On Friday, I will travel with Phil and Jennifer Leber of the Anglican Mission to Kitgum.

Kitgum is the northernmost city in Uganda and the hardest hit by the war. It is ringed by Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, which hold up to 60,000 men, women and children each in protective custody against attacks by Lord's Resistance Army rebels. Living conditions in the 150 camps spread across northern Uganda are generally said to be appalling. Up to 80% of the food is supplied by NGOs. Without such aid, most would quickly starve.

Jennifer Leber has been to Kitgum many times to minister in the camps. On this trip, Phil is going to equip a local church with income-generating information technology. A U.S. company recently donated 250 computers to a Kampala university. Phil persuaded the university to "tithe" that gift to a church in Kitgum, which will use them to set up an internet cafe in town.

Internet cafes are an excellent business here. In addition to online access, they provide typing, printing and copying services in areas where very few own typewriters, let alone computers and printers. (Think Ebenezer's meets Kinko's!)

With the income supplied by the internet cafe, the Kitgum church will be able to expand its outreach to the local camps, and prepare for the day when the war ends and the populations of those camps are released to return to their villages.

I am honored to accompany Phil and Jennifer on this trip and to have the opportunity to film in the camps. Very few images from the northern camps have been seen outside Uganda. I hope my footage can be used to raise awareness of the conditions there.

Because of rebel activity between Kampala and Kitgum, we will fly in and out of the city. Because we will travel only in the area between Kitgum and the camps, which is heavily patrolled by the Ugandan army, we will be relatively safe. However, your prayers for our protection would be much appreciated.

P.S. For the past few days, most of our class has been out in the field. I have been cooped up in the workshop editing the stuff I shot last week (and having my work deboned and filleted by the faculty). It is painful to work at a computer all day when I can sense Uganda happening all around me. I have to keep reminding myself this is half the reason I'm here.