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Teaching Marketable Skills In Uganda
STORIES OF HOPE AND BRIGHT FUTURES


Sandra- From Bricklayer to Seamstress
There are so many people in Uganda who touch our hearts. One is Sandra, a young woman hard at work in the hot sun, mixing mortar, loading...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jul 8, 20221 min read
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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
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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
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A Huge Yam!
While we were in Adjumani a few days ago, the ladies honored me with the gift of the largest YAM I have ever seen. Always doing things in...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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I Almost Stepped on a Humble Baby
Meet Joyce.and her sweet baby Wilma. They are the stars of the show. I almost stepped on a humble baby. It was a very close call! Helping...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Feb 11, 20222 min read
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Standing by Herself for the First Time!
Take one small 7 year old girl from a village in Northern Uganda  who has never walked  (Apiyo), Add 2 compassionate...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jan 11, 20221 min read
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Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jan 4, 20220 min read
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Our Love Story of Uganda
Do you know when and how and why Jeff and I fell in love with Uganda? Funny thing, we know that many of our friends don't know what...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Nov 13, 20212 min read
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A Wheelchair for Apiyo
Greetings from Riverside! Yes, in case you missed the news, we returned to Riverside July 9. Uganda is on a full lockdown due to a marked...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jul 17, 20212 min read
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Food Purchased by Donations are Delivered by Boda
Generous people keep donating money for food for Ugandans who are being impacted by the harsh lockdown. We were able to deliver some food...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jun 28, 20211 min read
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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
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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
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Feeling Loved in Adjumani
A surprise of mammoth proportions! and I went to Adjumani yesterday with Okello Charles Odoch, Dominic Toonekalit and his wife Nancy,...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
May 22, 20211 min read
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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
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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
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New Year, New Website, Different Blog Address
The thought never crossed my mind that I would be spending so much time in front of a computer screen working on a website to just to...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jan 18, 20211 min read
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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
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Putting Love into Action
I had been a member of the RQG for only a few years before leaving for Uganda, but they showered me with love in the form of hugs,...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Jan 16, 20212 min read
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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
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News Flash! Michael Gillette the Courier to Arrive in Uganda Monday!
Everything is having a happy ending. Stated differently, "for we know all things work together for the good of those who love God and are...

Jeff & Yvonne Weinstein
Sep 19, 20204 min read
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