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Teaching Marketable Skills In Uganda
STORIES OF HOPE AND BRIGHT FUTURES


No Money, No Food
I am continuously reminded of the generosity of our friends and supporters. Sometimes it is in response to a direct appeal for funds, as...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
May 30, 20202 min read
Thanks for the donation of $6300!
A total of just over $6,300.00 was donated to us during the face mask fundraiser. Our goal was $6000. The extra funds raised have been...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
May 23, 20202 min read
Uganda Be Kidding Me!
They charged you HOW muchfor 2 one-way airline tickets from Uganda?$6,000? Uganda Be Kidding Me! Face Mask Fundraiser Although missing...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Feb 3, 20203 min read


When Things Change They Change Rapidly
Greetings from Gulu! Last Wednesday March 18th, our home (The Mission House) was a busy hub of activity. At all daylight hours it was...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jan 31, 20202 min read
My name is....
I realize that after seven months in Uganda...I miss my name. My name is Jeff or Jeffrey. Thanks to the British influence in this country...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jan 2, 20201 min read


Yvonne and Hope
Just had to share this picture of me and my friend Hope at church yesterday. (I’m the one on the right.)

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jan 2, 20201 min read


5 Tips Everyone Should Know
Here are some of the things I've learned so far which make me a better person. I hope they help you, too! Raw eggs won’t go bad for at...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Dec 14, 20191 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


Turkey, and Typhoid, and Malaria (oh my!)
We knew that Thanksgiving would be different in Uganda since it is not observed as a special day. We just did not realize how different...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Nov 28, 20192 min read
Visiting the Child We Sponsor
Meaningful? Sometimes I wonder if the things that Jeff and I have done over the years have made a meaningful difference in the world. Of...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Sep 23, 20194 min read


September 2019 Newsletter
We emailed our September Newsletter but wanted to post it here for those who have not signed up for our email updates. If you would like...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Sep 17, 20197 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


Overwhelmed by love in the form of jewelry (no, this is not about Jeff)
This is a picture of the people who cheerfully greet each other first thing in the morning every day, scantily clothed no matter the...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Aug 6, 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
3 Weeks, 2 Days
3 Weeks, 2 Days to go until we are on the plane headed for Uganda. That is not very much time. Of course, it doesn't really matter how...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jul 21, 20194 min read
A Quiet Whisper or a Magnificent Roar
Not wanting to dwell on it, I have pushed the unhappy theft episode to the back of my mind and have moved on in everyday activities. I no...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jul 9, 20192 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
The craziness of our days
Crazy . I was going to say that our days are busy, but they are beyond that. Crazy is a more accurate description. We were slicing...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
May 27, 20192 min read


So This is Christmas?
No, this is not a post about whether or not it might be difficult to be away from our family and friends during the holidays. You can...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Feb 1, 20192 min read
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