There is always an achievement..

Okay I am going to try and recall the past few days.....this is just a brief update not a whole post about my days.

Tuesday, I received a call from one of our mamas that attend one of the Uniquely Woven Programmes; Jangu Omulise, this translates to Come Bloom, she calls me and tells me that her new precious Trust is throwing up the breast milk and crying non-stop, in this case, the baby is sick and needs medical attention which she cant afford herself or she would have to go to the government hospital and wait for several hours without attention or even have to come back the next day. This is one of the reason why the Uniquely Woven was set up here in Uganda to be able to attend to such and worse situations. I sent a message to Natalie telling her about this and she told me to initiate the medicare simple protocol, in this protocol we direct the mama to a hospital we associate with so that she can receive medical attention as we get ready to meet her there. This one totally changed our day's routine which ofcourse always happens and its not a big deal because thats who we want to be. We also found out that this mama hadn't received the right medical attention in the government hospital during her pregnancy and labor as an HIV+ mom. Same thing with her baby not getting the right immediate medication being borne to an HIV+ mom. please pray for this precious baby's health.

Anita and her baby are now receiving medical care.

Ofcourse me and Emmanuel managed to move mama Hope to her new safe home while Natalie and speaker Christine continued with the Jangu Omulise programme.

Wednesday is my Sabbath.

Thursday was our meeting and also a day to visit and spend time with our mamas.

On Friday i got a time off to go visit my maama's grave as i joined the rest of some of the family on my maama's side gathered to do a weeding on the whole graveyard and also get together to share ideas about the big family get together coming soon in December.(pictures coming soon from my Sister)

It was a nice feeling to be digging around my mothers and grandpas' grave even though its taken me 6 years since the last time I saw her, it was all nice memories of my mom and I know that one day I will see her again when we are all worshiping God face to face forever. it was also nice to catch up with one of my lovely sisters Rosemary BintIsma Nakimuli and some of my cousins. 

We took a time out to visit and get updates about mama Anita and her baby Trust, took them out for lunch.

Then I prosided to do some manly work in the Uniquely Woven homes like fixing up curtains and also finishing up administrative agreements with our service providers.

Today I feel refreshed in the Lord and ready for the Manic Monday, going shopping for our mama's monthly food, this could usually take up a whole day. 

Always feeling great to do this for the glory of God's name.

Will be back soon.

The Things You Learn at Uniquely Woven

Monday, 11.08.2014, 12am.

I receive a call from Mama Sarah, “Hallo?”, “I am dying, I want to give birth!”, “Okay, please be strong I will get a car to pick you up, we will find you at the hospital, okay?”, “Ummm!”

It was really hard to find a car driver who would help us this time as they were all either busy far away or parked in a place where their cars couldn’t move until morning, I hope they all said the truth. Thank God we managed to find a car but had a huge language barrier as it was Natalie sorting that out.

I dint really find a boda to take me until 1.30am. Sarah waited until Monday evening to have her baby, we were all worried because her baby, was actually due last week on Thursday the 7^th and she had a her baby on Monday evening on the 11^th. She was in lots of pain yet there were no signs of the baby coming soon, so the doctors had to practice inducement on her.  Thank God with all your prayers, Sarah had her baby boy Nathan and she was so happy and thanking God for real.

 This time I learnt how to take care of babies with special health concerns like applying medication, and also taking off canolas without fear as the nurses didn’t have time to do it!

I am so eager to have more mothers at Uniquely Woven and be there for them during this time, and to hear what they have to ask for in such a time, and to be able to bring it to them, I love when the nurses ask “Who is with this lady?” and the answer from me is “We are here (#UniquelyWoven)!”.

 I also feel sorry for the men who have chose to forget their responsibility of these pregnant mothers, they will not see the beautiful offspring the Lord God brings down to the earth, they will not learn the joy of being a father.

