Here we go! This is just a couple photos of a simple water experiment…  Terms we used: plastic tubing, suction, vacuum, water and Air. Peace! Comes more easily with Justice and education! 

The kids just randomly start singing “You Gotta Put One Foot in Front of the Other,” throughout the day. It’s quite cute. I’m often hot but starting to just kind of get used to it;… 

I’m in South Sudan, but not even at the school yet. Planes don’t leave every day in this region so it takes more time to travel. I’ve been having meetings and getting to know some… 

After about 20 hours of airports, planes, and delightful conversations with other passengers, I arrived in Nairobi Monday evening. My hosts in Nairobi have run many marathons, including the Boston Marathon! Diana and her husband George… 

Authored by Mary Grace Yup! I leave October 18 to spend about six weeks teaching and playing at UOCO’s Hand of Hope Community School in South Sudan, and I am excited! Thanks to you who keep the school… 

Your support of UOCO helps the staff keep our school community strong. I wouldn’t be volunteering with UpperNile Orphans Care if I had not gone, years ago, to teach in that rural South Sudanese village and fallen… 

Hello, all, I hope you are well and feeling blessed. It’s Father’s Day weekend; your kindness blesses these very vulnerable kids. His name is Riek. This newest student at our residential school is 11, and… 

Hello, kind soul, We hope you are well. Yes, there is much going on in the world. But think about it: Most of it is good in the day-to-day where people are kind to strangers, and the… 

Sweet news. Amid the horrors going on in South Sudan, with massacres and attacks happening daily, the kids at our residential Hand of Hope Community School have brand-new 100% cotton T-shirts that say “Hope Breathes… 

Simple request. Giving Tuesday is coming up, a lovely focus on building peace with justice (I’ll be in the Holy Land). The school staff in our South Sudan orphanage accepts greatly reduced pay so that the…