when they got the news. i was able to speak to kris if ar short time before they lost the call. he was upset but trying to assure us he was okay. joanne kirksteader, pamela cramer and her son thomas. a team from the church had gone to uganda to construct a brick wall around a school and church. nine members returned last week. but because the project wasn t finished, six members stayed behind. it was part of a bond that christ community christ methodist church in this small rural community formed with a congregation in uganda. we ve had a relationship with a congregation, a sister congregation. and throughout these past years, alternating years, mission teams had traveled from this church to that church to work together. reporter: the group also works with orphans, part of the allure for kris sledge. his then foster parents, now