good to go

 Thanks for the Help


about a week ago in the midst of worry I thought it might be a good idea to make a plan B,so after connecting with a few people I decided that this trip was going to be a lot different.while still hoping that Plan A would come through Plan B looked more hectic solo then I thought. with the help of a Friend and some advice from a few Pastor's who all said to go for it and that it would be an adventure I decided sure why not. I mean i am holding my tickets to Africa in hand and everything else seem to line up with it.

well this week The LORD provided 956.40 through a few strangers,and many friends.I am very thankful to be a part of the team and look forward to seeing them when they arrive in Jinja, Uganda.

My Amazing friends Newman and Avery had prepared me  survival pack and have given it to me a day before everything came together..
. If the van happens to break leaving us stranded in the middle of nowhere.I'll be prepared to fend off Lions,hyena's and anything else trying to eat us.a snake bit kit to keep ya alive a few more hours,plus other great items.
what? Unclean water you say...No Problems  will just take this and UV nuke all the crap out and wahlah pure drinking water!

So i leave my home to head for the airport in a few hours, hope on a plane and sit in Dulles Airport  until 6pm tomorrow.then hop on over to London arrive at 6am and wait there until 6-9pm for the last flight and arrive in Uganda early Sunday morning...A lot of people watching,reading,thinking,writing,and hopefully sleeping is about to take place.

Thank you for everyone who has supported a piece of this trip.
I honestly cant tell you what is about to happen. but I can say that its going to be an Adventure with Papa and me.

Samuel Kauhane 's Uganda MissionTrip | Nonprofits - YouCaring.com

Samuel Kauhane 's Uganda MissionTrip | Nonprofits - YouCaring.com

YOLO

Yolo!!! yea thats right You Only Live Once!

So they days ahead will come fast and be busy...very busy, still have to right about past trips,Battle reports of what God's done in the live of people down in Guatemala and over in Acuna,Mexico.those are coming soon.

as for an Update to Africa. here it is

originally it was just a 2week trip again with Believers World outreach aka BWO. Then some friends of mine said hey Kai would you want to stay an extra week? Sure i thought..this is so cool 2weeks is now 3 weeks.as the weeks went by a friend of mine called an said "Kainoa My wife Jess and i really want to help you get to Uganda and Guatemala but we have no money". No worries i said.God will provide.
Yes! yes he did. so my friend say i have an American Airlines Credit card and we were going to use it for a vacation for us. but since Zoe arrived(their new born Girl) the 3 of us are not going anywhere soon. So i have enough to Uganda and maybe enough for Guatemala...needless to say he got both in so I went to GUA already and now headed to Uganda. Good is good!

but it gets better the only trip that was available was leave DFW June 7th and come home July 10....yea can we say 1 month trip!
so the new plan was to be spend a week in Jinja and wait for the BWO team to come in.then join them and saty a week after they left. by getting my own ticket this shaved off roughly 1000. from the trip. still needed 1650. in by which i raised $750. today June 1st was the deadline to get $956.40 in well i can say thats not happening... yes im still going to Africa but I wont be meeting up with the team.

BWO will not give me back the funds i sent in from people you supported my trip.instead they keep it and say they can put it twords another trip good for up to 1 year...well this doesnt really help me.
I've got a plane ticket(RT) a bag of shoes,and some dried food.up intill 2 hours ago i didnt have a place to stay for 2 weeks. but now the new plan is
1st week in Jinja working at an orphange,then hopefully visiting another orphanages with special needs kids. then i dont yet know how but making my way on the 17th or 18th to Masaka,Uganda to stay at an orphanage my friend Nana helped build last year. for 2 weeks then possibly moving to another place in the same area.

so now with a 6days to go i am still raising funds but no longer for BWO but for the needs in country..this trip is definitely not like last years.instead its more focused on 2 or 3 areas. more time spent with the same people.I like it. i know that all these "plans" can change but ultimatly I know who is in control and see what I can not see. Therefore I will not be afraid.

My sister just called and said Sooo this is no longer a missions trip then?
ah yea it is.cause Im not going on vacation here.I'll be working for the LORD,where the Holy Spirit leads, praying for those who need it. playing with hundreds of kids,hopeing to see people get saved,healed,set free and liveing in the love of Jesus Christ.
in fact every believer is on the mission field everyday of your life. it may not look like what you would think a mission trip should look like. or you may not be going to a foreign country like Africa, Guatemala, or Russia. but your mission is right here in front of you. even when I am here i focus on the things around me here to expand the Kingdom for His Glory and expand the family.

