November News

As we begin this month of November, the month of thankfulness, we look around at all of the things we have to be thankful for. We praise the Lord for our supporters and we are thankful for your faithfulness. We are blessed to have this opportunity to serve the Lord by serving these children, by loving and taking care of them. The children are blessed because they now have a place to lay their heads at night. They have food to eat and clean, safe water to drink. They have people surrounding them that love them and they are learning that Jesus loves them. I encourage you to take a look around at your surroundings this month and find the things that you are thankful for.

We are settling in to the new place, the children really love it here! It is a great environment and we have really enjoyed being able to spread out. As with any home there are things that need to be repaired. When we first arrived we had the plumbing and electrical outlets updated and repaired. We still need a carpenter to come out and fix the screens on the windows. This will keep the mosquitoes out. We need a chicken structure to house our chickens. We also need blankets for the children. It gets much colder here at night than it did in Kyengera because we are right off of Lake Victoria. If you are interested in helping with any of these things please let us know.

We are getting registered with the Social & Welfare office in this new district which will allow us to be able to take in abandoned children. Children and/or babies that have been left in pit latrines that have no one. Children that are found wandering the streets scavenging for food. The welfare officer picks up these children but many times there is no where for the officer to take the child. We want to be set up so that when a child is found the officer can call us and we can take the child in.

Last month we introduced you to a ministry “Filling His Nets” that we were going to partner with. Unfortunately they decided they were not ready for this commitment yet. Originally God had put it on their hearts to open an orphanage in the future. When we had our initial meetings they thought our orphanage was an answer to that vision. Several weeks ago the director of Filling His Nets, Richard, came to us and shared with us struggles within his ministry that we had not previously known. He apologized and said he felt they had jumped the gun and didn’t feel that their ministry was ready for the commitment.



MEET THE CHILDREN!!


Joshua Wasswa and Daniel Cato are 4 yr old twins. They came to us in March from Lowero and wouldn’t speak a word to anyone. If we asked them a question all we could get out of them was a grunt. We could tell when they first came that there were some developmental delays but we didn’t know the extent of it. There was no one to ask who knew enough of their history. For months we worked with them and helped them learn how to pronounce words. The first 4 months Joshua was here he pronounced his name “Jaca” finally he was able to say it correctly, we were so excited when he finally said “Josh-u-a” Daniel had a similar speech problem, when we finally got him to tell us his name he said his name was “taco” but he was trying to say “Cato”. Now they are talking, laughing and playing with the other children. They know how to say their names, the ABC’s and they can both count to 10. When we have visitors and they ask the twins how they are, they will answer “I am fine.” , it’s such a small thing but such a big step for them! We are monitoring their progress to determine if we need to hire a special teacher for them once they are old enough to start Primary School. Joshua and Daniel both continue to have problems with swollen bellies. We have yet to get a good diagnosis on what we can do to alleviate the problem. Most commonly this is a sign of malnourishment and a lack of protein. If anyone has any suggestions on innovative ways we can help them advance and learn please let us know.


The holidays are coming up fast! 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. We are asking our partners to help any way they can to make this possible. We want to get a Christmas tree for the home and a present for each child. We want to prepare a Christmas dinner for the children with ham and potatoes. We also want to purchase some decorations for the orphanage. Our estimated budget for everything is $1000.00. If you are interested in helping with our Christmas fund, please email us. If you want to give online please go to bridgegiving.com and make sure to notate that it is for Christmas.