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October 2012 Update

Dear friends and supporters,

It is always a pleasure to bring to you the latest news at African Hearts. We thank you for taking the courtesy of reading our news blog. We are happy to report the following news.

 

Slum Outreach

I am thankful for all of you for standing with us in prayer when I communicated about the slum children falling sick.  Many of you kept us in your thoughts and prayers, and some also made financial contributions, and for that, we are grateful. The children who were sick are now much better. With your giving we have also been able to treat more children with medical needs.  The feeding and literacy programs are going on as usual.

 

 

 

 

Education

We have several boys doing their national exams this year. These are so important as they will determine their progress to other levels of education.  Please remember Awori Moses, Matalo Joel, Kisaaky Brian, Lubega Brian, Sebagala Moses who are all in Senior Four classes and also Mukasa Derrick who is in Primary Seven.

At the African Hearts Junior School, we are in preparations for the end of year concert.  Children are rehearsing tirelessly as well as continuing their class work. We expect several dignitaries and possibly the vice president of Uganda to attend the concert, if all goes well.  Just a few days ago, one of the teachers came and thanked me for the printer and computers we bought at the school because this has greatly made their work easier.  Now they can type and print to send home remedial work for weak children. I saw the gratitude on his face and felt I should share it because our faithful donor gave this printer, not me.  We are grateful!

 

The construction of the dormitory and vocational center is starting soon but with a new twist! The engineer from the district came and advised that due to the slope on our land, we need to have a storied building for strength and good use of space. We also realized that with this we could have both a dormitory and vocational center at the same time in the same space. Please join us in prayer for provision for this need.

 

 

Brass Band

Our band has been doing some business recently.  We have also been accepted to play at Nakumatt, one of the leading shopping malls in Kampala during the festive season.  We are going to perform for free, but the management has allowed us to sell our Christmas carol CDs to people in the mall who enjoy our music. This will be a great way of raising some of the money needed for the dormitory and vocational center construction, for our agriculture project and for the youth micro-loan program that we intend to begin.  These are examples of using what God has given us for self-sufficiency and food security.

Homes 

I am happy to report that all the boys are healthy and happy, and all are excited about the end of year concert at school among other things. They are also looking forward to attending the Word of Life Christian Camp December 7-13 as God provides.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our goat gave birth to two kids, and all the boys were so excited to see the multiplication of their goats. We are also in the final touches of completing the new Youth Home. We have paid for electricity to be installed, and we are just waiting for the company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Success Story

 

Allow me to introduce you to a young man whom I have had the opportunity to minister to for over eight years now.  He is Bashir Isiko, commonly known as PEM, because he is so good at Physics, Economics and Mathematics. PEM lost both parents and life became so hard.  After his parents died, the landlord kicked him and his brother out of the house. He wandered looking for survival and found African Hearts. We took him back to school after a long time out of school, and he proved to be a good student with good grades. He has currently finished his last year of Diploma in Procurement, and he emerged as the best student of his class! Today Bashir is leading the Youth Home and program, as well as working at the African Hearts Junior School.  He is an assistant math teacher helping with remedial work, and he recently took on a new role of assistant school bursar.  We are very proud of Bashir Isiko, and we praise God for blessing his life!

 

Appreciation

We are grateful to our friends at Morning Star Foundation who have supported our new area of operation in Kyerima by providing safe drinking water through a borehole. This entire village was fetching water from a pool of dirty water, and they have no church, school or health facility since it is basically a remote area in Uganda. They now at least have a borehole though more are needed, but they are grateful for this one they have. This is the area where we bought our farmland, and this is a good entry point for us and for our future projects in this area.  We intend to grow our food and form cooperatives so that we can supply milk and food to help families economically and spiritually.  In short, we want to invest wisely on this land to sustain existing African Hearts programs and also to transform this area of Kyerima for the glory of God.

Prayer Requests 
1.     Funds for dormitory/vocational school, farming, micro-loans
2.     God’s wisdom for children doing exams
3.     Good health and protection for all our children and leaders

“Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 3:20