Greetings to you dear friends and loved ones, it is a blessing to
be able to write to you about the progress here in Uganda, East Africa.
God has and
is still so faithful, those of you who remember I mentioned to you that that we
would be travelling to build a children's
ministry and resource center, but all was said in faith with nothing in the
bank to show for it!!
Long
story short, God provided and I am now here, I arrived Friday night 11:00
pm after a number of connections from Denver to Minneapolis, Minneapolis to Amsterdam,
Amsterdam to Kigali and Kigali to Entebbe Uganda.. A very long flight but I
thank God for safety and good health through the whole process.
I was
met at the airport by my mom and some friends and family and we drove straight
home to my friend’s house where I am residing in Bukoto a city suburb.
God is gracious, my friend has internet access in his house which is
making it possible for me to stay in touch with my family through Skype, viber
and magic jack free calling to any U.S number, now that is a blessing!!!
So
yesterday Saturday I made my first attempt to go to the city I was born and
raised in, but I tell you four years can make a whole big difference in a
growing country, more people, more cars, less space and lots of changes!! I made
it there without any help via public means and was able to see a few people I
knew then, which was nice...
Later
on in the day I made my way to the village where they had been waiting
impatiently for my return, now this is the village where I used to spend my Christmas
holidays and go into the forests to look at monkeys and hunt for wild birds...
so to go back to do something that is going to help the community, that is
profound and I thank God so much for allowing to use me at such a time like
this.
We
had planned on giving away care packages nicely done by the children's ministry
at our church , but postponed that to Monday when more kids are notified in the
community and also have an opportunity to do evangelism through that, I know
with all my heart that this is going to make a big difference in families here.
Now one of the reasons I felt so led to set the ministry in this area is because
not so many people care to go into these isolated communities , most people
want to go to cities that are more established which is okay, but I really
believe in making an impact in small communities because when people are
enlightened, taught and trained in the right way, they obviously love their
home towns they will most probably stay and make it better, and the better it
becomes the more people are attracted to it, they then start investing, and
before you know there is a lot of growth, and in the long run this prevents
overcrowding in the bigger cities, you get less crime, because people can find
work in their local areas, they then build stable families and instill good
values.
Now
we need a lot of prayer and I believe this is God's timing, yesterday as we
prayed and dedicated the construction to the lord, in our meeting there was a
little girl I could notice from almost 6 years ago from one of our ministry visits,
she was carrying a baby , so I asked whose baby it was and she said with a lot of
fear, ‘that is my baby’, Now this is the trend in these little villages,
families cannot afford to even pay for the subsidized government elementary
education, so they keep their girls from school and have them work in fields,
their dreams are broken and no hope, so they start having babies, but in my
opinion 14 year olds should not be mothers, they still have their own growing
up to do!!!
So I
ask for your prayers and support that we can establish the school as soon as
possible, even as we build this multi-purpose structure that will house the
school, library, ministry auditorium, counseling and guidance center as well as
a home for children who have been neglected by these teenage moms who once over
burdened by the responsibility they run off to the city and never come back
leaving the children to their grandparents.
Next week Monday we shall start unloading the bricks oven , and start
mapping out the foundation , please keep us in prayer, and if you feel led to
give any gift to towards this work .. Please go ahead and send that to
GREATER RIVER 2340
S TROY ST AURORA COLORADO 80014
or go to our
website www.greaterriverchurch.org to place a donation online
I will talk
to you on Monday blessings and love from Uganda
Andrew Paul Kizito
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