James 4;14 says you do not know what will happen tomorrow,your life is but a vapor here for a little while then it vanishes away.
this is true so every chance you get love on someone through a smile not just words.

a guy once said "Preach the gospel at all times and when necessary use words."



out giving my life away
YOLO baby YOLO

reports and updates

ok so its been far to long since i've last posted anything.
so I've got a few good stories to share in the next week of what the LORD is doing in,through and around me.
 Terry Scott
 Guatemala in March
 Guatemala in May
 Out reach on friday
 just to name a few, strapped for time today and tmrw but Thursday is looking good to start.

Outreach Ft.Worth

on Saturday we went to Unity park in downtown Fort Worth.the park is right off of east Lancaster. where a lot of the cities homeless people live,every 2nd saturday of the month is when we go out there to help,it is the one Saturday when they have the least amount of help.different churches and groups come out. This saturday we brought drinks as usual and home made cookies,sometimes we bring or cook food there.like hamburger and hot dogs.

when we arrived I had a huge headache and after helping set up some tables the headache went away but just as TJ and the guys went to set up flag football my foot began to hurt so bad i knew i couldn't play football so i just chilled for a bit.finally I saw a man sitting in a wheel chair under the shade of a giant tree behind us..This man had no legs and was an elderly man.but that's not the reason I decided to get up and go walk over to him. to be honest im not sure why but it was better then "watching the drinks"at the table.

never really know how to break the ice or what to say.but I started with a Hi Sir mind if I come chill with you? Sure he said as his eyes were fixed on something over yonder,kneeling down next to his chair  I says well my name is Samuel,he said his name was Charles.well it a pleasure to meet ya Mr.Charles.He says like wise Sam. as i sat there i felt like what the flip am i doing this is kind of awkward what do i say next? the silence is thick so i began to ask questions like where ya from and how long ya been here.He said he's from Tennessee and he's been here for 30+ years,He likes it here.I asked a few more questions then He said with a loud stern, hard voice I DON'T DO Questions! you said can you chill,i said sure then you start asking question I don't do questions! 

ok ok sorry man imma ask u 1 more question then I'll go he got this look like "man if i had legs I'd kick you in your head"... so I says can a pray with you?

it looked like it threw him off and so he said why sure I would love me some prayer,you never can get to much of it.

So I prayed a simple but heart felt prayer just for overwhelming Joy and  more love in His heart.God's provision and some other things. after I said Amen, He said man all those things you just prayed God has already given them to me.I thought well never hurts to receive more for His goodness.( i might of said that out loud cant remember) but Mr.Charles goes on to say How you don't even know.God is and has been providing for me for 61 years weather i liked it or not and only God will keep continuing to provided for me.you come with your questions asking about me..

I don't wanna talk about me and besides you don't know me and i don't know you.and another thing "It is NOT about me or you its only about Him."I agree with him and he begins to talk more and more.next thing you know he is talking about the weather,the area,the people of back then and now a days,He talks of life and the Greatness of God.it was so good.I says well Mr. Charles God is good! ALL the time.even when we don't feel or look good He is still good  and good to us all the time.with that Mr. Charles went on talking some more. and withe further this conversation went the more you could actually see the Joy of the Lord fall on this man.His eyes lit up and his smile grew bigger and bigger,next came laughter.

I could actually see Jesus in and threw this man.sitting there getting excited for the things that His father is doing and has done.

Mr.Charles says you know there is only three things and God supplies all three to everyone all the time.

 first is shelter.you can make or find shelter anywhere. you see that tables there? Yes i said. he says well if its rain and u want some cover or if its hot and the sun is beating down on ya and ya need some shade.there is a table get under it! use the things God has left for you around you.I can make a place to sleep anywhere and have shelter to.under that over hang there in these tress and brush.I don't need a big ol fancy house to live in and pay people money for electric or water. God provides everything i need right where I am at.next is clothing..look around we all have it we are all wearing clothes."man in all my 61 years Never have I seen someone going streaking down these streets. never have i see one person butt naked begging for clothes on the side of the road." 

why? 

Because God provides!

next is Food as he taps a plastic bag hanging from his wheel chair God always provides me with food.and drinks, man if you where to say to me Mr.Charles can i get you a coke? or if I was to see you and Say Hey could you get me a coke.so lets say you go and come back.before you return i would have had many cokes by that time.why? because God provides.

