December 18, 2016

New Girls Dorm – Moved In :-)

The girls moved into their new dorm home last week. It is an incredible upgrade from where they have been staying for the last few years, which was the original unfinished house on the property. The boys moved into their new building in 2015. It is exciting because now all the kids are in quality, clean, and equal accommodations and capacity is expanded to allow SOH to begin accepting additional kids in 2017.

We will be installing lights inside and outside, gutters and rain water collection, curtains, and personal storage, and concrete pads between the buildings during the MSM visitation trip in the 2nd half of January, 2017. This will complete the building. Total cost will be less than $50,000 for a 10 room building…amazing.

There are 40 children being raised at SOH, 15 will be at boarding High Schools and Trade Schools starting in January. With this addition, SOH can increase to a potential of 60 children living on site, God willing and providing.

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Tagged 2016, mission trips, New Children, New Dorm Building, Projects

August 27, 2016

New Girls Dorm – SOH. Update 2

We just completed the 2nd month of construction on the new Girls Dorm at Stream of Hope Home in Uganda with good progress made. It is under roof now. Window and door fitting and the plastering of the walls inside and out is commencing. After plastering the walls, ceiling, and floors, painting is all that will be left to finish by the contractor. We should see the building finished within the next 4 to 6 weeks. The girls will be moved in then during our next trip in January, we will install lights and gutters.

We started this project in faith and need and without full funding. The total cost of the building is a very economical $50,000. If you are led to be part of this project please contact us at bob@missionservants.org.

Here are a few photos of what happened in month two….

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Tagged New Dorm Building, Projects, Stream of Hope Home

July 21, 2016

New Girls Dorm – SOH

We launched the project to build a new Girls Dorm at Stream of Hope Home in Uganda in June. The project was needed for a number of reasons. The original house that came with the property is too small for the girls and needs renovations to meet the Ugandan Children’s Home Standards. The new building is a copy of the Boys Dorm and will provide space to increase the number of children that we can serve. This building will be completed in early October.

We started this project in faith, having no choice, and with 1/2 of the funding. If you are led to be part of this project please contact us at missionservants.org.

Here is a months progress in reverse….

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June 9, 2016

Trip 17, Update 3 Uganda

Summary of the trip accomplishments….We got a number of projects and upgrades completed even though our team was 2 and a lot was happening plus a lot of minor repairs. The kids were out of school all week and enjoyed our attention. Thank you for your prayers and support. Here are some….

Drinking water storage tank for the community.

3 additional solar panels and newsstands, wiring, and inverters eliminating power shortages.

Improved water distribution site.

Casey’s murals

Concrete floor for the shelter.

Stream of Hope Home – Bwasi, Uganda

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June 9, 2016

Trip 17, Update 2 Uganda

It has been an emotional week at Stream of Hope Home. Diana leaving us has been the hardest. She was just 15 and a sister to these kids. We had a beautiful celebration for her with the community and God was praised. She was buried at her Grandfathers home about 1/2 km from the orphanage. The celebration involved about 400 people, guest speakers, butchered cow and tons of food. Interesting is that the custom is for people to stay with the family so the night before and after saw over 100 people sleeping all over the grounds with a big bonfire. We will miss her but the kids and I look forward to seeing Diana again.