We are VERY excited to announce the newest venture that
we felt the Lord wanted us to undertake and that is the opening of a school in
Uganda!! Dr. Gilbert and I both felt
that we were supposed to open the school before we enlarged the children’s
home, but were unable to do so because of the funding. Funniest thing is that the school really did
start on its own (by divine intervention) before we actually enlarged the
children’s home!!! I had to chuckle when
Dr. Gilbert told me in the early part of February 2013, that one week 5
children showed up for school (even though we did not have an official school yet at that point), the
following week 5 more children came, and the week after that 10 more children
came. God did NOT need our help to start the school!!! He started it on His
own!! LOL!!
We chose to limit the children to that number until
God provided the finances for it. The
children have continued to meet Monday through Friday on a daily basis for the
past 3 months, along with a teacher who had donated their time.
We
are VERY EXCITED, that because of much prayer and obedience, GOD HAS DIVINELY
PROVIDED THE FINANCES TO OFFICIALLY BEGIN THE SCHOOL!!!! WE THANK YOU, JESUS,
FOR YOUR PROVISION!!!
We are beginning with 25 children, along with about
40 nursery age children. Please keep us
in your prayers, as we move forward into the vision that God has called us
to!!!
Below are some pictures of the children at school
and also an article from Pastor Michael Byonanebye,
the administrator of the school.
God Bless,
Mary
ABOUT THE SCHOOL
Mercy
Junior School is one of the projects of Mercy House Of God Church which aims at
fulfilling the vision of this ministry- ministering mercy to those that are in
need. (Heb 4:16)
Mercy
Junior School aims at helping the children that are in great need of basic
education and have no one to provide it to them. These are the children who
have lost all their parents and some have their parents but are unable to
provide this education.
Research
shows that 90% of most Ugandans at one level of their education need an
assistance to be able to fully complete all their education successfully. Most
of the parents don’t have that potential to educate all their children through
all levels of education till they have fully qualified.
Mercy
Junior School is not just aiming at providing this basic education to the needy
children, but to build a strong foundation for these children to know God and
to trust Him for every thing they need in life. We believe that only if these
children would be directed to their Father in Heaven, then their lives would
succeed in everything.
Mercy House of God Church is located in the
city slum area where all people who are living at a low standard are found.
Accommodation in the city of Kampala is very expensive and very few people can
afford it. You therefore find very many people staying in a very small place and
as a result, this the most notorious place in the whole of Uganda and very many
people fear to stay there or even pass through there.
This
city slum is called Katanga. It records the highest criminal cases in Uganda
and all evil is done in this place. One can best describe it as Sodom and
Gomorrah of Uganda. This is a place where God has called us to minister and we
believe that He has a good plan for this area and the people staying there.
We therefore
aim at helping these children that are growing in such an environment to see
another picture of life compared to what they have grown up seeing. It is very hard
for these kids to grow up with prostitutes, thieves, thugs, kidnapers,
drinkers, drug addicts, homosexuals, lesbians, idlers, and so many badly
behaved people and they don’t end up the same.
Many
children that grow up in this place end up as street children because of child
neglect, child abuse and many other unfavorable circumstances.
VISION OF THE SCHOOL
To
minister mercy to children who need basic education but can not afford it.
MOTTO OF THE SCHOOL
“With
God’s mercy, we succeed. “
MISSION OF THE SCHOOL
To build
a strong Christian foundation for the children through providing basic
education and grounding them in the word of God.
OBJECTIVES OF THE MINISTRY
1.
To
provide basic education to the children through teaching them.
2.
To
ground the children in the word of God to grow up knowing God
3.
To
help the parents of these children to grow up in spiritual maturity.
4.
To
separate the children from the evil environment.
5.
To
solicit for support of these children to be able to access basic education.
SCHOOL FACILITIES
The
school is still using the church facility as the class rooms for the kindergarten
that we have started with so far. We are hoping that as God blesses this
project, we will be able to expand this school and add other primary classes
from primary one up to primary seven.
FUNDING OF THE SCHOOL
The school
is supported by the members, friends, and partners of Mercy House Of God. There
is great need for more support because a lot is needed to be done.
CONCLUSION
“A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation,
weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be
comforted, because they are no more.” Mathew 2:18
We are the Rachel, refusing to be
comforted when the little innocent children of God are perishing around us.
Pr
Byonanebye Michael
Administrator
Mercy
Junior School
Kampala
Uganda
