Life at the Village of Hope continues to grow in many different ways. An expedition to the market brought more new clothes, shoes, scrubbing brushes, underwear, basins and a few other bits and pieces. It has been amazing to see how the children have settled in after a few days. The first day they were unsure about this "new life", they were unsure about the 'mzungus' but now only 4 days later, they are practically jumping on us before we get out of Robert's car. we have even seen little Ibra (the 3 year old boy) smiling and laughing - Praise God. Young Fiona has been somewhat unwell with Malaria, but yesterday she was playing cath with me for nearly half an hour and she was smiling... Today we 
continue meetings with building relationships with our bank manager and the probation officer. This has been a true plan of God - through registering the children with this probation office, he has actually formalised us and certified us as a CBO - Community Based Organisation in Jinja. This is an important step towards having our organisation endorsed as a NGO. In fact, this guy will recommend us to the NGO Board - this is truly an answer to prayer and not something we thought we could achieve while we were here. There are still a few steps towards NGO but with God in control - it may just be one qiant leap. Our relationship with Pastor George has also yielded fruit of sorts -yes we will be bringing home more necklaces - but we will also be on national radio this evening - we have 15 minutes on what is supposed to be the second largest FM radia station based in Jinja, with coverage in the entire easter region of Uganda and all the way west to Kampala and as far as the northern border. We look forward to coming home and sharing HIStory - I am so thankful and priviledged that God has chosen me and the rest of the HopeBuilders team to be HIS instruments in this particular symphony of life - WOW - can it get any better?
continue meetings with building relationships with our bank manager and the probation officer. This has been a true plan of God - through registering the children with this probation office, he has actually formalised us and certified us as a CBO - Community Based Organisation in Jinja. This is an important step towards having our organisation endorsed as a NGO. In fact, this guy will recommend us to the NGO Board - this is truly an answer to prayer and not something we thought we could achieve while we were here. There are still a few steps towards NGO but with God in control - it may just be one qiant leap. Our relationship with Pastor George has also yielded fruit of sorts -yes we will be bringing home more necklaces - but we will also be on national radio this evening - we have 15 minutes on what is supposed to be the second largest FM radia station based in Jinja, with coverage in the entire easter region of Uganda and all the way west to Kampala and as far as the northern border. We look forward to coming home and sharing HIStory - I am so thankful and priviledged that God has chosen me and the rest of the HopeBuilders team to be HIS instruments in this particular symphony of life - WOW - can it get any better?
3 comments:
Great to see and read about the transformation of the village. Its so sexciting to see these new families being set up. Pass on our regards to Agnes and Lois. We are praying for them often
Fantastic to see the kids in the village with all their smiling faces. God is truly faithful!! Great to see God go before you guys with all the connections and contacts too!!
Great to see all the kids in the homes praise God. We are praying for Damien,Johann and joel to have a safe trip home, thanks to God for such a successful trip!
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