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Teaching Marketable Skills In Uganda
STORIES OF HOPE AND BRIGHT FUTURES


And Poof! Just Like That, You've Changed a ViIllage
Village women gathered for a sewing workshop led by Shirley Moran and myself. Starting with fewer than 25 participants, each woman...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jul 24, 20241 min read


A New Lockdown in Place, June 7, 2021
Exactly one month after we landed in Uganda, President Museveni announced the second nationwide COVID Lockdown. Why? COVID cases have...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jun 8, 20222 min read


Changing Marshmallows into Goats
!!! Reader Beware: Photos in this post include those of goats being prepared for cooking. Please do not read if these might be offensive...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Mar 3, 20222 min read


Got Milk?
This is James, our local milkman. He doesn’t come to our porch and trade full bottles of milk for empties like the old days at home....

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jun 4, 20211 min read


The Wheels on the Van go Round and Round!
Thank You! Generous friends, family members, strangers, and 2 organizations (Power Ministries and The Kiwanis CLub of Riverside) donated...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jun 4, 20211 min read


Don't Sit Under the Mango Tree with Anyone Else but Me
It is mango time in Uganda! Everywhere there are mangoes. Trees are dropping the baseball-sized fruit with a thud. We have two...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
May 20, 20211 min read


A Sweet Story of Success
Nancy and Dominic are a young married couple with three small children living in Gulu, Uganda. When we arrived to begin our ministry,...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jan 20, 20212 min read


The Evolution of My Blogs
During my blog history which began in 2003, I created blogs for a number of purposes each meant to segment different parts of my life....

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jan 17, 20211 min read


A New Van?
Travel to outlying areas in Uganda is rough. Heck, travel within the developed areas can be rough, too. Riding along in a cramped van...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Dec 10, 20201 min read


Inquiring Minds Want to Know
I have a love-hate relationship with technology. This evening I’m deep into the hate side of the equation. I guess that wonderfully...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Aug 30, 20203 min read


Happy News!
Jeff and I left for Uganda on August 15, 2019, one year ago. We thought back on the things that happened during our time there. There...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Aug 21, 20201 min read


Too Good Not to Share - Fresh off the Press!
This morning I awoke to an email with a food distribution report from Pastor Simon Oloyojok. When we receive donations for food, we wire...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Aug 15, 20201 min read


We are Concerned About Our Friends
Our lives, in a nutshell. Since our return to the US in early April, we have had the pleasure of talking to family and friends. Based on...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Apr 6, 20203 min read
A little bit of education can be a bad thing.
We found out there is a large opportunity for support raising at the end of the year as people reflect upon finances and decide where to...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Dec 2, 20194 min read


Things that Go Bump in the Night
We arrived in Entebbe after 22 hours of flying, as scheduled, and had a rather uneventful 7 hour drive to Gulu. Little did we know that...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Aug 28, 20195 min read
Definition of generous
Definition of generous a. characterized by a noble or kindly spirit : MAGNANIMOUS , KINDLY ; a generous heart b. Ladies of the...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Aug 4, 20191 min read
Emotions (by Jeff)
Emotions Yvonne has written about the stress she has been feeling during our packing and all the other details we have had to address...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jul 30, 20192 min read
What a difference a text makes.
Our all-grown-up kids decided that it would be fitting to gather last weekend for the last time we would all be in our house together for...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jul 29, 20192 min read
Surprise! Friends who are like family Part 2
My precious friends from women's Bible study decided to surprise me with a party to say goodbye. I was very touched. There were many...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jul 29, 20191 min read


Thoughts about packing my sewing room.
Thanks to the hard work of my 2 sons, Jonathan and Jacob, my longarm quilting machine is disassembled and ready to be put into storage....

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jun 16, 20191 min read
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