St. Ignatius University - Kabale recently celebrated its
first year of inception. In accordance with this the inauguration of the
University will be held on August 24, 2024 to install the Chancellor and
Vice-Chancellor and the guest speaker is the Vice President of Uganda.
A press conference was held and here is the newsbreak:
A follow-up blog will be sent of the event.
Good bye for now.
The one event missionaries enjoy is meeting and spending time with other expats. It provides some comfort especially if you are the only expat at your site. I am glad to share that this weekend. I was able to meet two returning short stay expats in another district, the Codas. The Jennings, who are long stay missionary family in another village within the same Diocese were also invited to this weekend getaway.
We first went to St. Francis Hospital in Mutolere to visit the Codas and met expats from Germany while there. During the overnight stay we enjoyed great home cooked food which reminded us of our homeland. The fellowship was pleasant during the time spent there. Here is a photo of us after celebrating Sunday mass.
It
was nice visiting different areas of the country and participate in sight seeing.
Our next journey, which was adventures, had a few bumps but all in all fun. We
traveled to Lake Mutanda. The lodge has tents and house tree rooms. Very
Unique! So technically my first time I slept overnight in a tent. We were able
to walk on trails and take a boat tour.
I
am glad that I was invited. It allowed me to learn more about the Uganda
culture. Here are a few pictures of the Jennings and myself at the lake.
Well, it has been a challenge the last few weeks. The deadline that I had set has
come and gone for the content writers to submit their sections of the Bachelor
of Arts and Science in Primary Education, as well as Diploma in Primary
Education to me. In addition, there was difficulty in recruiting two content
writers. However, we were finally able to recruit them and with some additional
incentives to the faculty has made progress this past month. The altered
deadline is to have the completed curricula by August 21st. The completed
curricula will be submitted with the academic program application to National
Council of Higher Education by the end of the month.
Once approved we will formally launch the Education Department and begin recruiting staff. The task for September is to begin working on the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Secondary Education. Since the training and leading the staff in developing curriculum was the largest hurdle. Since English for some was not Advanced, there was a challenge to develop hands-on, project, and problem-based activities to foster critical thinking skills while improving their written English comprehension. All in all, progress has been made!
I am hopeful that accreditation will be granted on the initial application.
Keep St. Ignatius University-Kabale in your prayers.
One of the many benefits of missionary work is the meeting of people and good fellowship.
I had the opportunity to spend time with two missionaries from Lay Missions-Helpers’ sister organization, Mission Doctors. The Jennings are a lovely family of six who were commissioned within the same Diocese but in a town about two hours away.
I have enjoyed spending time with them during their stay in Uganda, thus far. We had a nice visit when they traveled to Lake Bunyonyi for a weekend. The view from their suite was beautiful.
