Ministry Updates
2023
Two New Additions to Zion Children's Haven Are Among the 19 Children Eating Only One Small Meal Per Day
May 30, 2023
2 Corinthians 5:7: "For we walk by faith, not by sight."
Two New Additions to Zion Children's Haven Are Among the 19 Children Eating Only One Small Meal Per Day
About one month ago, during an evangelistic outreach that Pastor "Emma" Kisa was involved in, the Kisa family decided to take into their haven two more needy orphans. Their names are Shekinah and Kisakye.
Zion Children's Haven of 19 children in-house is now assisted by two nurses: Carol and Daniel. Daniel was one of the children raised in the home who now works at a local clinic and continues to live at the orphanage and assist.
Zion Children's Haven supports a total of 43 children. Even though 19 live in-house, 11 are in boarding school, and 13 are in institutions doing courses. Pastor Kisa informs me that they are "starving." The children are only being served a small bowl of porridge once per day. Even that supply is going to run out in the current situation in two days. This is a critical need. Very difficult circumstances, including persecution and skyrocketing food prices have resulted in this current crisis.
An effort is being made to plan out a way to create a community farm that could result in better long-term sustenance. We plan to inform this community and create a fundraiser for this when a roadmap is in place.
Other basic needs are also lacking presently, including: soap, meds, Vaseline and lotions, toothpastes and brushes, clothes and some bed sheets. Pastor Emma said, "The food is obviously the most basic, but these are also lacking [to a] great extent."
2022
God is saving souls! Starting with the provision of a water well for Zion Children's Haven, the orphan home run by Pastor Kisa and his wife Eunice, the Lord made a statement of what He was about to do spiritually for Iganga. Suddenly, the Lord Jesus began to make spiritually parched hearts to yearn for Him. A huge revival has broken out, and over a thousand have professed faith in Christ with many more being added to the church daily. Meanwhile, Believers World Church is joyfully overwhelmed with seeking to disciple and meet needs, both spiritual and physical.
Pastor Emma shared, “Four hundred chairs all get filled in the first 3 sessions. So they are between 1400-1600 as of now. But the gospel continues to be preached everyday and more are coming in.”
God has also made financial provision, through a single donor, for the new church building to meet all government regulations and has shut down efforts of persecution, even a murder attempt on Pastor Emma.
The WELL of HOPE ministry has been intensely strained due to limited funding compared to the overwhelming needs of the destitute orphans, widows, elderly and vulnerable in Uganda. The monies received, for which we are exceedingly grateful to God and donors, have been too small to use for business enterprises that would raise the situation from an ongoing critical level to an ability to move out of a deep pit of generational poverty and begin cultivating businesses that would give the people an ability to at least partially self-sustain. We are in intense prayer for God to intervene with enough support to not only meet immediate needs for survival but to move beyond this rock-bottom place.
Because of limited funds, groups such as SAC (Save An African Child) have not been able to meet the most-basic of needs. The children are only eating one meal per day. Due to an injury, Wakabi Ivan, who used to support these orphans by playing soccer, has been unable to continue in this sport, which was his only means of income. The economy is so severely depressed, that very few jobs can be found, which is why we yearn, by God's grace, to help create jobs. Unfortunately, it takes money for the foundational tools to make money.