Jason and Jody King
Jason and Jody King served in Busoga from October 2007 to April 2008 when circumstances caused them to return to the States. While here they invested themselves in several projects related to the Source Cafe and Kibo Group. They are missed and remembered by the current Jinja team! Jody and Jason are planning and raising funds to adopt Monica, a Ugandan girl they fostered from birth during their time in Uganda. Keep them and their adoption in your prayers as they adjust back to life in the States. Below is a letter they sent to their supporters and supporting communities announcing their difficult decision not to return to Uganda.
As you may or may not know, we have returned to the US. Jody experienced two miscarriages and malaria in Uganda, which led us to the decision to return to the US for some medical attention.
After returning to the US we spent some time with a counselor and communicated extensively with our team and the elders at West Orange. After considering many factors, including our health, our family and our finances, we have decided not to return to Uganda.
This decision comes after many difficult discussions and with heavy hearts. We are still drawn to Uganda in many ways, but feel like right now the wise decision is for us to stay here.
Therefore, we are writing to inform you to stop sending any support checks. We thank you so very much for your support and the sacrifice we know it required on your behalf. We truly feel that it made a difference in the world for the Lord even though it was a shorter time than we anticipated.
Many good things were accomplished or started because of your support. We helped a number of families and individuals directly to find employment and have the ability to feed themselves and their families. We also made it to the later stages of a library renovation that will make the Source library far more useful to the community. This project is being finished as I type this. Your support allowed us to provide essential technology and equipment to bring this and other ministries to reality.
Jody and I also had the privilege to serve as foster parents for a baby who lost her mother at birth and was born blind. We got her at 2 weeks of age, which was two weeks after we arrived in Uganda. It was a blessing and a wonderful learning experience. Today she is healthy and thriving. She has been through one eye surgery so far and probably has a few more to come.
There were some very hard times for us in Uganda, but we will always look back on our time there with sweet memories. We thank you so much for allowing us to be there.
As soon as we get on our feet we will be financially supporting the mission in Jinja, Uganda. If you would like to continue to support the Jinja mission team or other families in Uganda that need help please contact us.
You can contact us by email at
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or by phone at 810-845-8941.
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