Oli Otya (how are you)?!

My name is Alex Piepenburg and I'm a junior at North Dakota State University. I am so excited to follow my heart on the journey of being a 2015 Sozo Children Intern. I get to spend 2 full months in Uganda with my fellow interns! While there, we will be working with neglected orphans in each of the Sozo Children’s homes, as well as in close villages. My responsibilities as an intern will be: spending days with the Sozo Children, including leading devotions and bible studies, assisting the Ugandan staff at home, growing in relationship with others, connecting believers in the surrounding communities, working alongside Ugandans in community rehabilitation efforts, growing the local church, and facilitating the Sozo Children teams. 

I invite you to walk this journey with me in prayer for this summer. I ask that you pray for our team- that we will be brave in our journey to Uganda, that we will share the Gospel and God’s love with each and every person we meet. Pray that we may be the Christ light for those who may be in the dark. I also ask that you pray for those who we will encounter, that they may be touched by our words, and us by theirs. This trip will be much different from my trip in 2012, both longer and more physically taxing. So I ask that you pray for my heart, that it be open and strong, and that God will work through me.

Finally, I ask that you prayerfully consider giving financially. This trip is funded completely by me and the other interns. A donation can be big or small, or it can simply be keeping us in your prayers. Every little thing counts towards us sharing Gods love in Uganda. And you might be wondering, where your money goes if you donate. The biggest chunk of this cost is the flight. My team and I will be leaving from Atlanta, GA to fly together to Entebbe, Uganda. From there we will be living in a home together in Uganda. So the rest of the cost goes towards:

• living expenses (food, water, and lodging which includes safety measures)
• communications (while most speak English where we will be, some places we still need translators, and when you are across the world for 2 months, its nice to be able to contact home :) )
• transportation within Uganda (for safety, we use only private drivers and vehicles)
• the projects we do while in Uganda (this ranges from, bible studies/devotions with our orphan home kids to helping community and village members repair their homes or with other activities they might need help with)
• our travelers insurance (including medical)
• As well as a day off safari for my team and I.

God set these days in motion before we even had the ideas, He called each of us to follow His paths. I hope you join me on this journey, in whatever way possible.

Donations in the form of checks are also accepted! Checks are payable to Sozo Children, and please be sure to write my name in the memo line so it gets deposited into my account and then send it on to:

 Sozo Children

PO Box 382586

Birmingham, AL 35238

Sozo Children is a certified 501(c)3, so any financial gift is completely tax-deductible.

You can follow me, and my journey at: http://the-two-roads-diverged.tumblr.com

Weebale! (thank you)
Alex

Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

Psalm 25:4-5

2015 Sozo Children Uganda Internship

Ephesians 4:1-6

"I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all."

This year we are excited to offer an incredible opportunity to a passionate group of college students. During the summer of 2015, each intern will be traveling to Uganda to serve orphan and neglected children while investing in the surrounding communities. They will each be stretched physically, spiritually, and emotionally while we explore the unique relationships found  in the body of Christ. Regardless of background or titles we hold we are ONE in Jesus Christ. 

This summer each intern will be tasked with the following responsibilites: discipling our Sozo Children, assisting the Ugandan staff at home, growing in relationship with each other, connecting believers in the surrounding communities, working alongside Ugandans in community rehabilitiation efforts, growing the local church, and facilitating Sozo Children teams. 

Learn more about Sozo Children's vision at:www.sozochildren.org