outreach team to show them the heart of the Lord.

Thanks for your prayer and financial support!

James and Brynea Daman
jbmissions@gmail.com

Prayer of the children

When your thinking of us in your prayers, please also pray about the people of Uganda, especially the children, more than 30,000 children have been abducted in Uganda to serve as soldiers and slaves by the rebel army. Please keep this prayer of the children in your mind during your prayer time:

Prayer of the Children

Can you hear the prayer of the children on bended knee, in the shadow of an unknown room?
Empty eyes with no more tears to cry, turning heavenward toward the light

Crying, who will help me to see the morning light of one more day, but if I should die before I wake, I pray my soul to take.

Can you feel the hearts of the children aching for home, for something of their very own?
Reaching hands with nothing to hold on to, but hope for a better day.

Crying who will help me to feel the love again in my own land, but if an unknown road leads away from home, give me loving arms, away from harm.

Can you hear the voice of the children, softly pleading for silence in their shattered world?
Angry guns preach a gospel full of hate, blood of the innocent on their hands.

Crying who will help me to feel the sun again upon my face?
For when darkness clears, I know you're near, bringing peace again.

Can you hear the prayer of the children?

Fundrasing Opportunities

There are many things you can do to help us as we try to reach our goal: First and foremost we need prayer support, we are also doing several things to raise money over the next couple of months:

Simply clicking one of the ads on this blog will give us a donation from google.

Monthly fundraising:

Last weeks of January: Brynea and I have boxes of chocolate we are selling, contact us if you would like to buy one, we have Hershey's, M&M's, Skittles, etc. Some of them have a $1.00 off coupon for Subway, just let us know what you want.

February: We will be selling Restaurant.com gift cards, they are $20 and they are actually good for $50 towards any restaurant on restaurant.com, we will take preorders, just e-mail us at jbmissions@gmail.com or call us at 918-321-2151.

March: We will be selling handmade dog treats, we will take preorders, just e-mail us at jbmissions@gmail.com or call us at 918-321-2151.

April: We will be selling candy and lollipops.

Check back often on this blog to see what else we will be doing!