Inspiration

Saturday, May 23

I am so excited to share with you the incredible opportunity I have to travel to Uganda, Africa this week. The youth group I volunteer with at McLean Bible Church, called the Rock, raised money during a New Years Eve event called ‘New Years AID 2008.’ The students at the Rock raised a total of $151,000 dollars to build five orphanages for children orphaned by HIV.

Our small team from the Rock Student Ministries has been preparing to go to Kampala, Uganda to dedicate the orphanages that we raised money for and to work with the children who live there. We fly out tonight. We will be in Africa from May 23rd-June 1st, working with a Christian organization called World Help International. We expect to spend time in several orphanages and visit a refugee camp along the Sudan-Uganda border. This year is the fifteenth anniversary since the mass genocide took place and we hope to lend a hand to our partners from World Help as they continue to be God’s light in Africa.

{what lies ahead in Africa}

-Every 10 seconds one person dies of AIDS and another 2 are infected.

-Every 15 seconds, another child becomes an AIDS orphan in Africa.

-Every year, 2,102,400 more children are orphaned in Africa alone.

-More than 1/4 of the developing world’s people live in poverty, 1/3 of which live less than $1/day.

{recommended movies to watch}

-Invisible Children

-Hotel Rwanda

-Blood Diamond