Erin and Derick Nabongho
I (Erin) grew up in Indiana, I always dreamed of volunteering at an orphanage in Africa but never saw myself moving and living in another country. January of 2016 changed everything for me! I was 19 years old and finally found an orphanage in Uganda where I could go and serve. The month I spent there changed every plan I had for myself going forward. I fell in love with the country, the people who lived there, and a man who is now my husband. I graduated college and then moved to Uganda in 2019. I started off working as a social media person for the orphanage I volunteered with until Derick and I started praying and planning our own ministry. We launched Wandering Feet in 2020.
I (Derick) grew up as an orphan as my parents passed away when I was young. I moved around a lot between relatives until I was 15 when I went to live with my uncle who worked at an orphanage. In 2016 I started nursing school and also volunteered my time hanging out with kids at the orphanage where my uncle lived and worked. I completed nursing school in 2018 and hope to continue my schooling to become a doctor in the future. I have seen a lot in my life and wanted to help the people around me. It was my dream to become a doctor and help those who needed help but didn’t have the money or access to medical care.
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Our story is kind of a crazy one. We started talking when we met at the orphanage and continued our friendship after I (Erin) returned to the States. We started dating shortly after (all long distance) and then got engaged on my next trip to Uganda a year and a half later. A year after that I moved to Uganda, and we got married! We had spent a total of 3 1/2 months together in person over three years before getting married. Launching Wandering Feet is the blending of our gifts and passions to share the love of Jesus through medicine, evangelism, and children’s programs. We have seen so many ways in which God is at work and changing lives.
The Nabonghos
Derick & Erin
Semambo, Ipulet & Marcus
Wesley and Bre Shuler
The Shulers
Bre & Wesley
Addiyson & Avery
I (Bre) grew up in Pennsylvania and began to follow Jesus in 2015 after attending Momentum Youth Conference. My husband and I met at Momentum when we were teenagers and we got married in December of 2018. I graduated from Grace College and Seminary with a degree in psychology and criminal justice in 2019. Then I soon began working in foster care which was my passion. I never thought going overseas was something I would ever do, but the Lord changed my heart. Doing ministry in our local church was something I loved. I adored our youth students and loved getting to pour into them the way I was poured into. Erin came on furlough in 2022 soon after I had my first baby. She lived with us for 3 months and when she returned to Uganda I could not stop thinking about her and her ministry. Through lots of prayer I felt God calling us to serve in Uganda.
I (Wesley) grew up in Indiana and graduated from Grace College and Seminary in 2020 with a bachelors in Ministry Leadership. Since graduating college I began my MDiv. Throughout college I didn’t know exactly what I would use this degree for but being a pastor was always in the back of my mind. In 2021, I began youth pastoring at Harrison Center Church in Warsaw, IN. I was then the interim lead pastor for 1 year. I loved serving in a local church setting. When my wife told me about her call to the mission field to with the Nabongho’s I was shocked at first. Then through a lot of prayer and talking with family it seemed like that’s where we should be.
We have two daughters Avery (born in 2022) and Addyson (born in 2023).
OUR BOARD of DIRECTORS
Our Team
Wesley Shuler - Chairman
Jennifer Crim - Secretary
Cindy Shuler - Treasurer
Bob Wenger
Alan McCrum
Drew Kreft
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