About
Us
God
is great all of the time! If someone would have told us six
years ago that the Lord would call us to ministry work with
people in Africa, we would have said, No way - we have
so much that we have to do here. But as we all know,
God has a system of fitting the pieces of life together in
ways that constantly amaze us.
We
are Sherry and Ken Roberts, disciples of the Lord Jesus and
servants of His plan in a new ministry, Loving One By
One, working in Uganda, Africa. The story of how we
came to answer His call to this wonderful country began a
little over four years ago - a time when we were contentedly
working our respective jobs, a church administrative assistant,
and an experienced sound engineer.
A
God-scheduled meeting with a singing group from Kampala ministering
at our church led us to fellowship with the group members
and ultimately to assist in its establishment of the first
Christian Recording Studio in Kampala, Uganda. As an experienced
sound engineer, Ken was obedient to God's call to help with
the set-up of the studio, and we were off to Uganda. What
we experienced during that first visit to Kampala ignited
a fire that we soon recognized as God's direction for our
lives.
The
needs of children and families in Uganda were more than we
could imagine. Poverty, disease, poor hygiene, lack of water,
lack of education, and the omission of so many other basic
needs became so horrifically real as we experienced them in
the eyes of beautiful children, refugees from war-torn northern
Uganda and Sudan who were now ostracized in Uganda's capital
city, Kampala. Obviously God was calling us to act - to continue
a ministry that I, Sherry, had not seriously considered until
now.
Sherry's
mother was instrumental in fund raising efforts which led
to the building of 167 churches as well as orphanages, parsonages,
and water wells all over the world. God's command was becoming
more and more clear to us - we had to do something to relieve
the suffering of refugee children in Uganda. If we could help
only one child to have a better life and to know the love
of Jesus, then we would be obedient to the Lord's will for
our lives.
Ken
and I are so excited to introduce you to Loving One
By One, birthed soon after this first trip to Uganda
- a ministry based on the word of our Lord Jesus as recorded
by Matthew, I assure you, when you did it to one of
the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing
it to Me. Our efforts focus on providing education,
as well as basic physical, spiritual, and medical needs to
refugee children and their families.
We
invite you to view our site for more information about Loving
One By One's progress and to search God's will for your lives
in assisting with these efforts.
Mission
Statement