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HIS Love & SONshine which is a ministry of Seek & Serve is thankful to be partnering with many. Thankful to be partnering with the School in their mission and with those (the family) in Uganda facilitating in the details. My Grammy (Mary) and Aunt Jennifer are partnering with us in faithful prayer for this wonderful school community to be so impacted by God's Activity. My Aunt Jess has been used by God to put together this entire site. She has been instrumental in this journey! We are thankful for Seek & Serve, Inc. taking on this ministry as a part of theirs. ALL OF YOU are partners who are partnering in prayer, financial support, and brainstorming! A special thank you to Nancy our dear friend who was the one who saw the heart that He had laid on me regarding Uganda and gave me the opportunity to go to Uganda and thank you to wonderful Miss Shelly & Mr. Dan with Sixty Feet to bless us with the opportunity to get to be a part of what God is up to at this special school!!:) Thank you to SO MANY friends and family partnering in God's Activity at this precious school that brings the good news of Jesus. It brings HIS Love and SONshine and a wonderful education to these children. I so believe when we invest in children, we invest in the future of our world. Board: Rachel Mary- Founder Suzanne- co Founder Mary Silberman She prays and is a monthly donor. Jessica Sauther She loves the school. She is responsible for this site being up and she is a monthly donor. Ava Weeks "My name is Ava Weeks and I have been working in Uganda with Sixty Feet since January, 2015. Sixty Feet is closely connected to Maama Catherine's Children's Home as we have sent many children from the facilities where we work to Maama. These children attend Gateway Nursery and Primary School, so I am closely connected to it as well. I am a former teacher and love helping the school in any way I can. The children at the school all call me Jajja. (grandmother in Luganda) I tell people I have 11 grandchildren in the states and 400 in Uganda!" Will and Eve Rumbaugh They love the school. They are monthly donors. They have an extensive educational background. Leasa Jones She and her husband love the school. We sought her counsel and her husband’s about starting the ministry as they head up Wiphan after Shelly mentioned and they encouraged us to go forth. Kris Eldridge Kris loves the school. He promoted His Love and SONshine to my prior church last year and he was the mission's pastor! Alicia Mazzura She loves the ministry so much and is only in high school. Alicia will be doing the following for the ministry as she states, "I would love to help plan fundraisers, make baked goods, create promotional videos, and create any posters/graphic design-like things that you need because I just got Photoshop, so I can do a lot more with photographs and stuff. If you ever need help, tell me!" Ken and Cindy O'Leary They love the school. They're monthly donors and they went to Uganda with us.
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Hello supporters, His Love and SONshine is giddy to share about the Uganda trip!
We had three days at the school! There are many aspects of the trip that hit me like a ton of bricks and seeing the purity in their faces was a dear gift in knowing that they have His joy even though they do not have much. All right the main points of take away were: There are around 165 students! Each of these children are eager to learn and LOVE Jesus! Their spirits radiate Jesus and seeing their hard conditions breaks my spirit yet they live out what it means that even in nothing they have everything.... The teachers make around $5 a day which even by Ugandan standards is not much money at all. They live humbly and yet out of their nothingness (which they truly have nothing) they give what they have away. Pastor Ernest and his wife, Catherine, who are the greatest example of such an act are the heads of the school. The wife was orphaned when young and has become a mother to the orphaned and her husband was imprisoned for his faith during Idi Amin rule. The first day of our visit at the school we felt the joy of Jesus radiate from the people. For many of the kids at the school they only get one meal a day. They eat porridge in the morning and posha which is like grit consistency with beans. We played games with the kids. We simply hung out with the kids, heard their hearts and their dreams. I learned their names.:) I talked to the children and boy are they are darling!!!!!!!!:):) Each child would SHOUT out Bible verses and they were 4 years old. The children would memorize the Bible verses!! We got to hear from the heads of the school share all that is going on at the school and their goals. His goal was to increase the salary amount the teachers. For example, our ministry has been able to pay for 12 teachers giving them $1,000 a month. As their school has changed in leadership and growing in a great way they have added a teacher and the teachers need more than a $5 day salary and our goal is to give them $2,000 a month. Sitting down and talking to them was an experience that I can't express through writing because one would have to be with them, hear their hearts, listen to their stories and hear what they do now. We were at the school for 3 days and got to read books, play games and just hung out with them!:) The first day we went and saw the new construction that they are building. They are building a new school building as there school building is extremely small and run down. The story on the school building: in short God provided $70,000 through a donor who was burdened by God to give money for the school project unaware that it was happening but felt His heart.