Now I am asking God to give me lots of energy cause me to find those ones he wants to help, those ones he wants to touch, and the ones who are looking for him in such a time, that they will find him in us. I am so much ready not to stop; I am so much ready to give up all my time and energy to serve at Uniquely Woven. To cause a change in this country and this continent. I can’t wait for what’s coming ahead of Uniquely Woven.

All is possible with your prayers and support of Uniquely Woven.

Casting All My Anxiety On the One Who Cares For Me

Worry. Fear. Anxiety.

What does the bible have to say about these?

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34

For I am the LORD, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13

Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for YOU. 1 Peter 5:7

Right there. Three fresh breaths of air. Sweet, refreshing grace and strength. I am in complete awe that this big creator of the whole universe looks down from heaven on everything He has made, and looks at me, small little Katelyn, and cares about me. So so much, that He wants me to cast my anxieties on Him, so He can carry my burden. Isn’t that amazing? I can’t wrap my mind around that fact. God’s love is so vast that our minds can never fully understand the power of it all. God’s love is deeper than the deepest ocean, higher than highest mountain. Its a mystery. A mystery that will keep us falling in love with Jesus all over again.

I am sitting here trying to let that process in my mind, and I am left wondering, am I loving like Jesus did? Or am I letting worry, fear, and anxiety win the battle? Worry creeps into my life without me noticing, it comes up in everyday tasks and in big life events. It turns times of excitement into doubt and “what ifs”. Fear grabs my heart and turns it over. Fear of not being good enough, fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of loneliness. Fear pulls me back into my shell of who I once was, not the person God has planned and made me to become. This is a big one, the devil likes to pick and pry with this thing called fear. It eats people alive. And anxiety just comes right along in the mixture. The terrible three that can never be broken unless the name of Jesus is declared. Just the very name of Jesus is enough to knock the devil to ground, just His very name! And we have so much more than that, we have Him on our side, fighting the battle for us and crushing the devil under his foot. A fight between God and the devil is like an ant trying to win the battle against a human. There is no chance, God will win every single time.

God gave me this gift called life. How do I want to spend it? I want to spend it loving Him. Not half-heartedly or in worry, fear, and anxiety, but fully and with every ounce that I have to give. Breaking my heart for what breaks His. Listening to Him, following Him, worshiping Him. I know there will be times when I mess up, we are all human, but God loves us no less when we do mess up, he forgives us no matter how often we stray from Him. He welcomes us back with wide open arms. LOVE. One of His greatest and sweetest gifts in this life.

What does His love look like to you?

