Love a Child, Touch a Village, Change a Nation
Uganda Mission Trip June 2006
We took a team of 21 people to Uganda this past June. The trip was truly one of the most touching and fruitful times we have ever experienced! The expression, "Love a child, Touch a Village, Change a Nation", is becoming a reality in the Gganda Village area where Hope Children’s Home is located. Each day while in Uganda, we focused on ways that we could serve and love on the people.
Here are just a few of the things we were able to accomplish on this trip:
- Love on the Children at Hope
- Give new clot hes for each child
- Give new clothes/toys/shoes to people of the community
- Purchase new school books
- Hand out over 100 backpacks for our school children
- Door to door in Gganda Village to show Love
- Building more personal relationships
- Visited 2 hospitals and pray for sick
- Visited a prison and pray for the hopeless
- Give much needed medical supplies (Thank you Northwest Medical Teams)< /div>
- Dedicated Abundant Life Children’s Home
- Feed the people of Sokolo Village at dedication ceremony for Abundant Life
- Share encouragement at High Schools
- Speak and pray at many churches
This is a picture of the wonderful team that helped to express the love of Jesus
Here are a few other pictures from our trip:
 Ann loving on the people in the hospital |
 Hope kids watching a video with a soda and cookies |
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 Juliett with her first set of new clothes |
 Hope kids with new backpacks for school |
Abundant Life Children’s Center
Along with the people in the village of Sokolo, government officials, and the entire Show Mercy Team, we were honored to officially open Abundant Life Children’s Home. Eventually this home will house 100 kids. Daniel Nkata of Reachout Village Ministries will be overseeing this children’s home and he has agreed to take on the responsibility of feeding the children of this home by using part of the acreage he owns to plant food. By the generous donation of a sponsor, we were able to build a goat pen and buy 7 goats. They will use these goats for food, milk and reproduction of more goats. We have currently provided beds for 100 kids and as the food harvest comes in, the children will be placed into the home.
Dr. James Buturo, Interior Minister of Ethics and Integrity, discusses with Mike his appreciation for the work Show Mercy is doing.
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 Some of the kids that will be moving into Abundant Life soon. |
 Completed Abundant Life Children’s Center |
The Great Northwest Challenge 2006
We are in the process of planning our only fundraiser, The Great Northwest Challenge. We are still looking for a few more corporate sponsorships. This event was a huge success last year and we are planning on an even greater event this year. For information from last year’s event including newspaper articles, please visit our website at www.showmercy.org.
How can you get involved?
- Sponsor a team. Team donations are $400. You can either enter your own team or we can give it away on KRKT radio mentioning your business as the contributor of the team. Have the team members wear t-shirts advertising your business or decorate their cars with information about your business. Have fun! It is a small price that will make a huge difference in the lives of many children who need assistance so desperately.
- Enter a team in the competition. While it will be a super time for all, the benefits to the children that we are helping will be immeasurable! Team registrations are $200 per individual on the team. Donations are tax deductible. You can register online at http://www.showmercy.org/gnwc_registration.html or you can call 541-905-0791.
- Be a corporate sponsor of the event. If you are interested in sponsoring this event, please contact Mike Salley at mike@showmercy.org. It is a great "cause marketing" fundraiser that has and will continue to generate much interest and exposure for your business.
- Volunteer to assist at the event. Please contact Lori Salley ASAP at lori@showmercy.org if you would like to volunteer your time for the challenge. We will need about 75 volunteers to make this event smooth and successful. You can help by supervising events, take photographs, recruit teams NOW, sell raffle tickets, collect items for raffle just to name a few.
- Make a cash donation. All of the expenses of this event, including the prize are already covered by our sponsors. 100% of all of your donations will be used to directly assist orphans who have nobody else to help them.
Testimonies
This young man is in need of a sponsor. Please email us if you would like to be apart of helping Peter.
Peter "The Painter"
We met Peter in January of 2006. When we went to visit Hope Children’s Home, we noticed beautiful bright paintings all over the walls. We inquired as to who had done the marvelous paintings and we were introduced to Peter "The Painter".
Peter was living with a family in the village, but spent much of his time working in order to pay for his high school education as well as food. Since both of his parents died, he was doing the best he could to survive. School fees are about $600/year for high school, so that meant Peter would spend much of his time working, just to go to school part of the time. When he would not hav e enough to pay for school, he would have to leave until he could make enough to go for a few more days. We found him making bricks by hand out of clay and straw. He would then sell the bricks to get money.
Peter is a very tall and slender boy. His clothes were very worn out and the shoes on his feet were too small. We immediately went to buy him some new clothes and shoes that he could wear.
It is obvious that Peter has a talent in the area of creativity and art. Our hearts were so touched by his drive to do something with his life, we offered to pay for his school. He is a very bright boy!
On this last visit in June, we found out that the family he had been living with kicked him out. They told him that if Show Mercy could pay for his school , then we could pay for the place he was staying. He then began to sleep under a tree. We knew he had to stay at our home, so we purchased a new bed for him. He is like a big brother to all the kids at the home and he takes such good care of them all.
One of the painting on the wall at Hope Children’s Home
Peter riding is brand new bicycle!
Peter also told us that he had been walking 4-5 miles o ne way to school, so he was not getting home until very late at night. We were happy to be able to give him his very first bike. All of the kids were very excited for Peter. We had to show him how to ride, but he was a very quick learner.
Here is a portion of a letter he wrote to us:
…I am a tree that has been planted in mercy. And here in Uganda they have a saying that, "the younger bird learns from it’s mother to fly." So you have taught me how to have mercy on others. The other thing is that I love you, not because of the things you have given me, but because of the love you showed me. That love gave me a thinking that I am not alone in the world.
Love,
Peter
Reaching out i n Love…One Child at a Time
While in Uganda, we added 2 more children to Hope Children’s Home. We had originally planned to have only 50 children in this home, but the need is so great, and we are now up to 58 kids. The two newest children are Rose and Mercy. We were able to rescue these girls from very dangerous situations. We really are making a difference, one child at a time. You will find their personal testimonies on our site.
Brenda, Lori and Rose
