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Wednesday, April 15, 2015 |
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Dear <<First Name>>,
Imagine coming to the end of a full day, riding along the bumpy, dusty-red roads just outside Gulu. You have been invited to House of Hope, the residence that is home to 32 children orphaned by war, by HIV/AIDS or other tragedies that sought to devastate the nation of Uganda. You’re not sure why your hosts thought it important that you not miss this evening with the children.
As you make your way to the courtyard in the center of the dormitories you see the boys pulling out a variety of percussion instruments and the girls filing out of their dorm. As these children - who have lived through more horror, abuse and trauma than you can imagine - begin to sing and play and worship and pray, you are transfixed and transported by their gratitude, their joy, and by their awesome reverence and respect for God. They passionately dance their hearts out to Him, and later kneel to the floor to intercede for others like themselves needing healing and hope from God.
They capture your heart, and through them, God captures your heart again, and reminds you that the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these, full of childlike trust and faith.
A Nation of Children
Did you know that Uganda has the youngest population on earth today? Can you imagine a nation where over half of its population (52%) is age 15 or under? What a wonderful opportunity lies before us, to shape the future of a nation by investing in the lives of its children.
One author said, “No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure."
At Favor of God, we have experienced some of that treasure up close and personal through encounters with our children at the House of Hope, through the hundreds of children from the community that attend our Primary School, through the thousands of children ministered to through medical clinic outreach, trauma counseling, and our crusades in northern Uganda and South Sudan. The children who live at the House of Hope look to Favor to provide everything they need, just as a parent would. We are responsible for them 24/7 every day of the week, providing food, clothing, shoes, bedding, toiletries, school fees, medical care and all things necessary to give them a secure home and safe surroundings.
Who Will Support Them?
Can we do this alone? Absolutely not!
All of these children need individual “support families” in order for us to cover their upbringing and needs, physically and spiritually. $4,800 a month is needed to support all of our children. That is $150 per child.
Currently only 11 of our children have partial support at a total of $1,530. We need a remaining $3,270 in order for all 32 children to be fully supported!
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