Report From Pastor Solomon from Kampala Uganda
January this year as we prepared to open the school for our first term, many women visited our school, these included very old women,widows and those neglected by their husbands leaving with them a challenge of taking care of the kids.
One of the ladies whose kids were screened and accepted because of her very bad situation was Nyinabarongo, a title given to a mother of twins.The two boys were in a very bad shape. They were very skinny because of chronic hunger , had no clothes, they had a very bad eye problem, one has failed to heal and needs a specialist and we don’t have that money yet, the type that Dr.Carl calls” throw away kids that we turn into winners”.
As you can notice, apart from the eye problem of Isingoma, his name meaning first born twin son, they look well fed and well dressed in their school uniform and happy. The three months we have been with them is a huge blessing to their lives and the change can be notices easily by everybody.
For kids like these, and a few who were dropped and left at our school, we are planning to have a dormitory built at our school to allow such kids to stay in our hands and we take full and good care of them starting with our second term that starts in mid May 2012.
When I look at the sacrifice of keeping these kids in our school and also see the impact and the hope we give such kids, I say, it is worth it.
We still believe God to help save Isingomas eyes.Thanks for always believing in us and supporting us to keep the doorsof the school open to such kids.
Yours Solomon
Thanks to support of people like you we can provide hot nutritious meals specially mixed to provide a healthy diet, tht makes all the for these twins. All it takes is £4 to provide 100 meals enough meals for one child for 3 months.
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Testomony from Cambodia Mission Trip 2011 ( make sure you look at the video)
In November of 2011, along with the organisations Feed the Hungry and AFCM Australia, I was blessed with the opportunity to go on a short term hunger exposure missions trip to the nation of Cambodia with a small group of schoolies aged youth. I didn’t know what to expect as I had never been to a third world country before but knew that I would be challenged in my outlook on life and the world we live in.
Our team spent most of the week based in the province of Kampong Thom. Our main mission for the week was to help and support the Local church and the ministry they were running in Kampong Thom. Each day we would travel to a few different villages, some were close only 30-40 minutes by bus and others took us up to 2 hours by bus/foot and boat. In each village we had the opportunity to minister and play with local children through games and Bible stories-with help from our translators. We were also given opportunities to minister and share our personal testimonies to the adults or village leaders to encourage them in their faith. Most importantly we would help to prepare a meal for the children that we were ministering to, rice and a vegetable that had been purchased locally through the support of Feed the Hungry. The meals were so simple yet so life impacting-By providing a hot meal to these children 3 times a week, the pressure is removed from their families and instead of the children working in the field, they can have the opportunity to attend school and gain a better education.
Over the course of the trip my life was impacted greatly, and can be summed up into three main points.
The first is the attitude of the Khmar people-their selflessness. Everywhere we went in each village the need was so great and almost incomprehendable. Yet their ability to share everything they had was amazing. We live in such a blessed country where we have so much and yet still want more, even in our excess we fail to give, we never share or seek out ways to bless others-we are always putting ourselves first and trying to increase our own possessions. Yet these people who have nothing are always looking at ways to share with each other-whenever they experience increase, they share it out and look for ways to help each other. I was encouraged to no longer seek increase for myself, but to look for ways to give and help others who may not be as blessed as I am.
The second thing that has left an impact on my life from the trip was the healing power of God that we experienced. One afternoon we were in a small village and a close friend and I were asked to give our testimonies to the adults and elders there, after sharing with them we asked if there was anything we could pray for and one by one they began to ask us for prayer for healing in their bodies-we began to put into action what we had learnt about laying hands on the sick and seeing them recover. We prayed for sore backs, sore knees and headaches. Then they brought to us a little girl who had sores all over her feet and could barely walk, after praying over this young girl she stood and walked pain free. We give all the glory to God and we were so encouraged to experience God’s healing power first hand.
The final thing that has had a major impact in my life back in Sydney is my career focus. Before going to Cambodia, I had previously deferred a university degree and worked full time in a real estate office and was busy establishing a career for myself in the real estate industry. While in Cambodia I had the opportunity to speak with many of our translators and other youth that were still in high schools in the local area- and all the conversations led to me asking what they were planning to do after they finished their high schooling. One by one I heard these young people tell me of the dreams God had placed in their hearts, whether it be to go to university and study business so they could come back and help build up the local church, go to study law so they can come back and represent the locals in their home village or become a teacher and help teach English and Sunday school. Each of these young people had one thing at the centre of their dreams…Others. They were all planning to help others, help build and support the local church and it was all for God, none of them were trying to climb the social ladder of success, none of them wanted to be rich and famous. This made me think "what am I really doing with my life?" I have so many more opportunities to make a difference yet the choices I had made were so success focused and self-centred. God spoke to me so clearly about my life on that trip and I thank Him for it.
Since returning to Sydney, I have begun a degree in Agricultural Economics at the University of Sydney and when complete, I plan to travel back to Cambodia and help with the nation’s economic development.
During our trip we saw extreme poverty and experienced almost unbearable temperatures; we saw how one bowl of rice can change a child’s life, and how the power of God’s love has the greatest impact of all.
Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40
Anna van Schie
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A life changing experience for a a young lady that saw how she could make a difference not only in the short term but for the rest of her life, In partnership with Feed The Hungry these young people have allready made a difference in helping provide food for the children you see in the video, spiritual food in there journey with them on the mission trip and a legacy of hope for the child that was healed.
You to could be part of this adventure by partnering with us today, for only £4 pounds a month you could provide 100 meals for these children, thats 1200 meals in a year. A mustard seed of hope that brings wells of blessing to children in desperate need.