I have these experiences at Uniquely Woven

Last night (7th/Aug) I was back from ministry and i had just made it home at around 8pm as the transport delays me lots in the evenings, Just as i had taken off my shoes and got into the mood of being home until tomorrow, I received call from one of the maamas at #UniquelyWoven and she was like "hey I just thought you need to know that Oliver is about to have her baby, what do I do" , so I said 'okay, get ready and i will send a car to pick you up, we will meet you at the hospital"....I was already excited that I was actually part of this, one of our goals is to make sure that they have a safe birth and the baby has a warm welcome into the world falling in world of love not hatred, happiness not sadness. I called the car driver and he was already there in 5 minutes (better than a Ugandan ambulance) then i called my director and told her what just happened but her phone is the biggest challenge I have found working with her because I cant even hear her and it takes 5 seconds for my voice to get through to her, same experience you would have if you called her phone so I decided she needs a new phone. I took a boda to the hospital which is about 45 minutes away on a boda. by the time I got there my director was already there and Oliver was busy laboring pain and waiting on her time, she went into labour at around 8pm and had her beautiful Grace at around 4:30am, 08.08.2014. It was a sleepless night for me as i had nothing to cover myself up with and it wasn't easy to get the doctors to work, in this hospital, there is only two nurses at night with an assistant, they have a room where they sleep as they wait for the right time to help the moms give birth, the moms who arent ready to have the babies have a room where they cry and wait in pain while on its left is a room where the ones who have just had their babies lay to feed them as they wait for the babies' first immunization in the morning. On the left of the nurses sleeping room is the labour ward. I don't know anything about how the ladies have babies or when but I knew right away when Olive was ready, I went to wake up the nurse and they told me to come in but while i was trying to explain to them the situation, they pretended to be sleeping so I reached out for my phone to call one of the concerned people at the City Hall, these people you can call in case you have problem at any of the national hospitals. When the nurses heard me talking on the phone in a way of reporting them to their bosses, they all got up and got to work and they were grilled by one of the City bosses early in the mourning, they could possibly loose their jobs but it doesn't matter if we get the right people in such places. God has brought me to Uniquely Woven to learn new things and get my heart broken to pieces, I feel like a real missionary, while we waited on Oliver to have her baby, I went on talking to each lady in the room where the new mothers are transferred, there was this 16 year old girl named Betty who had just had a baby, she was with her mom Scovia who willingly helped us with Oliver in telling her what to do and helped the nurses at the time of birth for baby Grace, if we as Uniquely Woven hadn't found them they wouldn't have anything like food or drinks or safe transport back home or they would use a boda which isn't good for the new mom and baby. I also named her baby Suubi which means Hope has been given. Across the room I named another boy Isaac as his mom was like, "I give you the honors to name my child because God is inside you!" There was another lady who had a dead baby girl for two days inside her body, she donated her baby's clothes to Uniquely Woven. There was this other drunk lady who disorganized the hospital at some point and the nurses were afraid she could steal babies if we hadn't seen her, she pretended to be pregnant yet she wasn't, she later changed the story and said the nurses had helped her commit abortion but anyways the police took her out. 
After this I feel soo obliged to get a warrant to visit different government hospitals at night to see and report any cases like the one we had last night. To know more about what we do at Uniquely Woven please visit Uniquely Woven. or check out my blog at Silvester Lubwama.. You can choose to support Uniquely Woven by buying out the products on the web store or you can commit so supporting me as I do commit my time at Uniquely Woven. God bless you

See What God Has Done

I am Silvester Lubwama, ❷❶ years old, living in Uganda, and this is a summary of my story.
I spent my first years of life in the village with my grandmother. It's where I took my first steps, and spoke my first words. At the age of five I met my mother for the first time that I could remember. She took me home, where she was working as a school nurse, and I started life, a new life with her and my two sisters. 
Two years later my father died. I had never known him. Finances were running thin when my mother heard about a childcare ministry where she could become a mother to a house of 8 children while bringing two of her own along with her. Being a boy, 11, I was left at a boarding school as my mother and sisters pursued that calling. I ran away from boarding school time after time, trying to find my mother, desperate to hear her sweet words, and feel her love and care for me. One time I walked 84 miles to find her on a heart wrenching journey of 2 weeks; spending nights curled under street tables, on church benches, in stranger homes, and even in a police stations.
I was finally permitted to stay with my mother in her home. I couldn't have been happier. 
At the age of 15, my mother died. I was left alone, angry, and running away from everything I believed in. For three years I ran away from the God who was calling my name. Finally, I turned my ear to Him and He captured my heart fully and with so much love it took my breath away. He gave me hopes and dreams for the future that I had never had before. And my greatest desire is to serve Him with all my life because I can never repay Him for the sweet mercy and grace He gave to me. My life is full of new hope and purpose.
Today God has loudly called me to serve at a single mothers care ministry here in my own country Uganda, the ministry is called Uniquely Woven and I am learning new things every day at Uniquely Woven and I have been starting to realize why everything that has happened in my life, from smallest to biggest, has had to happen.
In order to fulfill this calling on my life, I need people to commit to support me financially and in prayer as a missionary as I give all my time to this ministry. Check out the website to see what I do at Uniquely Woven. Your committed support will help pay for my rent, food, transport and health miscellaneous as I commit all my time to Uniquely Woven.