tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83839971366358014482011-09-02T05:40:58.774-07:00The Story of God's Work in a Ugandan OrphanageKathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04194542499632486388noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383997136635801448.post-87797431590908568572010-11-25T15:58:00.001-08:002010-11-26T05:22:38.830-08:00

“Bless the Lord, O my soul; And forget none of His benefits; Who pardons all your iniquities; Who heals all your diseases; Who redeems your life from the pit; Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.” Psalm 103:1-5 This post will be a bit more personal than most. I am spending my first

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I really do want to try to keep everyone updated, but our week has been busy with visitors and the everyday stuff of life, and I haven't had time to write a new post - so I decided to take the easy way out and just share my Facebook status posts for the last week or so. Not very in depth or insightful, but it gives you some of the flavor of our days here. For those of you who follow me on FB,

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I thought the hardest blog to write would be the first one, because I just didn’t know where to start. However, I’ve found that picking it up again after dropping the ball for a while is every bit as hard! Things got a little crazy – and a bit difficult - after my last post in April. Since then: • We have had three mission teams visit us and bless us at Redeemer House. • We let our mama go. •

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Last week was amazing! It was a week of seeing God shower down blessings on us every day. I wanted to post about them, and just did not have a spare moment to do it. This week has been different – a week of daily challenges, not so much fun to blog about. Ministry is often like that. But the same God who blessed us so obviously last week is the God who walks with us through the challenges,

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I have so many blogs bumping around in my mind, and have had so little time to post, and was trying to decide which one to post. Then something happened this morning, and I knew what my next post would be about. First, some background. Earlier this week, we learned that the grandfather of Annet and Sarah, two of our girls, had passed away. It is traditional to give money to the family when

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I had planned to introdouce the kids one by one, but I had to type up a short bio of each one for Wendi Cross, whose team visited us in early March. Wendi's group is trying to find education sponsors for these kids, plus 16 more from the community that they met at our little church, kids who aren't currently attending school because there is no money for their school fees. So, here's a quick

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I wasn’t going to start telling stories of the individual kids of Redeemer House just yet, but after last night, I decided that I really want you to meet Gloria. She is 13 years old, from a tribe in the north. She was one of the original kids of Redeemer House, coming to us from a slum called Kuwugu Senegu when we first opened our home in October, 2008. She was under the guardianship of her

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Today I am basking in the goodness and mercy of God, and in His worthiness of my praise. I have been asking Him to teach me how to worship Him as He deserves to be worshipped. Today, as I was worshipping during church, I realized how selfish that noble-sounding request really is. I saw that I have been wanting to worship God more fully, in part, because of what I would get from it, how it

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We have a house! On Wednesday we met with the landlord and after some African-style negotiation, with a few concessions on both sides, we came to an agreement. The landlord will clean up the mess from the previous tenants, install an outdoor latrine, fix up the kitchen a bit, and complete the fence. He has assured us that all but the fence will be ready for us to move in by April 1, but knowing

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Those of you who have been following this blog for a while may remember that I shared back in January about the problems we were having with our landlady. She is Ugandan, living in Ireland, and didn’t realize till visiting in January that her house had been rented out as an orphanage. The property manager assured us that she was delighted to have her house used to help orphans, and then, when she

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What a blessing to have a team from Hands of Hope, a ministry based in California, come visit us at Redeemer House on Sunday and Monday! I met Rick and Wendi Cross, the team leaders, just last weekend at Annie’s fundraiser. We have had individuals visit us here at Redeemer House, but this was the first team that has come. How we loved them! They came early enough on Sunday to walk to church with

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I have been in Uganda for less than 3 full days, and I don’t know where to begin! I am just now getting a chance to update, as the days have been very full. We had the wonderful experience of having a mission team from Hands of Hope, based in California, visit us for the past two days. Their visit was such a blessing that I want to devote a whole post to it, so I will try to do that in the next

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I can hardly believe I am writing from the Amsterdam Airport, on my way back to Redeemer House Orphanage in Uganda for 3-4 months. In just a few hours, I will get to see "my kids" again!  I am so excited! On this trip, my main goal will be to work with a lawyer to complete registration of our orphanage as a foreign non-governmental organization. Please pray!  But there's a lot of other "stuff" in

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I wish you could meet Annie. Actually, I wish I could meet Annie! And I'm planning to, next weekend. Although I haven't met Annie face to face yet, I know this about her: Annie is a high school senior who has a heart for missions. In fact, she wants to be a missionary nurse. She's not just a talker. She really means it. Annie wants God to use her. For her senior project, she chose to do

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Because of some developments at the orphanage in the last several days, it has become evident that I (Kathy) need to travel to Uganda to deal with some issues over there. I had not planned to return to Uganda for a few months, and had hoped to travel with a team, but to tell the truth, I am really excited to be heading over soon. I will be working with a lawyer to finalize our registration as a

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It has been hard to do a second post - almost as hard as the first one - because I have a hard time knowing where to start. It seems as if everything I could say is somewhat like coming in halfway through the story . . . and so, I haven't been posting. But today, I have an urgent prayer request for Redeemer House, so . . . here goes! I received a call early this morning from Elysia, the young

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This is my initial post for Redeemer House, a small orphanage in Uganda, East Africa that was opened in October, 2008, with 7 children. We now provide a loving, Christ-centered home to 15 children. These beautiful children, along with our wonderful care providers, Ugandans Gracious and Noah, and Elysia, a young lady from America, make up the Redeemer House family. My connection? While in

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