Vice President
Brianna Kimuli is the current Vice President of My Nyumba.
Background
In July 2007 a friend of mine had been working in Uganda for a company called Restore International. I received an invite for a visit and knew that God had called me to go so I went. This is where the beautiful and difficult journey began.
While traveling to uganda I had a supposedly 2 hour delay in Ethiopia. Well, that delay become 10 hours. in the time of delay there were various athletes from Uganda that were returning to Uganda from a competition in South Africa. One of those athletes was Joseph Kimuli. We met ... More and talked the whole ten hours.
After the long delay, we departed and finally arrived in Uganda where I met my friend at the airport and we went our separate ways. I traveled to Gulu (northern Uganda) with my friend for a few days and then we returned to Kampala, where again Joseph and I met in a coffee shop. I was in Uganda for a month and during that time we were able to do many things together. We traveled, worked out; I met his family, went to villages, and went to church. One discussion we had was about our hearts and what God has called us to do; we both had the verse James 1:27, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
While in Uganda, I fell in love with the people, lifestyle, and family dynamics. Although there is much struggle, there is much beauty in the peoples giving hearts, love and joy even they do not have much. After a months' time, it was time for me to return home.
When I returned to USA, Joseph and I kept in contact daily; we talked for hours at a time. It became clear through this time with much conversation and prayer that God had us meet so we would become united as one husband and wife.
So although many people thought I was crazy, I returned to Uganda in December of 2007, where Joseph had already planned and arranged for our marriage. We got married in January 10, 2008 on the shore of beautiful Lake Victoria. We lived together in Uganda for about a year where I was really able to deeply understand the cultural and life there. I returned to USA at the end of September, our son was due December 23.
We did not know at this time if Joseph would get his visa to arrive on time for the birth of our son. There were many long nights of me sending and processing paper work from US to Kenya and him traveling from Uganda to Kenya embassy to get paperwork done and interviews. God supernaturally intervened for us many times during this process. Upon arriving to Kenyan embassy there were lines around the block where people would wait for hours to get in. Joseph went to the front of the line and talked to the security guard and let him in directly. When he entered and had his interview they said that his paper work was complete but needed to have a medical check-up and it usually takes 1-2 months to get an appointment. Mind you this was the end of October / beginning of November and our son was due in a month or so. The next day Joseph went to the medical center and they told him there were no appointments for two months at that moment the phone rang and the receptionist answered it. When she hung up she said, "I don't know why I'm doing this we are not allowed to but that person on the phone just canceled their appointment for tomorrow morning can you come then?" (Praise the Lord 111111 ) He took the appointment and was cleared medically. Joseph arrived the day after Thanks giving November 2008. Our son was born a month later.
We now have three children and are living in San Diego, but daily our hearts and minds are still reminded by God of what are purpose is together....to serve the orphans and widows in times of need. We have always known that we needed to follow our hearts and Gods guidance of building a safe haven for the children of Uganda, the purpose for our lives but never knew how God would intervene in helping us complete his purpose. Joseph has been back to Uganda twice with mission trips from our local church, which is where we met Peter and he introduced the idea to start a 501 c 3. Right away we knew God had answered our prayers and so here we are on a new journey a mission in which God has put us together as a united family to complete.
Joseph understands the cultural, politics and language of Uganda. He knows how things are done in Uganda, how to transport materials, who to trust and how to buy the best materials.
I support needs such as; starting a business in the United State, educating children (due to my academic background), and all necessary documentation and paperwork.
God is putting together a unique group of people that posse the skills to make His plans come alive and we get to be a part of WIN' We are prayerfully and mindfully putting together plans to build a place where children and adults in Uganda can be educated, spiritually filled, and their basic needs are met.
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