Saturday we went out to the Field of Dreams in the Village of Kaliti.  This village is different than Gganda Village where we have Hope Children’s Home.  It seems much more somber and quiet with almost a strange kind of heaviness.  The village is 80% muslim.  Our team got off the bus and headed onto our property.  We were immediately surrounded by small children.  They followed us from a distance at first, but as we continued walking, they slowly began to get closer and closer.  Our land is so lush and full of life.  It is a wonderful picture of what is in store for the adults and children of this village - LIFE!  As I walked the property I was thanking God for allowing us to be in the midst of a people that are in darkness.  WE are the Light.  I was overwhelmed to think that God cares so much for these people, that He would make a way for us to share love with them every day.  Of course we are still in the beginning stages of preparing the land to begin building, but as you are all familiar with the movie The Field of Dreams - the famous words are IF YOU BUILD IT HE WILL COME!  If you haven’t seen the Field of Dreams lately, watch it again.  I cried when I watched it a couple of months ago, because the main character Kevin Costner is struck with the dilemma of following his heart and dreams vs doing what the world believes you should do with his field (remember the corn field - he should have harvested corn, but instead he used his property to help facilitate other peoples dreams and in essence fulfilled his own dreams).  So since he did what he felt in his heart he should do, His FATHER came.  Corn vs seeing your Father (which is a picture of God if you didn’t get the symbolism).  HMMMMM, seems pretty clear to me.  That is our promise too.  Would you join with us to bring The Father to this village?  Working together we will bring Hope and Life.  Jesus did it for us and now we can pass it on.

After we walked the property, we went to visit our newest friend Kate and her baby son.  They currently live on Field of Dreams.  You may remember back in June when the team was here.  Kate was muslim and accepted Jesus, because the team showed loved to her.  She just knew they had been sent that day just for her.  Her son is sick, so her husband abandoned them.  She was going to leave her son to die that day back in June, because she didn’t have the strength to continue caring for him, but at just the right moment, FAITH, HOPE & LOVE showed up at her door.  You can read the entire blog by clicking here and go to June 12, 2007. Our team prayed for her and her son again.  Two members of the June team are with us on this trip and they both have said that the little boys swollen head is smaller.

We then began heading down the road into the village.  We stopped at each house and introduced ourselves.  The people seemed receptive to us.  This was our first step in helping to prepare for our mosquito net outreach which will probably be next Saturday.

As we were ready to load the bus and head back to the hotel, we met a Pastor of one of the Christian churches in Kaliti Village.  His name is Fred.  He has been a Pastor in the village for 6 years.  He also works fulltime at the University in Kampala.  I am excited to get together with him.  We will try to partner with his church to hand out the nets.  We are excited to work with a local church!

Thanks for your support and prayers.  We are ready to begin building The Field of Dreams.  The first phase will entail a missions compound and a couple of children’s cottages.  From there, we will add more cottages and hopefully a medical clinic.  Our first project will be a water well. We will also be posting the architectural plans for the different phases of this project soon.  Would you consider sowing a seed into this FIELD?  I know there is going to be a great harvest and soon.  Click here to donate towards The Field of Dreams.

Lori Salley
www.showmercy.org