Category Archives: Mission Trips

Thank you! Happy New Year!

This is just a short Thank You for your prayers, encouragement, and support for the blessings that MSM was able to be part of in 2018 to the children and communities in Uganda and Kenya at the Child Redeemed Mission Home, Promise Primary, and Lord’s Servants Home.  It was a full and successful year moving over 300 kids toward a positive future while giving Jesus Christ the glory in the communities.  MSM simply passes on the blessings it is brought by you all.  We are not sponsored or supported by any other organization, just a lot of loving individuals.

Please pray for the two MSM teams that are going to serve at the sites in January.  God’s provisions, plans, and protection are needed.  If you feel led to be involved and can help with a year end donation, it will be greatly appreciated and used well.  Either check or PayPal works.  Thank you!

Here are some of the kids wearing their Christmas blessings this year…..

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Partner Project with Promise Primary School Building Addition…Update 4 FINISHED!!!

This exciting project to add 4 new classrooms to the Promise Primary School and impact children’s lives is complete.  This school is the vision of Noah Mugabi, Director and Lillian Russell, a woman from South Carolina with a heart for Ugandan children.  The vision was to provide a quality education to the small community of Nabwigulu village, Kamuli district, Uganda (Africa) about 5 km from the town of Kamuli.  The school was adding temporary buildings but was not able to accommodate the volume of children in the area needing a school.

A core purpose of Mission Servants Ministry is to help ministry organizations that have child serving visions, to achieve them to the benefit of children….sooner rather than later.  This project will allow 425 children to enroll in January, up from the current 250 and adding the final upper grades in primary school…Grade 6 and 7.  Promise Primary is now a full primary school with quality programs, clean water, and coming soon (next trip in January) a playground.  This project was completed for under $16,000.   The other assistance MSM provided was mentorship in planning and budgeting with the goal being that Promise Primary will operate in a fiscally self sufficient manner in 2019.

During the month since the last update, the 4 classroom addition project was finished by hanging doors, installing plexi-glass in the doors and windows, finish the plastering inside, and painting.   Also during this project a water well was dug and a pump installed.  Finally, a very exciting parent and community open house was held discussing the school vision.  All glory to God!

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The school will open for Term I of 2019 in the end of January.  The MSM Trip 26 in January will include building desks and tables and building seesaws and swings.

We praise God for all this and appreciate your prayers and support.

Trip 26 Planning – Uganda

Here is an invitation to join a team on the next scheduled support trip to Uganda.  These trips are an important part of the MSM efforts.  There is nothing like serving on a mission trip.  Holy Spirit tugging at you?  You are needed….contact us.

Where:  UGANDA, Child Redeemed Home, Teso Evangelism Ministry, Promise Primary School.

Team: Bob Hillebrand, two other men, and two others needed, men and women. Any background would be fine.

When:  Leaving Jan. 17, 2019. 10 day itinerary is planned.

Cost:  Roughly $1,500

What:  Complete a list of projects including wiring and furnishing the new Guest House (yeah, that’s right), playground construction, 2nd Greenhouse, General repairs and upgrades, and build Desks and tables for Promise Primary.  Encouragement and fellowship with the kids and staff.  Welcome new kids to CRM.  Special fellowship and devotions with the rising High School students and kids that are moving on past high school and trade school.  Support the local church and community.  Visit and encourage the Teso Evangelism Ministry.

We need to finalize the team and itineraries by mid Nov. if possible.  Please let me know if we can answer questions and pray for you.  Also, feel free to forward this to others that may have an interest.

Bob

bob@missionservants.org

704-576-4646

Open for Mission Teams

In 2018 alone so far, 3 mission teams spanning over 3 months in residence, visited CRM.  Visiting teams are very important to the children, community, and local management team.  It was decided to renovate the original family house that existed on the land that was purchased to build the Child Redeemed Home (CRM) in 2013 into the CRM Guest House.  Since it is not ideal to displace kids from their rooms in the dorms when mission teams visit, creating a guest house became a need.  This work was done with a separate donation and for less than $6,000. The building had been recently used for storage and some temporary stays as it had a leaky roof, dark interior, and unfinished walls which were havens for rats and bats.   Well, Thanking God, it is open for teams….join us at CRM for a visit.

The renovation was extensive as the roof was removed, walls heighten 15″, wall vents installed, some interior walls altered or moved, interior walls raised all the way to the roof, an exterior window and door installed, interior doors installed, new roof installed with some translucent panels for natural lighting, plastering inside and outside, and painting.  This yielded a layout with 4 private bedrooms, one which can function as a garage, a central meeting room, and an outside accessible utility room.  It is quiet, private, cool, well lit, and rodent free.  Next step, during the January trip, DC lighting and power will be installed.  Bedding, curtains, and furniture for the meeting room will be added soon.

Here is what it looked like previously…

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Trip 24 – LSH Home Kenya

Greg and I returned recently from visiting the Lord’s Servants Home (LSH) in Kitale, Kenya.  It has been some time since our last visit.  Our goals on this trip were to assess the effectiveness of the management, condition of the home, school, and children, and to fortify communications and objectives for the education and future of the Children that MSM has sponsored over the years.  We found everyone doing well and preparing to start Term III of this school year.  I specifically enjoyed meeting with the older kids who have finished High School and was encouraged with their progress….many of them are in college courses like Kenny in Nursing School and some working jobs, including Brenda who is now a teacher at the school.  Others are in the planning stages of taking steps toward their future education and profession.

The Lord’s Ministries (TLM) is the Kenyan ministry that operates the LSH and school.  Since our last visit, TLM has changed staff, assumed responsibility for operation funding, and has refocused on ministry objectives.  This was all evident and positive.

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Ken and wife, Judith, Directors of LSH and school

The partnership status with TLM involves that MSM provide for school fees and school supplies while TLM provide all other support and funding such as salaries, food, medical, and utilities.  This trip was an unannounced visit and we verified that TLM has been acting in good faith to support the children in a healthy manner, operating the home and school as well as possible, and using the infrastructure in a responsible way.  MSM will continue with this partnership arrangement which focuses on…..

  • Assisting through funding the kids education in an accountable way.
  • Trips to assist with the repair of the buildings and assets used to care for the children.
  • Encourage and bless them in a Gospel way.

We supported these objectives on this trip by paying school fees, shopping for school supplies the older kids need, buying new mattresses and bedding, and making plans for an infrastructure and spiritual support trip in 2019.

Thank you for your support of MSM on behalf of these children.  It has made a difference in their lives.  Enjoy some current photos.