-- The story of
, a micro-economic business organized in Uganda by Aggie and Simon Paech (he's an Australian who used to live in Huntsville, she's a luminous preacher and native of Uganda he fell in love with on a mission trip years ago), is really a story of faces.
There are the faces and names of more than 100 local volunteers who have readied the
The office in Huntsville just up the street from Southside Baptist Church, one of the local congregations that help support the Paechs (rhymes with "cakes").
And there are the faces of the women in Kampala who hand-craft the necklaces from paper and beads, bead by bead raising their families out of dangerous poverty to self-sufficiency.
"This ministry is really having an impact in Uganda," Page said.
"Because of our strong relationship directly with the women and because of the guidance of Aggie herself, we can avoid the pitfalls of corruption that's such a problem in Uganda," said Angela Dempsey, the president of the board for Aggie's Arts.
The office officially opens Sunday,
from 2 to 5 p.m.
Regular office hours will be 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
When the office is open, people can come to help or to shop from the boutique of hand-made items from some of the more impoverished areas of Kampala, Uganda.
The office will also be used for Bible studies and volunteer work parties the evening of the second Monday of each month, according to executive director Amanda Page.
More information is posted at
, or by email at
, 256-426-7615.