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Ever since I first travelled to Uganda in 2012,

the word God has spoken to me is, “Be stilland know that I am God.” In the midst of 

learning to be still and know Him, I have

learned to see things through His eyes, to

know His heart and to be His hands. I have

learned that my wisdom will fall short of His

wisdom and His plans.

Uganda is a nation with tremendous poverty

and brokenness, but it is also rich with expec-

tancy and hope! There is great physical hard-

ship and many people rejected by men, but

when there is physical hunger and rejection,

there is incredible openness for God to pro-

vide spiritual food that does not cost money,

and love that meets them in their destitution.

When I first moved to Uganda, I prayed for God to connect me with community that

was full of His Spirit. Little did I know that his answer to that prayer would change my

life. At DOORS Ministry I met men, women and children who were rejected by men

but are now shining brightly with the love of Jesus. I became friends with those

whose hunger and thirst for Jesus compelled them to follow the leadership of the

Holy Spirit. I was given a place to sink my roots, to love with abandon and to lay my

life down.

How? DOORS was birthed when the Lord said, “Here is this need, I want to use you to meet

it”… Not when people said, “God, I want to meet this need, so use me.” It’s a subtle

difference, but the first one is initiated and sustained by God.

God asked us to “open a door of hope” for the oppressed and downtrodden in

Uganda. How does this happen? The short answer is, “Jesus.” We’ve found that by

awakening the wild love of Jesus in people, they begin to have the same hope we

have in Him, which overcomes every affliction. However, it takes reaching into theirlives, sharing joy with them, grieving with them, pouring the life God has given us

into them before they trust us enough that we can introduce them to Jesus. So we

bring children off the street and give them a home and teach them. We teach the

children, and their parents, in the slum so they don’t go to the streets. We teach and

disciple new mothers and help them get the medical attention they need. We raise

food at our farm, both to feed them and to teach them how to grow their own. We

become their friends and family. As we enter into their lives, they see Jesus in us, and

easily receive Him into theirs.

Baby Katie and me at Doors Primary School 

November 2015 

Praise 

Prayer 

Support 

God has called me to

Uganda long-term!

DOORS is growing

That I can serve as

Executive Director

For my budget to be

raised before Jan.

28th!

For monthly donors

For me as I fundraise,

travel and settle in to

a new role in Uganda

For the boys at

DOORS to grow in

the Lord

For a good founda-

tion to be built

Please make donations to:

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PO Box 192

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Designate: Smith, Paul-ST”

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available! (call or email CI office

1-800-859-4578).

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Why? 

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Hiking with the oldest boys in the Rwenzori Mountains

The first two times I was in Uganda, I asked God if I could stay.

I had come to love the people and felt connected to the minis-

try of DOORS. This past summer, when I returned to Uganda, I

was excited to be there but no longer had intentions to stay.

Then God began breathing life into the seed that was planted

years ago. Instead of asking God if I could stay, I heard him tell

me to make plans to move. To make a longer story short, I will

be moving to Uganda at the end January 2016 when I will stepinto the role of Executive Director for DOORS MINISTRIES

(hispicketfence.blogspot.com).

I will oversee the daily operations of the ministry in Uganda,

meet with the leadership, develop budgets and cast vision.

My personal goals, which fit into the overarching vision of our

board, is to ensure the wellbeing of our leadership team and

staff and to see that we have a solid foundation as we grow in

the coming years. When I first travelled to Uganda, God made

it very plain to me that I do not minister alone. He has a body

of believers who will be ministering to

the people of Uganda, many of whom

live outside of Uganda; I am only one

part of that body.

As I move to Uganda, will you come

alongside me and be a part of this body

by investing prayer or finances? Will

you ask God what part He has for you?

With lots of love in Christ,

Paul Smith(paulinuganda2012@gmail.com)

Working with the construction crew on the new property 

Helping Monica prepare cassava for the school 

What? 

“I thank my God upon every remembrance

of you, always in every prayer of mine

making request for you all with joy,

 for your fellowship in the gospel from the

 first day until now, being confident of this

very thing, that He who has begun a good 

work in you will complete it until the day of 

 Jesus Christ.”   Philippians 1:3-6