Our near future

We expect to be in Kenya till end of January then we will move to Kyenjojo, western part of Uganda. We will be doing ministry of serving God in the orphanages, churches, reaching pastors, church leaders, members of church, Youth and different age of kids. We are feeling God is leading us to teach His word to His precious people. 


We need you to stand with us in prayer to God to provide and meet our needs. If you are willing to  support financially God's work which we are doing or to come as a volunteer and be part of us you are very welcome to do so. 
Please let us know what you feel what God is leading you to do for this ministry. We are happy and thankful to God to have you all in our lives, May God be with you always.


Henry and Mirka Kalume

Time in Kenya

After the wedding we moved to Kenya to meet Henry’s family.  So far Mirka has met few of them. We are hoping to meet the rest of the family on the 3rd of December 2011 in the village where Henry was brought up. During our time in Kenya we are also working on our marriage registration. After registration we are going to apply for Mirka’s dependant pass.

Our time in Kenya has not been easy so far. We have been struggling financially. Our account had been blocked and we did not have a place to stay. We didn’t have any money for paying rent, food transport etc.  Up to now the account is still blocked but we thank God for His faithfulness.
We have a place to stay and some little money for upkeep. Praise be to God!

On the beach in Mombasa

Mombasa is very hot for Mirka. Sometimes she wish to be lock in the cold room and not move from there.  For those of you who know about Mombasa, how humid it is then you can understand what Mirka is going through.

We will be travelling to Kyenjojo in western part of Uganda for 2weeks. There is a mission we are going to do concerning orphanage. Our friends have asked us to help them to prepare and organise Christmas parties for about 500 kids. After the Christmas parties we will come back to Kenya. So remember us in your prayers.

The Wedding

We thank God and everyone who stood with us in prayers and financial support during our wedding preparation. It was colourful!! :)
The day was good, it was shining and hot in the morning, in the afternoon it looked as if there was going to be a storm but all in all it never hindered the process. We did not expect it to be that colourful but because of God and you standing with us we made it. It was a nice surprise to see some of you whom we did not expect to be there but you made it. Wow!! :) Thank you again for the wedding gifts, your comments on our wedding pictures and we are so grateful for that. May God bless you abundantly.

To avoid tiring you with reading, there will be a DVD of the our wedding available in two months time. If you would like to see, please let us know (available for a small contribution  towards our ministry here in Africa).

Days are flying by...

Time is running. From Today we got only 10 more days to go(...)a big day is coming very soon. If I thought it was a dream now the dream is becoming  true.

How do we feel? We both, me and Henry are sooooo happy, though we still got some expenses to be cover however "we trust God with all our hearts..." Prov.3;5 for his provision. The man can fail but our Father not, He will never leave us, never abandon us...Heb.13;5
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The biggest problem it is the transport. There has been a lot of travel these days for me, back and forward-sometimes it can be really tiring.  The life in Africa is not easy, specially in Kampala. Te city is so busy, not well organised.
Henry is still finishing the teaching in YWAM , he got one more week to go. I imagine how busy He must be.
Myself tired of travel, the dress still in the process of sowing, Tomorrow the fitting again.
At the morning some shopping, hopefully will get what I need.
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And my friend is coming in few days, actually I feel like she is on her way already, 2more days- I can't wait.
I am happy to see her, it was quite a while since we have seen one another. I love that girl so much, she is an amazing women -  never pull me down.
Also exciting for her, this is her first time in Africa.I pray she will use this time fully and take a good memory back home.

Updates

Hallo my friend

How are you doing?
How is your life going?

We must  say that we are doing okay  and  God is doing great things in our lives.
We would like to share a bit of what has been happening and is going to happen very soon...

Mirka:
I finish my Disciples Training which I had started at the beginning of this Year in Uganda . I   graduated on July 2011. During this time I have been learning a lot. God was revealing Himself to me more every day. I did my outreach here in northern Uganda and the second part on the West. With the team of 12 people, we were ministering to different kids, Orphans, Youth and also small babies.
God was so good to us. During that time we were also  visiting prisons, hospitals. We tried our best to reach as many as we could. We didn't put anyone in the box, we were available to everyone and many people came to Christ. Among those ones were many Muslims.
What is happening now in my life is what I never expected. During this time, I met Henry. He is  one of the staff in YWAM (Youth with A Missions) in  Jinja Uganda. He was there where I was doing my Disciples Training. We were  good friends and without any expectations at the end of the school we became more than friends, we showed the interest in each other.
It became serious. We prayed about that and God  confirmed this many times  that it is His will for us to be together.
I cancelled my plans of going to Tanzania and now we are planing to get married. The weeding is going to happen on 5th of November 2011.

“We can do our own plans but God has the last word to say” Prov. 16.1


Henry:
After my staffing Titus Project in South Africa for 3 months I went back to Kenya and stayed for 1 whole year doing nothing because of finances but it was also a great opportunity to me of seeking God to give me clear direction on what next. God put in my heart to go back to YWAM Uganda and staff School of Biblical Studies (SBS), as I trust him for his provisions for my degree program. I obeyed His voice and went to YWAM Hope-land Jinja, Uganda. I came to Uganda last year and have been serving the Lord there in different departments, apart from SBS staff  I was helping in kitchen. It was not easy to be in these two positions.
In the course of that, I met a beautiful Polish lady well known as Mirka, she came at the base as DTS student. We were good friends and without any expectations at the end of the school we became more than friends, we showed the interest in each other. It became serious, we prayed about that and God  confirmed this many times  that it is His will for us to be together. Now we are planing to get married. The weeding is going to happen on 5th of November 2011. As SBS department, we run the school annually and this year we are planning to run Titus Project here in Uganda. I will be available part-time because of what God has brought across.


Because of financial shortage we are planing to have a simple wedding and  ceremony. Thank God we have a place to hold it without any payments. But still we have the need to get our wedding garments, rings, decorations, cake ingredients, meals and drinks.
Both our families are not much supportive. However,  we just trust God to provide and make this happen.

'' I depend alone on God, I put my hope in Him” Ps.62;5

We believe what God himself has begun He himself will finish, even if for human being it could be impossible but with God all things are possible.
After the wedding we are planing  to visit each others families, friends and home countries. Then continue with studying with YWAM and serving the Lord.

Please keep us in your prayers, stand with us in this challenging time so that God will intervene and provide for all our needs.

Thank you in advance for our prayers and support.
Ps. If you would like to contribute please let us know so will give you the details
May God bless you
Mirka and Henry