Meet the Dream Team

From Uganda to the U.S., we’re a team on a mission…driven by purpose, united by compassion. Together, we bring clean water, medical care, and the love of Jesus to vulnerable children and families.

We’re more than staff. We’re a family, dreaming big, praying bold, and showing mercy wherever we go.

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From the Heart of Our Founders

“We didn’t come to Uganda with a grand plan… just a yes. A yes to love. A yes to show up. A yes to believe that God could use our simple obedience to do something bigger. What we saw wrecked us. Kids drinking water that made them sick. Mamas crying because there was no medicine. Brilliant children with dreams but no way to chase them. And yet, beneath the heartbreak, we saw something else: hope. We saw purpose that poverty tried to bury. And we knew…we couldn’t walk away.

Show Mercy was born out of that place. Not from strategy, but from love. A fire in our hearts to call destiny out of hiding and remind people who they really are. We’ve seen miracles: hearts healed, bodies healed, entire communities begin to shift because someone dared to believe again. We’ve sat in huts and prayed impossible prayers. And we’re still believing for more. More than we can ask. More than we can imagine.

Because this isn’t just about water or clinics or schools. It’s about people. It’s about purpose. It’s about seeing others rise and live the life they were created for. We’re not done, and we’re so glad you’re in this story with us.”

Mike and Lori Salley

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The Dream Team

Show Mercy’s amazing team serves in Uganda and the USA. Our ministry focuses on FIVE main areas of service in Uganda: Clean Water Wells, Orphan and Vulnerable Children, Village Outreaches, Mission Teams, and Medical Care.

We call our team the ‘Dream Team’ because we are made up of people who believe for the impossible, dream for the future and choose to Live On Purpose each and every day.

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Alfred

Security

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Anthony

Community Development

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Beatrice

Administration 

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Bella

Mission Team Facilitator

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Brian

Maintenance

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Bruno

Security
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Charity

Medical
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Christine

Groundskeeper

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Claire

Community Development
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Daphne

Midwife
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David

Security

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Dickens

Director

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Douglas

Maintenance

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Felly

Program Coordinator

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Florence

Custodian

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Fred

Community development

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Janat

Hospitality

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Jeremiah

Agriculture

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Joan

Medical

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Joan

Hospitality

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Julius

Security

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Justine

Agriculture

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Katelin

Communications – USA

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Laban

Security

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Laston

Security

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Margaret

Hospitality

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Margaret

Medical

Show Mercy International: Mike and Lori Salley SMI Founders.

Mike & Lori Salley

Founders/Directors

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Monica

Medical

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Moureen

Director

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Nicholas

Security

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Nina

Medical

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Noelin

Maintenance

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Noeline

Hospitality

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Paul

Logistics

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Racheal

Mission Team Facilitator

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Richard

Medical

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Richard

Agriculture

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Robert

Security

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Sharon

Logistrics Team Leader

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Simon

Security Team Leader

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Simon

Community Development

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Solomon

Logistics

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Stella

Community Development

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Susan

Child Development

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Sylvia

Maintenance

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Grace's Story:

In 2004, when we began Show Mercy, we had no idea the depth and reach this journey would take. We simply said yes to helping 50 children. That’s it. No grand strategy. Just obedience.

And that’s when I met Grace—a quiet, wide-eyed little boy sitting in a church service. I invited him to sit on my lap, and from that moment on, he had a special place in my heart.

Grace’s story was painful. His father had died of AIDS, and by custom, he was sent to live with his grandparents. At just seven years old, Grace was forced to work in the fields from dawn to dusk, digging for food with his bare hands. He wasn’t allowed to go to school. He slept on the hard mud floor. His clothes were rags. He was in constant pain—his feet and hands raw and infected from living barefoot in the dirt.

When he was finally brought into our sponsorship program, everything changed.

A Heart Transformed

Grace was safe. He had a bed. A blanket. Shoes. Meals. Clean water. Medical care. An education. But more than all of that—he had love.He would run to carry my bags every time I visited. He started dreaming big, bold dreams. He told me with glistening eyes that one day he would be a pastor and evangelist for Jesus. And over and over again, he dreamed of fishing—casting nets—pulling in a catch.

One day, as he wept in my arms sharing the horrors of his early life, he suddenly lifted his head, smiled, and said something I will never forget:

“I now know what it means to be a King’s kid.”

Grace discovered who he truly was—not an orphan, not a slave—but a son of the King. That truth changed everything for him. And it became a cornerstone of this ministry’s calling.

The Final Goodbye

In 2008, we received the heartbreaking news that Grace had passed away. While being treated in the hospital for an injury, doctors discovered he had leukemia. It progressed quickly, and we didn’t even have time to say goodbye.

But then, something miraculous happened. My husband Mike had a dream. In it, Grace was sitting on Jesus’ lap—radiant, whole, joyful. He looked at Mike and said something like:

“Thank you… for showing me what a good Poppa is on the earth.”

He woke up in tears. It was as if Grace had come back one last time to say thank you—and to pass the baton.

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