Rays of Hope For Uganda

A few posts ago I mentioned my friends school in the Kaberamaido district in Uganda. Rays of  Hope for Uganda has enrolled 92 students in four class rooms. This dream was birthed by a young man named Francis Okullo. I hope to have him share your story with you on this blog shortly. An orphan himself, he heeded God's call to help out the same. Their mission: to meet the heart of God by educating, clothing, feeding and tangibly sharing Jesus Christ with these children.  Would you give something up to sponsor one of these children? The cost is only $20/month or $240/year. Half the cost of most sponsorship programs. If you are interested please comment below which child you would like to sponsor and email me at atbbankergirl@yahoo.ca for more details:

Letter to God

God,
Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of your ministry of Compassion. I had no idea how much it would change my life to answer a call you placed on my heart. A burden for the needy and impoverished of the world. I had no idea 4 years ago how a relationship with a little boy across the miles would change my thinking and lead to 3 other sponsorships. I realize Lord that you have blessed me with so much that I cannot hold onto that. You have taught me that when I am open to give more that you will provide. Through the ministry of Compassion, I have seen how you changed lives of children who thought they were nothing. They bought into the lie of the enemy that they are not worth much but through sponsorship, God has revealed truth to these children that they are loved. That before they were born you matched them up with a sponsor that would encourage them, that would pray for them. You brought loving caring people to work at a centre that love them and teach them about Jesus and your love for them. I just pray Lord that you would speak to others to answer the sponsorship call. That they can change the entire destiny of small child for only $41/month. Thank you Lord for allowing me to be an agent for change and thank you Lord that children are being released from poverty in your Son's name!

Sponsor today

Month Eight

This is month eight of sacrifices. I dismally failed my laziness sacrifice in month seven. As I mentioned before finding stuff to cut when you have drastically changed your spending habits is difficult. I think I will go back to  the STARBUCKS fast. I will just have to extend my month till October 6th as I have indulged in this addiction of mine already this month. I don't spend as much on Starbucks as I used to. I have cut it in half since I started budgeting in July. Yet I still spend money there and will sacrifice my sweet cup of caramel goodness. This month the focus of live58 hasn't spoke to me. It's a challenge to the President to increase spending on foreign aid spent in the USA.  I truly believe our governments need to dedicate more funds to helping third world nations but as I am not an American, I am just not moved to donate to this cause ,however I will continue to pray for the movement and the work of Micah's challenge. I have recently been moved to donate to a friend's organization called Rays of hope for Uganda. He has built a school in Uganda and has the most amazing story. I have asked for him to write up his testimony for me that I will feature later this month. This man has a strong desire to help orphans in his community and had a strong calling from the Lord to start this school. They have started a sponsorship program to help these kids attend. Sponsorship is only $20/month. I will also feature some of those kids here once I receive their profiles. How many of us throw away this kind of money monthly? It's such a small amount to change a life of a little boy or girl in Uganda. If you are interested in sponsoring one of these cuties message me at atbbankergirl@yahoo.ca