THE POWER OF A Cup of Water
​Our Story

When my mom and I traveled to Uganda on a short-term mission trip in 2014, I had a very ordinary experience that felt extraordinary.  Outside a school we were visiting sat a quiet, stony-faced three-year-old boy who was detached from the other children.  His flat demeanor was in marked contrast to the exuberance of the other kids playing in the school yard.  His sadness pulled me to him.
 
I just brought him a cup of water.
 
​He said nothing, but he looked at me with a face transformed by joy.  An ordinary act that felt extraordinary.
 
This small seemingly insignificant experience reminds me of the easy way God has given us to love Him.

​"For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; naked and clothed Me. I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to me. Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink...The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, to the least of them, you did it for Me."                                                                Matthew 25:35-40

That cup of water has grown into the ministry “His Love and Sonshine,” which is focused on supporting the school where I had a chance to offer that little boy a drink.  Our bottom-line goal is to keep the doors of this school open, so that many Ugandan children who are hungry can get at least one meal and one snack a day and so that many Ugandan children who could not otherwise go to school may now do so.  A school named Gateway Nursery and Primary School (previously known as Hope International School).

This school is one of three arms of a larger effort, called Gateway Ministries, which also serves through a local church (Gateway Church—are you detecting a pattern?) and through an orphanage known as Mama Catherine’s Children’s Home.  All three of these ministries are overseen by Pastor Ernest and Mama Catherine.

The goals for the ministry are simple, yet they are crucial to the success of the school and, more importantly, to the lives of these village school children:

• Pay the teachers a living wage
• Provide the children with healthier meals during the school day-
  Snack and Lunch:
  Currently: The cost of the meals and snacks is at $70 daily, $350 a week and $1400 monthly
  
  Snack-porridge with milk and sugar sometimes with a bun
  
  Lunch(meal)-three days posho and beans and the two days rice and beans
  
  Goal: Frank, the School Board President, said that he asked if possible if we could add a daily bun in the porridge and change meals like posho, rice, beans, peas, groundnuts and maybe add beef once a week
  
  The updated average cost would be $120 daily and $600 weekly and $2400 monthly.
  
  Will you consider helping make this goal come to fruition by 12 people donating $10 which could cover the amount for the changed lunches and snacks for the children a day?
  
  The updated average cost would be $120 daily and $600 weekly and $2400 monthly.
  
  Will you consider helping make this goal come to fruition by 12 people donating $10 which could cover the amount for the changed lunches and snacks for the children a day?
• Supply all children with school uniforms
• Furnish 30 networked laptops with consistent internet access
• Continue to do increase fundraising events by doing them at special events and at Rachel (the founders) home

Would you consider giving “cups of water” with us to these precious Ugandan children?​

His Love and Sonshine is a ministry of Seek & Serve, Inc.   Seek & Serve is an IRS recognized 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. Donations are fully tax deductible up to the limits allowed by law.

If you want to donate online, please visit

If you want to donate by check, please make your donation payable to "Seek & Serve, Inc."  Please note "His Love and Sonshine" in the memo line of your check and mail to:  
His Love & Sonshine
P.O. Box 670385
Marietta, GA  30066