4 More Days- :)

This month has been non-stop but filled to the brim with wonderful blessing.
450 pounds of luggage packed
A gift for every child.
Sponsored children gifts are still coming in
A Taste of Uganda fund raiser was more successful  than I imagined!
4 more children sponsored!  Total 88 children 16 more  and we will reach our goal!
Raised enough funds for a meal for the children $1,200.00

I am so blessed to be the representative for all the Guardian Angels that are sponsoring the children and supporting the project.
 

I am already planning the end of the year field trip for the children $2,000.00 they will be going to some businesses to see the opportunities that are available to them with an education.  Broadening their ability to dream!

love, mom sandy gwoyagala

Taste of Uganda!

September 14^th Hosting “A Taste of Uganda” .  This fund raiser will help cover some of the cost of the trip.  ~$3,000.00 per person.   

Trinity Covenant Church
Saturday September 14th
6:00 –9:00
A Taste of Uganda
Dinner and Entertainment

Tickets  $20.00

Traditional Ugandan Meal

Entertainment

7:00

The Ugandan Children’s choir

From

New Life International

Songs- Poetry – Traditional Dancing

Update on 2013 trip to Uganda

Loving a Village One Child at a Time

Mission 2013

I start planning my return trip as soon as I get back.  My love for these children is more than I could ever imagine.   I wake up praying for them, I fall asleep praying for them.

The suffering the deal with on a daily basis is more than my mind can comprehend.
Yet their joy and celebration is also more than I can comprehend.
There relationship with God is so powerful. They have it right.  Any gift they receive the first thing they say is PRAISE GOD.    They know all gifts come from  God, their  faith and trust is in God.

300 pounds of luggage packed!   200 more to go!  Every child has a gift!  Thank you to everyone that helped to make this happen!

Another child sold

Another child had been sold into 'maid' service. It is not the business mothers in the US would ever want their daughter to be in.  While I can't imagine being so desperate that I would sell my child  or my self for food.   I  have also never had to eat dirt to fill my stomach during a drought.   I have never been without water for days, weeks,months.  I have never had to make life and death choices for the members of my family.  They survive on the food they grown  in a drought there is no food to eat or sell.  I feel nothing but deep compassion for the child and the mother. Their bodies are all they have to sell.  

Please Pray that we can get Rachel back.
Please pray that we can get Winnie back.

They need to be supported in prayer and these children and their familes needs alternatives to survival. 
Loving a Village One Child at a Time!

CMA August Update

Christian Mission Academy

August 2013

Gift For Every Child

Thank you to everyone that contributed to the gift for every child.  We have achieved the goal!  All 400 children will receive a gift of a nylon back pack with a pen, pencil, pencil sharpener and another small gift. 

The top performers in every class will receive a regular back pack.

Health Care

v     3 families tested HIV positive.  We are providing transportation and food so they don’t feel sick  taking the medication and they can get to the clinic for their treatment. 2 young children tested positive ages 4 and 5.

v     10 Cases of Malaria were treated

v     19 children treated for Jiggers

v     In total 48 children and family members were treated this month for a variety of illnesses.

Heart Breaking Facts 

v     70 children report their dads are dead

v     27 children report their moms are dead

v     44 children have no idea who their mom’s is

v     32 children have no idea who their dad is.

v     102 children are living without their dads   33% of the children

v     59 children are living without their moms   20% of the children

v      28 children list no one caring for them  9%

Children are traded and sold every day  to get money for food or basic needs.  The sponsorship program has helped to rescue several children. 

A sponsored child is less likely to be traded or sold. Only 1 sponsored child has been sold in  the 4 years I have been managing this project and we are still working to get her back.

Getting her back is my number one priority during my visit.

Please consider sponsoring a child or if you are sponsoring a child tell a friend, relative or coworker to consider sponsor a child.

100% of the sponsorship goes toward educating, providing health care for  the child and their family.

Hog Project

The final payment was sent.  The gift that keeps on giving.  An update on the project will be provided next month.

End of the year celebration-  We will transport the children in to Kampala where they will visit several business.  The trip is to make them aware of the opportunities that education will provide.  Coke is one of the factories they will be visiting.

Cost of trip for 400 children $2,000.00  providing lunch and transportation. Praying for better weather than last year!

Please send any gifts or letters to me no later than  September 15^th.  I will be bringing 6 27 gallon totes (I received a discount from British Air)

Sandy Gannon

48 Hibiscus Ave

Waltham MA 02451

September 14^th Hosting “A Taste of Uganda” .  This fund raiser will help cover some of the cost of the trip.  ~$3,000.00 per person.   

Trinity Covenant Church
Saturday September 14th
6:00 –9:00
A Taste of Uganda
Dinner and Entertainment

Tickets  $20.00

Traditional Ugandan Meal

Entertainment

7:00

The Ugandan Children’s choir

From

New Life International

Songs- Poetry – Traditional Dancing

Update on 2013 trip to Uganda

Loving a Village One Child at a Time

Love,

Mom sandy Gwoyagala Nalongo

(The one you love mother of twins)

2 Months until I see to my Ugandan children and Family!

We will be leaving for Uganda in 2 months, I can hardly wait. I start planning my return trip as soon as I get back!   This year I am already planning my return trip before I leave!   I wish this is  what I did for a living.  Why did it take me until I was 50 years old to decide what I wanted to do when I grew up.
This year I am bringing totes instead of suit cases. They will be able to use the totes to store food to protect them from bugs.
1 tote is packed.   100 bag packs, (300 more needed) 200 malaria test kit, 200 typhoid test kits, 400 pens, 400 pencil sharpeners, 232 pencils  (168 more needed).  Knitted babies (I lost count).
Coloring books,colored pencils, folders, scissors.
We leave Sunday Morning at 8:00 am
7:00 Monday morning  September 30 we arrive- shopping day. Food and gifts for the children and home visits.
Tuesday -Friday we will go to   Bakka - This is the most intense joy anyone could imagine seeing  my 400 dearly loved children!  They are all in my heart and prayers every day!  School and home visits!  We will visit with Winnie's family my number one goal  during this visit is to get her back!  We will visit Justine's home and Nelco's and Steven Madadas.  Plus any home where the child is at risk of being sold!
We will end the week at Bakka with games and a  celebration lunch!Saturday Visiting my Ugandan Family!  Our outing is still being determined!
Sunday - Church
Monday morning heading back

A Taste of Uganda- Fund Raiser for Mission Trip

Trinity Covenant Church
Saturday September 14th
6:00 –9:00
A Taste of Uganda
Dinner and Entertainment

Traditional Ugandan Meal

Entertainment

 7:00

The Ugandan Children’s choir

From

 New Life International

Songs- Poetry – Traditional Dancing

Update on 2013 trip to Uganda

For tickets contact Sandy Gannon

S-gannon@hotmail.com

 

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