Some of the best things that we experienced, involved joining God’s plan for the lives of other people in the community outside the Child Redeemed Mission Home.  Here are the ways the Mission Servants team was called to help others on this trip…..

Eddie is a cousin of Julius, one of the CRM children.  Eddie was born with a Club Foot on his right leg and his mother could not afford to get it fixed.  She thought it only cost the equivalent of $13 and that was too much.  Donors (with a specific heart for Eddie’s needs) through MSM agreed to pay the roughly $500 for Eddie to start and ultimately complete the several procedures and operation to allow him to walk and run normally.  The Mom did not ask for help but was beyond words with the love and grace shown her and Eddie.

MSM has been working with the Teso Christian Center, on the Ugandan/Kenyan border since 2013.  They are Ugandan Teso Pastors that train Kenyan Teso evangelists to reach unreached people and plant churches in an area with low literacy.  Donated solar powered audio Bible devices, Jesus Film projectors, solar charging equipment, and laptop has been provided to Pastor Godfrey and his ministry.  They use it all with great results in spreading the Gospel to remote villages.  We attended a graduation ceremony of 9 Children’s Ministry workers and left more audio Bibles and a solar charging system.  MSM also supplemented their effort to expand their church/meeting/training building by funding the steel roofing materials needed.

MSM begun a relationship with the Rock View Primary School in the village of Kuslwe, about 15 kilometers from CRM in 2017.  RVPS is a Christian private school started in 2010 and has almost 300 children in classes Nursery thru 7.  MSM built and provided 78 (4 student each) desks and 5 teachers tables to help with the growing enrollment.  RVPS is constructing several new buildings including a classroom block.

MSM begun a relationship with the Promise Primary School in the village of Nabwigulu, about 10 kilometers from CRM in 2017.  PPS is a Christian private school started in 2016 and has almost 300 children in classes Nursery thru 5.  MSM helped to complete a latrine last year and will help with a monthly funding supplement and capital support as needed as this school, which serves a very poor region, works to become financially independent in the near future.  MSM also provided 22 (4 student each) desks to help with the growing enrollment.

Budala is an elderly church and community member who worked for CRM as a guard for a while and supports several family members yet being unable to work anymore.  They live in a small traditional temporary hut in poor condition.  He did manage to make enough bricks for a small permanent house for his family but was stuck with any hope of going farther with the project.  MSM and the church stood with Budala.  MSM will provide the cement, roofing, doors, and other supplies, and the church will provide all the volunteer labor to complete the house.  This project has some urgency as the rainy season begins in about 6 weeks.  Budala did not ask for this….and was overcome with the love shown to his family.  It is heartwarming how the church got behind this.

Stephen is a neighbor and part of the supportive community around CRM.  He started a yogurt production facility in 2016 and CRM has been buying enough for the children, twice per week.  Stephen needed a new freezer which will allow him to increase production in a safe manner and become profitable.  His yogurt is very good and the only dairy (source of calcium) the kids get.  Tuesdays and Fridays are highly anticipated yogurt days at CRM.  MSM gave him a microloan in exchange for discounted yogurt for 1 1/2 years and the freezer is now in place.