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
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
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
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
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