Pure Thankfulness~

As we come to the end of a month of Thanks I want to express a huge THANK YOU to all of our sponsors, old and new. As of this month we have 8 kids sponsored to go to school and one child at Home of Hope with a personal sponsor! God has brought in new sponsors who have a heart for these children and that has been a huge encouragement to Edith and myself. I love getting to send her emails of all the good things happening here, that has to be one of the best parts of running Our Hope!
We are still looking for a sponsor for Edith's son Francis to attend school again in January. If you are interested please email me and I can give you more information on the costs. 
I also want to say thank you to everyone at work who helped donate, pack boxes and write up customs slips so we could get the Christmas boxes shipped!! Needless to say Kayla and I learned a lot about international shipping and how complicated that process can be. Please pray all 12 of the boxes arrive in Uganda and no one decides to help themselves to some toys along the way. In talking to Edith tonight she mentioned she was worried about getting the kids new clothes and I was able to tell her God took care of it, they are on the way! I am ultimately thankful to my gracious heavenly father who meets all our needs as we faithfully follow His lead. Lord give me strength to continue to follow......

This picture includes sweet Francis in the yellow shirt next to Kayla. He is so willing to help with the children at Home of Hope!

Project Christmas

After bragging on how God has continued to provide for Our Hope in my last post, we were blessed with the largest donation Our Hope has ever received! The Lil' Lambs ministry at Trinity United Methodist Church donated $5,000.00 from their semi-annual consignment sale!!! Lil' Lambs organizes the sale and a portion of the proceeds goes to a ministry of their choosing. My co-worker, Ingrid Kellen, is involved in Lil' Lambs and she inquired about Our Hope and our current financial needs. After a vote we were the ministry of choice and I was brought to tears when Ingrid presented me with the check!

We are now in the process of putting together Christmas bags to surprise the kids at Home of Hope. Kayla, who went with our team in April, has been a huge help in pulling this project together. God has provided above and beyond for them through finding $1 sale racks at Wal-mart, awesome Bible coloring books at the Dollar Tree and donations from friends. Thank you to everyone who has donated and prayed for this project!

I wish we were going to be there to see these kids enjoy Christmas for the first time but I am requesting pictures from Edith!! Our prayer is the kids feel God's love through tangible gifts of love that lead them to know Christ.

One of my favorite verses has come to mind so many times over the past two weeks, " Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us." Psalm 62:8. God has once again answered our need above and beyond my desires, praise be to His name alone! 

The Lord Always Provides

 The Lord has continued to remind me over the past two weeks of His word "Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act." Psalm 37:5. Every time I have wondered how God would meet our needs and continue to raise support He has answered with more opportunities and wonderful people to serve. These past two weeks have proved to be no different!
This is a picture from our bead sale at UAB Highlands two weeks ago. We were blessed to make close to $200 dollars that we can put towards the many needs at Home of Hope. Thank you to everyone who came and supported us! The Lord has provided another opportunity to sell beads this Saturday, the 10th, at the arts and crafts fair at my Grandmother's church, Community Bible Church. I want to go ahead and thank my wonderful mom, sister and grandmother for helping me make this happen this weekend!! So if you are around the south side of Atlanta this weekend come visit us at Community Bible in Stockbridge, Ga from 9 to 3 and get a start on your Christmas shopping!