I've mentioned a few times on the blog that the kids and I are studying Africa in our homeschool this year. One thing I love to do and really feel strongly about is to study missionary and Christian History tied in with world history. As we studied about Asia last year, we spent alot of time getting to know different missionaries that brought the gospel to different Asian countries. This year with studying Africa, we are trying to do that same thing.
I mentioned a few of our resources for studying Christian History as it relates to Africa in my post a couple weeks ago, but one of our favorites of the year so far has been a book that my friend Heidi sent to us! Heidi read on my blog that we were studying Africa, and she herself has personal connections with missionaries in Africa and did mission work there herself for a little while. She has partnered with her African friends to create this beautiful book:
African Pearls: A Story Of Faith From Uganda by Pastor Aloys Ntamugabumwe and Jenifer Ntamugbumwe. The illustrations in this book are done by Heidi herself, and they are just beautiful! She is a very talented illustrator, and the pictures just add so much to this book. It was a delight for me to turn each page because they are all works of art!
The kids and I are nearly finished reading African Pearls, and it has added a wonderful personal touch to our studies of Africa. Heidi introduces us to the history of Uganda and of mission work in Uganda before her friends, the Ntamugabumwes, begin to tell their stories as Ugandans who have come to know Christ and are involved in ministry to their countrymen. We learned about brave missionaries that I had never heard of before, and we got an inside look at what life in Uganda is like in modern times, and how God is reaching people there with the love of Christ now. The testimonies are wonderful, the gospel is explained so well by the Ntamugabumwes, and I think it's so encouraging to get a glimpse into this branch of our family of Christ who are far away.
If you are studying Africa or Uganda or Christian missionary work in your homeschool, or just want to teach your kids about the lives of Christians in other countries, this book is a beautiful resource! When Heidi sent me our copy of the book, she also sent me an extra copy to share with a blog friend, and I am so excited to give one of you a chance to win her book! You can enter by entering your name and email below (just keeping it simple), and you can earn extra entries on Instagram as well! Giveaway is for US and Canada only, and will close after November 2nd, 11:59PM.
If you don't win and are interested in purchasing the book, Heidi does not have it on Amazon as of yet, but you can purchase it through the Lulu bookstore website now!
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