October News

OCTOBER NEWS


WE HAVE MOVED!

October marks the beginning of a new phase of our ministry here. For the past few months God has used difficult and trying situations for His glory and has guided us to the place he wants this ministry. We knew we had to leave our last location for several reasons. The landlord at the old facility was trying to raise the rent and we had lost the support of the local church in Kyengera. We were also concerned because we knew we had to put someone in place to take over the home when we come back to the U.S next year. We had been praying for God to send someone that we could trust to leave the children with. About 3 months ago I met a missionary husband and wife team from Kentucky. They had been in Uganda since 2001 and have established 5 churches and 4 Primary schools in villages near Jinja. As I talked with them they shared their vision for orphan ministry. We both felt that God had orchestrated our meeting and was doing something great! Several meetings and phone calls later, and under the direction of the Holy Spirit, we decided to move the orphanage to Jinja and come underneath their ministry. Their ministry is called “Filling His Nets” and we are excited about the future and see great things happening! God provided a great new facility at just the right time and we moved in last week. It is a blessing for these children! We have much more room and inside flushing toilets! The environment in this village is much safer for the children and we are looking forward to working with Filling His Nets to provide for these orphans. If you would like some additional information on Filling His Nets please visit their website at fillinghisnets.com

We enrolled the girls in a new school that is just a short walk down the road. The girls all have uniforms but still need black shoes. They all seem to really enjoy the new school and look forward to learning. If you are sponsoring one of the school children be looking for an email update this week. Next term, in January, we will have 6 more children that will be ready to start primary school. For more information on how to sponsor a child for school, please contact us.



MEET THE CHILDREN!!

Angela Namugosa is our youngest orphan. She is 2 yrs old and she came from a village called Lowero. Lowero is an impoverished, war torn village that has suffered greatly in the last 20 years. Angela’s father died in 2005 and her mother died in 2006 leaving her with no one left that was able to take care of her. When we first met Angela we knew there was something special about her. She came into our home in March and was very shy and reserved. She barely spoke a word to anyone. In the months that followed we witnessed something amazing. Angela began to open up to us and we found ourselves falling in love with her. We began praying and asking God if we should bring this little girl into our family as our own child. After a long and difficult journey we are happy to announce that on Sept 25th we were named her legal guardians. This is the 1st of many steps to adopt her. She will be coming home with us next year and you will all get a chance to meet her and see what a special gift she is. Angela is picking up English quickly and is always making us laugh, whether she is making faces at us or imitating what we say. For more information on Angela or for pictures please visit our myspace page at myspace/thedollgeners.com


The holidays are right around the corner and we are going to be teaching the children about thankfulness and the true meaning of Christmas. Sadly, as Americans, we tend to take for granted the holiday dinners, decorations and gifts. We would love nothing more than to give these children, perhaps for the 1st time, gifts to open on Christmas morning. If you are interested in helping with our Christmas fund, please email us.