Here is a crazy interesting update from my friend Ava Weeks, "Generally in Uganda, reading is only taught up to P2, then the children are just expected to know how to read and go on their own."
 Hello everyone I wanted to give a His Love and SONshine/Uganda update.:)
There are many things on my heart to do this coming year!:) First I would love to get a medical missions trip to Uganda! My heart has been to contact many churches to get hopefully new people learning about Uganda and also to get monthly support for Uganda from new people!:) I am going to be adding a board for the school America side and seeing about the Uganda side soon.:) I am going to be utilizing the hisloveandsonshine email account more often so if you get an email that is from an unusual account know it is me.:) I will be having a fundraiser and soooooooo wish that we could have the ability to sell goods online and have an inventory store room. ALSO in this coming year I would love to hear your thoughts or questions that you may have about the ministry.:) WOULD you do me a HUGE favor???:) Can you friend the His Love and SONshine page?? Will you share over FB and word of mouth about the school in Uganda and how our ministry funds/keeps running a school locally run?:) Hello everyone, this is Rachel Mary.:) Here’s a His LOVE AND SONshine Update!!:):)
There was the first graduating class for P7 back in October!!!!:) First off there has been a new change in leadership to the school shared in this blog:http://www.hisloveandsonshine.org/2017/11/photos-and-stories.html Secondly there has been a change to the school’s name.:) The school’s new name is “Gateway Nursery and Primary School”:) My ministry name is still the same. :) We are adding officially board members to His Love and SONshine stateside for the ministry.:) I will share about who is on my board soon. :) So excited and thankful! The school is building a new building!!!! There is awful termite damage in a few of the buildings currently AND the school is running out of space.:) Okay think of your office room and imagine it being a little bit longer in length and then add in 30 plus people! This is what a classroom in Uganda can look like! Hello everyone, this is Rachel Mary.:) Here’s a His LOVE AND SONshine Update!!:):) Okay so everyone I want to share some of the new updates in regard to the school!!!:) Please see a video that one of our new board members did!!!!:) There was the first graduating class for P7 back in October!!!!:) First off there has been a new change in leadership to the school shared in this blog:http://www.hisloveandsonshine.org/2017/11/photos-and-stories.html Secondly there has been a change to the school’s name.:) The school’s new name is “Gateway Nursery and Primary School”:) My ministry name is still the same. :) We are adding officially board members to His Love and SONshine stateside for the ministry.:) I will share about who is on my board soon. :) So excited and thankful! The school is building a new building!!!! There is awful termite damage in a few of the buildings currently AND the school is running out of space.:) Okay think of your office room and imagine it being a little bit longer in length and then add in 30 plus people! This is what a classroom in Uganda can look like! I am so very very joyful to announce that update!!! Because we merely provide financial aid to fund Gateway Community School they have their dreams that they try to raise funds for by themselves and we pitch in.:) Due to their humility when they have nothing and they give it ALL I wanted to ask if you all would consider contributing a $29 contribution or more :) to His Love and SONshine to see that the school’s new building is funded( in my heart) even sooner than they would expect.:) I have a friend, Ava Weeks, who you will be hearing about in a specific manner in a blog about her as I mention her quite often, is also fundraising for them.:) There are many new updates in regards to the school!! Please see below: http://www.hisloveandsonshine.org/search. You can go on my website and press “donate” to pay online if interested. :) Be looking in your mailbox for a Christmas newsletter for His Love and SONshine.:) Thank you all!  UPDATES! This is Scott Weeks and these are photos from his trip! HE IS HUGELY INVOLVED IN WORK FOR HIS Love and Sonshine! Scott's involvement is such a huge help!!! If you want to learn more about Scott Weeks or maybe going on a trip with us or donating, please explore our site to learn more.:) If you have any questions feel free to email us at: hisloveandsonshine@gmail.com See our recent newsletter update for details!!! |
Rachel GuyWhen Rachel Guy was in elementary school, she was fascinated by children in African countries; her heart was particularly drawn to children who had been orphaned. At the age of twelve, the country of Uganda became the focus of Rachel’s interest and concern when a close family friend, Nancy Wellham, invited her to join her on a mission’s trip there. It was on this trip that Rachel visited Gateway Nursery and Primary school and fell in love with the people there. Four years ago, Rachel was shocked when she was invited to start a ministry for the school. With humility and gratitude, she said, “Yes” to this unlikely adventure with God. Archives
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