The Tuininga Family Adventures: About Us

Eric and Dianna met at Covenant College and were married shortly after graduation. About a year later, we moved to the Chicago area so Eric could study for his Masters of Divinity at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. After graduation, Eric took a call to Immanuel's Reformed Church in Salem, Oregon, where he served for 7 years before taking the call to serve in Uganda. The Lord has blessed us with 9 precious children: 6 homegrown, two sons adopted from Liberia in 2007, and one daughter adopted from Uganda in 2016.

We moved to Mbale, Uganda in the summer of 2012 when Eric received a call to serve as a Missionary Evangelist with the Orthodox Presbyterian Church Uganda Mission. Eric trains local village pastors at a small school called Knox Theological College. He also supports and encourages several village churches that are all members of the Presbyterian Church of Uganda. He is also very busy sharing pastoral duties and doing a lot of work with the youth at New Life Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Mbale, which is located in a slum area just outside of Mbale known as Kikamba (pronounced "chi-kahm-bah"). Dianna stays busy as a wife and mom, teaching our 9 children at home, managing the compound, leading a ladies Bible study and doing various ministry where God leads.

Eric and Dianna...

Our Crew:

Timothy...

Denise...

Katelyn...

Matthew...

Rebecca...

Jimmy...

William...

Benaiah...

and Talitha...

Thank you for taking an interest in our work and for your prayers and encouragement!

Prayer Requests

::That we will be so filled with the Spirit so that we become "unstoppable" in the building of Christ's kingdom here in Uganda.

::Good health for all of us and particularly for Dianna's struggles with Primary Adrenal Insufficiency (Addison's disease), Rheumatoid Arthritis and the fatigue/daily struggles that come with chronic illness.

::For KTC: Pray for Eric's teaching to be effective and to be a blessing to the local churches. Pray that God will provide financially for the students of KTC, so that even while they forgo work in order to attend, they will still be able to provide for their families.

::Pray for our church in Mbale. Pray that God will continue to bless her with strong spiritual growth. Pray for the ladies' Bible study on Friday afternoons and the men's Bible study on Saturday morning.

::Pray for our outreach to the youth. Pray that our church's youth would grow in wisdom and be filled with the Holy Spirit so that they would resist the temptations of the world and be lights in the darkness. Pray for the weekly programs for the youth: Friday morning breakfast club for primary students, Wednesday evening supper and Bible study for secondary students, Thursday open compound and Sunday open compound & circle time.

::Pray that our team's diaconal projects in Mbale would be blessed and be used to show great mercy to the people here. Currently, that includes medical treatment at a local clinic (pray for continuing funds and good accountability), and a monthly stipend to the deacons at each of our village churches so they can learn to meet their own diaconal needs (pray that God would continue to provide the resources for this and that the deacons would have wisdom in distributing the funds).

::Pray for education for the youth. Some of our village churches are operating primary schools--pray that the students will receive a solid Christian education. Pray also for the students that attend our church in Mbale to have the school fees they need to be able to attend school and that the students would be diligent to study hard.

::Pray for the pastors of the 10 churches in our presbytery that we work with. Pray that God will bless them with much Holy Spirit power to do their work to the glory of God.

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