Man I talk to God all day long He is the only one who knows me best.and I know Him.He provides things that you may not even believe me but He does and He will keep on doing.I dont need no one to help me and no one can help me like God can!

as Mr Charles talk and I listened the other church began to set up there tables behind us and more people with there kids came to help do what they were doing.but as I sat on my knees listening to this man speak it felt as if time lost all feeling of its self and there was no time.Mr.Charles went on to talk about the Ozone,the future,how we are killing this earth,the future earth for our kids or my generations kids when they get older,how many animals and plants are extinct and how maybe in the future kids of those day wont even get to know what a tree is.only see pictures in books or old family photos.

lightening bugs! he says strongly.ah fireflies Mr.Charles? Yes fireflies now tell me whens the last time you saw one of them? thinking back well shoot its been a while.he says exactly! where have they gone? no one knows,hopefully far far away from us.

He names some other things and talks more on it.that switches subjects and says its only gonna get hotter! each year get worse then the one that has passed.not only here but everywhere will keep getting hotter.he shares ideas of earthquakes and meteors."not in a crazy end of the world were all gonna die way" but just theories that he has.

Mr. Charles has so much passion and excitement when he spoke about the glories and wonders,and provision of the LORD God.it was incredible!

He stops and said a few time very briefly during different  times of his  sharing"man now im all worked up".

 but towards the end he say you know this is all because of you he had a serious look on his face if you didn't know him you would say he looked like he was about to bite my head off.he said I just wanted to sit hear and chill not talk or do anything but you just had to come with your question! then i said I don't do questions i meant it to.don't ever come to this park its only my second time but boy you as he pointed his finger at me got me all fired up about this....I didn't know what to expect he was gonna say next i thought maybe he really was mad that he got all fired up.who knows.but then Mr.Charles said man it has all been worth it.thank you for coming over and talking to me.and thank you i said for talking and sharing with me.he laughed and smiled and laughed some more then has if he had legs he stomped his feet and jumped for joy.he was so so happy and overfilled with joy.it was such a great time to be able to meet and hear this guy.

wrapping up its getting real close to lunch time and the lines are forming he says we better move before all these crazies run me and u over.but before i let you go I just want to say one more thing.he shared it then he says boy I tell you i have had a lot of fun talking with you! and i agreed and said well i' enjoyed talking with you.he laughed and said you talking? hell i did all the talking you just sat there and listened.God bless you my boy your a good man.as we moved out of the way and more into the back he said imma let you go you've been sitting here long enough i dont wanna take up any ore of your time I thank you for listening to me.No the pleasure was all mine as i sat back down.can i get you something to drink.we have water and soda he said well...nah let me get some water.walked over to the coolers to pull out a cold bottle of water and next thing you know i was sitting by him listening to him share more goodness.he says you know everything grows up! 

we had started to talk about plants and right when he said that I got a picture in my mind and a plant growing up towards the heavens not because the plant needed sunlight but because the Plant wanted to stretch its arms or branches towards the heaven and reach out for its maker show him the beauty the He created and give Him glory.

we hovered on plants topic for a bit then switched a few time untill we got to a place where i had the opportunity to share with him what Great things God has done for me.the story of the teeth journey and the word God gave me to stand on..it was Matt 6:25 do not worry of the things of this world.where u will sleep or what you will eat or what you will wear....Mr.Charles laughed and laughed and said see food clothes,shelter. God is Good! All the time!

In the very end Mr.Charles says you know what I could get water every where all the time.maybe i should of went with a soda...i \i head to the coolers and see what i can get him.what do u know it happened to be a coke.bring it back i says well it turns out that God has provided you with another coke. 

"He laughed and said yes! Yes he sure did."

 thank you for going to get it from over there. till we meet again and best believe we will met again. as he rode away.

Matthew 6-25-31

²⁵ “Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? ²⁶ Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? ²⁷ Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?
²⁸ “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; ²⁹ and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
³¹ “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Day 1 June 18,2012

well really it is more like Day 3 or 4 because we had to travel to get where we were. Anyways so that morning the orphanage team got to go Amani baby cottage,and Home sweet home.The Medical team went somewhere but alas us Outreach team members went straight to the Hotel's conference room. We worked on a drama most of the day called Rag Man(you can find it on YouTube) next we spent a few short hours practicing a few other skits as Ice breakers to the crowds.

after many many hours of doing all of this we came to a more serious point were we formed a circle and share something about us.our leader started and took it deep into past hurts and pains that The LORD has healed her from.when she finished she said "you dont have to go to the depths you can share anything you want to" But apparently nobody cared about that and we all opened our hearts and shared our deepest secrets and hurts that we wouldn't normally share with just anyone....ok maybe I would!
no i think by doing this we all got a deeper connection to one another it was Sooo Tight!

