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Published: June 27th 2008
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Christmas in June:
Today I went to the school in Kampala. Its amazing so many children so few resources, yet they get by with Gods provision for the school and their lives. Everyone seems to just be praising God. I asked Paul when we got to the school,can you look at your past students and point to one and know that one if it had not been forGod and this school , they wouldn't have survived, or would be destitute. His answer was a resounding yes, there are many, many,many. He then went on to introduce me to Ida.
Ida shared her story, heartbreaking to say the least, but by Gods grace intervining in her life she has gone on to university,and now has a job in her field. I ask her permission to share and sshe said it was God's story and if it helped one she would be honored. When she was just a little girl, her mother married a man who beat her. One night after giving birth to a baby, her stepfather came home drunk and killed her mother in front of her. When she started to scream, her stepfather put the knife to her throat
and said," your not my flesh". Meaning he had no problems killing her. He then took Ida and the newborn to his daughter, and told her to take care of them. Ida didn't know this women, and she was in a bad marriage herself. The baby ended up dying because it was to frail. Ida's stepsister took care of her, and sent her to the Village school, till she got a divorce and left Ida with her ex-husband. He didn't want to take care of her so she was going to be a house girl for a family in the city. After a few months and the women heard Ida's story she said she needed to go to school. The women then called Molly & Paul to see if they could help her with school. Molly & Paul moved by her story adopted her as their own. She then moved in to their home and took care of her, gave her a family that she had desperately searched for. She doesn't know where she would be if it wasn't for Molly & Paul, but she is greatful to them. She says she often asks God the same question Mary asked
"Who am I that you should choose me?" She feels completely blessed that she is a live, and has a job. She strongly believes that God has a purpose and a plan for her life. It is obvious that He does, not only does scripture confirm such things, but the love and desire to do Gods will pours out of her. She was the first person for me to meet that day.
I also meet an interning teacher who was a former student. Thanks to Molly&Paul's work here in Uganda this gentleman was able to get an affordable education and go to university and is now paying it forward. I also was told of a former student who is now an ordained bishop. I was blessed by the testimonies, Paul when talking to him is so humbledby how God has choosen to use him.
Today I saw another muzugo at the school. That is the strange man who’s picture is here. It was great to talk to him and hear his story of where God has brought him and his time here in Africa. Garry you were right, there are not as many muzugos as I thought. When
I went to the tourists mall I saw a few. The mall was amazing. 3 stories and a golf course on the roof, a huge movie complex, swimming pool on the roof as wall as a tennis court.
Paul was called and told to go to town and pick up a shipment that was sent for the children. In the afternoon the driver and another gentleman went to town to pick up the package. A package was an understatement. When the driver came back to pick me up I had to sit in the front seat. The van was full of packages. They were samaritan purse boxes a lady in the UK and her church had made up and sent. Then, she sent a case of toilet paper, and school supplies. It was amazing to see Gods provision for these children and Molly/Paul as a willing useable vessel. The headmistress of the Masaka schools was blessed.
The meantime Molly and the chior directors from each school meet. They are working on getting ready for going to the UK/USA, and they are trying to make a cd/music videos. There
is a lot of work to be done.
Molly wants to have 5000 necklaces made before August so they can be sold in the market and while on tour.
Each school will make ten a day. Its a lot to make but very reasonable. She was going to sell the necklaces for $3 in the US, I told her she needs to ask more than that. These are hand made by the children, easily $15-$20. I will be bringing some back with me. Molly and I put together a template for the
Children to copy when making the necklaces.
Each day gets easier and easier. Between continously praying and being prayed for by all of you, my raw emotions have subsided,jetlag is gone. I woke up on my own naturally, at the right time. I am actually able to talk with Molly & Paul about intimate things , Godly things without crying. That is a good sign. I Feel like I am being sured up, both spiritualy as well as mentally. That maybe my time here in Africa is not so much about helping as it is about being in a spiritual training ground. The family has worship
time in the morning and in the evening it is so powerful. All children are worshiping and giving testimony to what God has done for them today. We do a time of prayer. I am learning much. I can see how my broken leg and that time of learning has brought me to this next level. I can see how the desires of my heart not only to be in Africa,but the spiritual desires for growth are being answered. I pray for you daily as I know you are praying for me. I hope the blog gives you encouragement. God bless to all.-Kim.
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