Kumi Konnect: United Methodist Volunteers in Mission

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

United Methodist Volunteers in Mission

Did you know that our Uganda Mission Team is an official UMVIM Team? You might be asking what is a UMVIM Team. Well, click here and you'll find out what it means to be a United Methodist Volunteer in Mission!

Also, did you know that we are not the only team embarking on a challenge-journey in 2009? There are teams going to Alaska, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Swaziland, Palestine, Phillippines, Cambodia, etc. Go here to find the list of all the teams, and then PRAY for them!

Daily Prayer Requests

DAY 14
Prayer needs:
1. That Silver’s father will truly commit his life to the Lord to be transformed.
2. YCVM single members find a life partner that will support their ministry.

DAY 13
Prayer needs:
1. Pastor Emma’s 11-month-old son Jabez is again fighting malaria, and had to be taken to be seen by a specialist.
2. That Silver’s father will truly commit his life to the Lord to be transformed.

DAY 10
-Please pray for the Olupe refugee camp. Pray for them to receive the aid they need in the forms of water, food, and education. Also pray for them to receive community education to help them empower themselves.
-Pray for the construction workers and their continued work building the YCVM school. Tomorrow will be the last day we will be working with them on the school.
-We would like prayer for discernment for the YCVM leaders (Silver, Grace, Patrick, and Emma). Pray for their plans for the future direction of the ministry.
-Please pray for discernment for us as we prepare to go back home. Pray for how we can proceed in our partnership with YCVM and our ministries back home, especially with all that we have learned and experienced here in Uganda.

DAY 9
Prayer Requests:
• Pray for continued health and rest for the team.
• Pray for the Ngora Secondary School students that committed or recommitted their lives to the Lord.
• Pray for all the vulnerable children and youth of Uganda that the YCVM ministry is trying to reach out to.

DAY 4
-Pray for Dustin as he prepares his talk.
-Pray that today and tomorrow would be in the hands of God.
-Pray for each team member’s continuing recovery from jetlag.
-Pray for how to move forward in partnership with YCVM in the coming years.
-Pray for each child to experience and learn about God at tomorrow’s Vacation Bible School.

DAY 3
-Pray that wars will stop in East Africa and peace will prevail (esp. in Southern Sudan)
-Pray for the challenges in East-Africa that were written out and handed to us in a document about the UMC of East Africa:
1) “Caring for the psycho-social needs of the desperate, hopeless population”
2) “Provision of basic livelihood of such communities”
3) “Enhancing the capacity of communities to provide for the social and economic need of the vulnerable members”
-We learned today that Northern Uganda has been in drought. This is causing severe famine and deaths in the areas affected. We read today in the newspaper that some people have taken to eating plants that end up being poisonous, which has led to deaths. Please pray for the people of Northern Uganda and the especially hard times of this year that have hit the area.
-Pray for our weekend coming up: We will be doing a VBS on Saturday full of songs, skits, and activities for the children. Then on Sunday we have been asked to present our songs with movements and drama piece for 2 back to back services, each service being 2 hours long. Also, please pray for Dustin who will be speaking during the Sunday Service.

DAY 2
• That we would be protected from the mosquitoes (the little suckers have already claimed a few team members as their victims).
• That God would give us guidance to a request for one of our team members to preach a sermon at church service on Sunday.
• That we would get lots of rest, get over our jet-lag, and be energized.
• That we would be prepared for our singing, body worship, drama, and VBS presentations.
• That the exams that Silver, one of the host team members, is currently taking is going well.
• That the host team would not be adversely affected by their service to us (some are taking time off work for the 2 weeks that we are here).

HOME TEAM

The Home Team is comprised of all the families, friends, and faith communities who are supporting the Mission Team. Although we will not fly over to Africa, we follow along with our travelers with our prayers, our phone calls, our email communications, and in many other ways.

JaneY is the fearless leader of our Home Team, followed by a troupe of other individuals who will take up various duties to help keep you and us informed of our Kumi Mission. If you are interested in joining the Home Team by offering a prayer, by donating funds, by writing a letter to wish them luck, please shout out in our Kumi Konnect ShoutBox and we'll konnect with you.

Or, email ycvminfo@gmail.com and we'll be in touch!

About YCVM

About CCUMC

The Kumi Konnect team is comprised of friends and families who are a part of the Chinese Community United Methodist Church in Chinatown, Oakland, CA, which was founded in 1887 as part of a chain of Methodist Chinese Missions by the Rev. Dr. Otis Gibson. In the early days, the Chinese Methodist Church held worship service and Sunday School. To serve the community, an English school for immigrants, and a Chinese school for the American born Chinese also operated. The early days were sustained by courageous workers, both Chinese and American born as there were strong anit-Chinese sentiments.

The church was located at several sites in Oakland Chinatown. By 1905, the church resided were it currently sits today. In 1913, a fire devestated the building and a new building was erected. But by the 1940s, the Church outgrew even this building. Under the leadership of Rev Edwar Lee, a new church and the current main sanctuary was built in 1952. With more growth, more space was needed, and a new social hall and classrooms annex was built in 1970.

Today, the Chinese Community United Methodist Church conducts both a Chinese language worship service and English worship service on Sundays. During the weekdays, the Annex house a nursery school for local children.

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United Methodist Volunteers in Mission

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How to Konnect to Us

Give us a shout!

Kumi Team Itinerary

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We Pray For:

Daily Prayer Requests

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Followers of Kumi Konnect

MISSION TEAM

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The Uganda currency is called:

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