Winter is Here!
(But we're thinking spring at True Impact)

Those of us in Colorado are enjoying a colder and snowier winter than normal.  Let's warm our hearts by reading some news from tropical Uganda.

Love each other with a warm love that comes from the heart. After all, you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. As a result you have a sincere love for each other.

1 Peter 1:22

Celebrate!  First, we want to make sure you have saved the date.  Saturday, April 22 at 6pm is our 2023 Celebration event.  It is a FREE event this year.  We will have information on our past and present and share plans for the future.

This year's event includes an extraordinary guest!  Margaret ("Maggie") Nantumbwe will be joining us from Uganda.  Maggie is our Ugandan Coordinator.  She is the one who works tirelessly to make sure that all our sponsored children get the care and guidance they need.

Maggie will lead us in praise and worship and also share stories of some of the children she has worked with over the last seven years.  We are looking forward to sharing this time of Celebration with you. 

We want to celebrate our most recent Mentorship Week.  Below are some pictures from the week-long event.  We had 150 teenagers from across southern Uganda attend the event, held at Greater Love school just outside of Jinja.  Each day we had a different group leading worship and taking care of dormitory cleaning. 

Our theme for this year's mentorship week was "Pursuing your dream" based on Joseph's dreams in Genesis 37.  Sub topics included career guidance, public (social) interactions and healthy relationships.  One day a gynecologist came in and talked with the young women.

Our team reported some of the teens embracing Christ for the first time.  Others were sharing about how they would have to leave their Muslim background behind and learn more about Jesus.

Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.

Isaiah 49:13

Construction is still ongoing.  Here are a few pictures of the progress of turning an old multi-building farmhouse into a dormitory for the teachers at Salem Christian School in Nakyenyi.

We have raised almost enough to complete the conversion of the old farmhouse into a dormitory with room for at least 13 teachers.  The school is making the best of the money we have been able to send them.

We were also able to bless Maranatha Integrated Schools Project with some money to help them build a new secondary school building as well as a new latrine at their campus in Mizigo.  We were able to give them half of what they needed.  For now it will be enough to allow them to hold classes in the new building.  

If you would like to help Maranatha finish their school building, or help Salem finish their dormitory or security wall, head on over to our website and send us a donation and a note.

When you come to the Celebration on April 22, you will see more updates, learn more about what is happening in Uganda and the difference you are making in the lives of the children in our care.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 23:6