(if i ever get a chance to lead an outreach or a project overseas or in the mission field that is an extended amount of time I believe I'll be doing something like what we did in Uganda)(it just connected everyone)

after all that its a bit of a blur what we did.maybe practiced some more.until the teams came back and shared their stories then we went out to eat and prepared for the next day.

We went to Africa

on June 14th 2012 we started are adventure from different parts of the U.S. and even Canada. half of us to New York and the other Half to L.A. on the 15th. to start a very long journey.For the NY team we stopped in at Brussels,Belgium for a layover to plane transfer for a short time but then it felt like forever!
We then hopped on the next plane to stop in Rowanda then on to Entebbe,Uganda.

after a bus ride we arrived at the hotel where we would stay for the night and wait for Team L.A. to arrive at the airport.just getting to this point in time seemed like a great adventure already.except the part of being crammed like sardines on the second flight..Usually the Aisle seat is good but not on the plane we had.If your tall it sucks because every aisle seat has a big black box under it that does not move making long legs not fun.though I didnt epect the plane ride to be fun,but this was ridiculous!

anyhow here at the hotel we unloaded the buses and dragged our luggage to our rooms.i remember our room was on the 3rd floor.lol yay

the next morning I awoke thinking I was an hour early for breakfast and when my room mate came up and said are u ready yet? everyone is down stairs already. Already I said.but Its an hour early for breakfast...He looked at me like i was crazy and said so you ready.yea im ready...cool i'll help you with your bags sam.thanks i replied.

down in the lobby mostly everybody has eaten already.so i decide its a good time to go eat.only to find out halfway through breakfast that i was not early that morning but indeed i was an hour late...apparently my phone did not switch over to local time.hahaha...oops.

after breakfast we all gathered in the meeting room for our 1st worship session and introduction to this trip...when a beautiful time of worshiping our Savior was over Susan our team leader says I feel like there is a spirit of fear about. are any of you feeling this? yes we all did..at the time I did not see it until 3 days later when it was apparent to me that I was in a constant spiritual battle.
after rebuking the enemy and the spirit of fear we got down to logistics.
Susan asked if anyone would be willing to switch to the medical team.my hand among others went up.she looked at me and said no absolutely not... at first i thought she was joking..but alas she was not...I was to stay on Outreach team.which is cool

we had 3 teams Outreach,Orphanage,and Medical

next we got right down to business when Susan say ok bring all the PB&J you brought its time to make the first set of sandwiches

so 6 of us including myself got right into it.the girls spreading the Jelly started by spreading it lightly as to think we dont want to run out...Susan came by and said Oh No "Let the jelly flow" soak the bread in jelly and be plentiful with the Peanut butter!
 we had 20 jars of each and 22 of each on the way!
after the sandwiches were made and packaged we loaded our buses with Bags and water then headed off to the Airport to meet and pick up Team L.A.

while we wait for them to arrive the girls decide lets all play a game.i can honestly say i have no idea what the game was called but everyone had to pick a animal and make up a sign for it then when that was complete we start clapping,next one person would called out there animal and do there sign followed by doing the sign of someone else.that person would do thiers and call someone elses out..it was an interesting game.next Barrett decided that this game was weak so he showed us his game called Waatah...don't ask cause im not explaining it..it was funny though.after a few hours our other half had arrived! we all greeted eachother help them load their bags and we were off for a 2hr ride to our first home in Jinja,Uganda

all along the way their were lots of things to see,pictures to be taken and many places where we were not allowed to take pictures because if we were caught the Ugandan Police/military could confinscate our camera's
moments later we had arrived at the Paradise on the Nile hotel.where no matter how tired we were that local security insisted that we form to lines male and female to be searched for weapons and other things that would be a threat to other hotel guest..next i believe they wanted to search our bags. but dont think they did.

so we checked in got our room assignments and who we would be rooming with for the next week...that took Foooooorrrrrrreeeeevvvvveeeeerrrrrrr!
we all went to our rooms breifly and head down to the "storage room" where we had our very first team meeting as a whole group.1st we start as every meeting should always meet byt praising our God and King! next on to introductions....with introduction out of the way.it was done to business and scheduling for the week.we split up into our 3 teams and did a little work before we all headed to some very much needed rest.

Big day tomorrow!

(to be continued)