Trinity Center for World Mission (TCWM). What's that?  Grace Community Church supports it, so what can we know about it? My brother Pete (same mother and father) is the founder and CEO of TCWM which has now worked in Uganda, east Africa for about 25 years. Pete has made about 50 trips to Uganda where he has done the heavy lifting, and I (Sid) have made about 15 trips there, sometimes traveling there by myself, which I don't recommend. Ultimately, we chose to work in Kapchorwa, an underdeveloped part of the country in the far northeast. I remember my first journey there. There were no paved roads to Kapchorwa. Our long journey took us through cow pastures where there was only a path to follow. It had just rained, so all of us had to exit the van countless times to push it out of the mud. But we got there!

The Lord blessed Pete's efforts to plant new churches and help them with construction of their church buildings. It was so encouraging! A major new church was added each year, for a combined total of about 2,000 new believers. A presbytery was formed--Kapchorwa Presbytery. It was a time of rejoicing.

I got the idea of building a Christian FM radio station to minister throughout the week to all the new believers. The radio station was built on the kitchen counter of our home in Prague, Czech Republic (the best lighting in the house was there). I built the transmitter inside the cabinet case of an old computer, which I had gutted. Louise was so tolerant about the continual interruption in her kitchen. I couldn't have done it without her. But I must say that she was always glad to have her kitchen back whenever I would go to Uganda with another transmitter. I would disassemble the radio station, pack it up, and then fly with it to Uganda, where I would reassemble it.

Getting a radio license from the government of Uganda was a major obstacle, but God did it through many miracles. Finally, KTR-FM 94.1 (Kapchorwa Trinity Radio) was on the air, broadcasting the Gospel each day in five local languages. It was the first radio station in that part of the country. That was in 2007, fourteen years ago. KTR-FM is still on the air today, preaching the Gospel every day in Luganda, Buganda, Ateso, Lugisu, and Swahili. Currently, we are upgrading the transmitter to 1,000 watts of carrier power.

With the growth of the church planting work, we quickly discovered that there were no trained pastors, who were qualified to lead the new churches. We got into trouble by prematurely turning the pulpits over to untrained and sometimes very dishonest men. So our focus shifted to pastor training. There can be no great preaching of the Gospel without pastor training. Today an amazing seminary campus has been built with a spacious auditorium, library, and computer center. Within weeks, work will be completed on a massive three-story dormitory, capable of housing 180 men.

Pray for the work of TCWM. If we succeed in our mission, Central Africa will be changed. There are many more exciting chapters about TCWM. We have medical work.  A new maternity center was completed about 4 years ago. But that's a story for another time.