Eight came home last week and six had stayed because they felt they had more work to do. We have a sister congregation there, Bwaise Pentecostal Church, and our folks were working with them on a construction project.
The group was on a four-week mission, doing some building and evangelism-type work, meeting with small groups and a women’s retreat and children. What kind of work were the missionaries doing? The State Department, the consulate and the General Board of Global Ministries, an agency of the United Methodist Church, are all working together to provide as much care as necessary for our team members. Some of the wounds involve broken bones and shrapnel. We had six people in our group and five of them were injured, some seriously. Everybody is alive and everybody is stable. Those injured are receiving medical treatment and a number of them are en route to other hospitals for more specific or higher quality medical services. What’s the latest on the injured missionaries from your church? She spoke with CNN Monday morning about the condition of the injured and about how the incident would affect future missions at the 500-member Christ Community United Methodist Church in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Kathleen Kind leads the Pennsylvania congregation that saw five missionaries injured in yesterday's Uganda bombings. People watch the World Cup final at a restaurant in Kampala late on July 11, moments before blasts tore through the crowds.
