I was privileged to grow up in a Christian home. And was saved at the age of 16. A year later, the Lord began to burden my heart for full time ministry.

It wasn’t until my freshman year of college that God began to burden my heart for missions. God used missionaries from my church, Cherry Street Baptist, and the missions emphasis week at college to break my heart for missions. God had made it clear that I was called to be a missionary and nothing else.

While in college, I met and married my wife, Janay. Both Janay and I have a burden for missions and a strong desire and love for Africa. After a year of praying about different African countries, God placed Uganda on our hearts during the missions conference at our church.

We were able to go to Uganda for just over three weeks in 2017 and work with BBFI Missionaries, Russ & Sylvia Daniels. While there, we saw people who were happy to be in a peaceful country and heard the stories of what the war was like just one generation ago. They celebrate the peace of their country, but what they don’t know is that the spiritual battle for their souls is more present now than ever. The Lord made it clear that these people need to hear and experience true peace, and He has called us to proclaim the peace of Christ in Uganda.

After graduating college, I began a two year internship at Cherry Street Baptist Church. This time of being involved in full time ministry has better equipped us to do what God has called us to in Uganda. I am humbled and excited about what God has in store for me and my family.

Uganda is known as the “Pearl of Africa” because of its immense beauty such as glacier-capped mountains, the mighty Lake Victoria, and colorful wildlife. Since 1986, Uganda has, for the most part, been a peace-filled country. Before the current government, there were many years of civil wars, deaths, and unrest. The people of Uganda are part of a multicultural society with more than 50 ethnic groups and over 30 distinct
languages or dialects.

Though Ugandans celebrate political peace after many years of conflict, the battle for their souls is ever intensifying. Ugandans cannot know how to have the inner peace between God and man without the truth of God’s Word. With 50% of the population under the age of 15, there is a huge opportunity to help raise up a generation that is firmly grounded on Biblical truth. We have the priceless opportunity to win Ugandans to Christ, train more leaders, pastors, and teachers in the process of planting churches with the goal of sharing the Gospel of true peace for God’s glory.