ACT Uganda Blog

 Dear Friends! John and I just spent a week in Muko to celebrate the 20th Anniversary with our staff and the community. We just arrived home on Dec 21st. Generous and I were able to keep the whole thing a complete surprise to the staff. They had no idea we were coming until Christopher pulled up in the van with us in front of the ACT Resource Center. It was so much fun to see their faces! After Guma got over his shock and spoke, the first thing he said to me was, "You didn't send me an agenda!" With the staff, we always prepare a very detailed agenda for the time a team is visiting in Muko so we can accomplish many things while there! No agenda, Guma! Just here to be with you as you celebrate 20 glorious years of serving Muko! It felt like a bookend for John and I because the very first trip in 2006, it was just John and I and now 20 years later... As we watched the next few days unfold, we saw the work of Generous and her staff. There were meetings with many people on te...

  In 2013, I spoke with Karen and Dave Viele, when attending First Presbyterian Church of Holt, Michigan, regarding ACT Uganda. Karen said to me that they went to Uganda and were going again. It didn't take much for me to immediately say, "I want to go to Uganda with you the next time." The following year, Karen surprised me with a check from our church's mission group to go towards my visit! I was shocked and then realized that my wanting to go was about to come true. Travel Team 2014, Diana is at far right In the year 2014, I began preparing for my trip by meeting with the travel group in order to know about cultural differences, travel expectations and the Ugandan staff I would meet. That day came later that year for my inquisitive mind to walk with the Ugandan friends 22 travel hours later. The travel team arrived late at night at the airport in Entebbe. What will it be like when I walk out of the airport with my team and many suitcases? When I looked out the wind...

Michelle Busch was our first intern at ACT in Muko, Uganda. She was very brave to be the first and she had a very large, positive impact on the folks there as well as ACT's programs. Enjoy her story and see photos of her time there and the room she stayed in at our ACT Resource Center! "As I was finishing up my studies at University, I knew I wanted to do something different afterwards, and was looking into joining the Peace Corps. My step-mom, Diane Busch, was already involved in ACT at the time, and mentioned this to the board. The idea of having an intern for ACT seemed exciting to the board, and so we agreed that I would join a team, with my parents, Bill and Diane, and go to the village and see what living there would be like.  My first trip to Muko was amazing - seeing fields of all colors along the mountains, sometimes partially covered by clouds, was beautiful. The people of Muko were extremely kind and made me feel welcome. Getting to work closely with people in the A...