Thank you for your faithful prayers!
As many of you are aware, a few weeks ago Uganda held its election day, and with that came some challenges. Most of Uganda was completely offline for a span of 2 weeks! This made communication between our US and Uganda teams virtually impossible, and therefore we were unable to pass along an update to you. We are excited to be able to provide you a brief update now. Stay tuned for an update on Legacy & Shepherds Training Center!
WHAT'S NEW WITH SOS?
NEW WEBSITE & SPONSORSHIP PORTAL
We are thrilled to announce that we have just launched our new website! Click the button at the bottom of the email to view the website and some of the new changes, including aerial view video footage of the campus in Uganda.
To compliment our new website, we are also relaunching our sponsorship portal. We are so grateful for all those who sponsor a Legacy student on a monthly basis. We hope that this new tool will serve you better and ultimately be a blessing to many Legacy students for years to come. Keep an eye out for more informaiton.
MEET THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE SOS FAMILY!
BRYAN MCKINNEY
US Director, Church Relations
The SOS Family has grown in 2021! Meet Bryan McKinney and JD Zamroz. Bryan is a pastorally trained and mission minded brother in Christ with a deep concern for marginalized and suffering people. The Lord has given him experience developing strategic initiatives and collaborative partnerships. He also has broad domestic and international cross cultural leadership experience. With this experience, Bryan aims to glorify God and serve the church. He has known Shannon and SOS Ministries since the founding and has traveled to Uganda on numerous occasions.
Bryan and his wife Joani live with their two daughters, Emma and Katherine, in southern California. They attend Grace Community Church in Sun Valley and serve there in various roles.
JD ZAMROZ
Director of Communications & Donor Care
After falling in love with the mission and vision of SOS, JD accepted a position to serve the ministry as Director of Communications & Donor Care. Before coming to SOS, he worked for Cairn University for 5 years, where he oversaw the Development Office’s communication plan and stewardship efforts. He is also a graduate of Cairn, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Biblical Studies and Masters of Arts in Religion (MAR). JD is married to his wife, Hannah. They live in Montgomery County, PA.
As newcomers to SOS, Bryan & JD would love to hear from you!
Click the button at the bottom of the email to briefly share with them why you are passionate about SOS Ministries! Or share a story of your experience while visiting SOS in Uganda!
HURLEY FAMILY UPDATE
On October 10th, 2020, Shannon had the privilege of giving our daughter’s hand in marriage to Stephen Painter, a wonderful young man from Texas who loves the Lord and our sweet Emma! We weren’t sure how we would get to the wedding in light of Uganda’s border closure from March through October 1st, but by God’s grace, Shannon, Danielle, and our four American passport-holding children made it onto our airline’s first commercial flight out of the country!
After a special week of wedding preparations and festivities, we hit the road to visit churches and friends. We enjoyed speaking and sharing God’s Word with 15 churches across six states. It was special to watch our three older sons minister to many new young friends and be exposed to needs and challenges in the United States before they set off to college next year, Lord-willing.
COVID brought some rescheduling to our trip, but we were thankful to maintain all of our church visits and escape known COVID exposure. Our trip also brought us face to face with the gravity of COVID as several of our friends either had severe COVID cases or lost close relatives from COVID. We were thankful to set our feet back onto Ugandan soil on January 1st to reconnect with our two adopted Ugandan children and re-enter our full ministry lives here!
