Dear Friends and Family,
I pray this letter finds you in good health and spirits! It has been, personally, a rewarding year and I am astonished at how quickly it’s gone by. The kids are great! Paiden is so full of energy and loves Nursery school. Avery...wow! She is wonderful; her life is filled with school and horses. Tony is really enjoying his new job, and I’m enjoying Bible College, spending time with our wonderful children, and working part time.
The time of year has come for me to participate in a mission trip a.k.a. a “vacation with a purpose”. This trip will be dramatically different for our family. This year I will be going with our church family from Desert Stream to Uganda, Africa!!! Yes, I am very excited and a little overwhelmed to say the least.
This trip will be long and busy; we’ll be doing construction, medical/dental care, ministry, and just loving on the kids. The children of an orphanage in a little corner of Fort Portal, Uganda have faced realities that no child should have to face. Their parents’ lives have either been stolen from them by the Lord’s Resistant Army (LRA) or have passed away before their time from AIDS. In some cases these children have been forced to kill their own parents, then forced into being child soldiers; some children are dying of the same disease that killed their parents.
You know what I’m describing! You’ve seen the commercials on TV; the ones that make you so uncomfortable that you change the channel or you get up to go get a snack. We all do just about anything to stop ourselves from looking into the eyes of those children because we either feel helpless or we don’t think it affects us.
To be honest; I’ve sat down an uncountable amount of times and started writing this letter. I knew once I finished this letter, my heart would be committed. To be honest I’m scared; I have never been so far from home for so long. Then God reminded me that fear is not of Him, and that He will protect me as He protects those children living around the world needing to be loved, fed, educated, and saved from poverty, illness and war.
As you can imagine, the fund raising is going to be harder this year; that is why I’ve started now. Ok, here comes the hard part, I have to tell you the total amount. The cost is going to be $3,500.00. Please don’t be overwhelmed by the total amount; any amount goes a long way when everybody pitches in; remember the Lord said ALL things are possible through Him. If you can’t find it in your budget to donate funds, please donate your prayers. I will not be able to go without them.
In His Grace,
Juli Sprigings
“But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.’” Luke 18:16
Please make all donations by December 1, 2008 to:
Desert Stream Christian Fellowship
535 Dundas St. E
Belleville, ON K8N 5P6
Uganda Mission Trip: Juli Sprigings
You will receive a tax receipt for all donations made!!!
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