JILL STEPHENS - UGANDA

Jill is a new EIM Missionary and is headed to Uganda to serve as a teacher at Heritage International School near Kampala. A graduate of Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, Jill taught in Christian schools in North Carolina and is eager to share her witness and talents with the faculty and students at Heritage.

KATY SLININGER - UGANDA

Katy is a college student at Eastern University in Pennsylvania.  In her application to participate in a short term mission opportunity in the summer of 2009 she stated; "I take very seriously the Christian mandate to care for the poor, and I want to work to help the disadvantaged in the world, specifically in African nations.  I am attending Eastern University to study Communications in an attempt to learn about the power of media to bring about social change.  I am studying abroad in Uganda in spring semester 2009 (January 8-May 5), and I am hoping to extend my stay into the summer in order to serve communities as a Christian." 

Katy is serving with Emmanuel International Uganda in Pader District, northern Uganda.  She and a Ugandan coworker are primarily working with young girls, emphasizing the importance of schooling and sexual purity until marriage.