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Show Mercy Teams We just returned from an entire month in Uganda. The month of June went by very fast for us. We had over 50 people join up with us in Uganda. The first team was from Santiam Christian High School and the second team was made up of 27 differentpeople from all over the [...]
On our arrival at Hope Children’s Home in Uganda, our team exited our minibus and began a wonderful selection process among children and team members. The eyes of the children met our eyes, their hands reached for our hands and each child hoped to find a new friend to call their own. It [...]
The Children of hope…. When I look into the eyes of the children who live and go to school at Hope Children’s Home I don’t see poverty, I don’t see masses of orphaned children, I don’t see a problem that I can’t begin to understand or help with. What I do see are people I have [...]
We only have 3 days left with our team and still so many great things on the schedule. I wanted to share with you a few of the different ways our team has been reaching out in LOVE! Bandages of Love One group of ladies has been working almost every day bandaging and giving medicine to all the [...]
Sorry it has been so long since we have posted an update. We have been so busy! Our Show Mercy team of 29 is AWESOME! Each person has so much love in their hearts and they are an answer to prayer. They have been showing LOVE to so many people. Yesterday (Wednesday), we had a wonderful day out [...]
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners.” Isaiah 61:1 On Sunday afternoon we drove through beautiful countryside to a [...]
We had to share this fun story with you. You might wonder how you would figure out shoe sizes and shop for so many kids without an official measuring tool. Well, ingenuity isn’t lacking in Uganda. As you can see from the photo, they actually take sticks and break them while holding them next to [...]
the following is a blog written by Linda Dodson, one of the Show Mercy team members currently here in Uganda. Enjoy! "What an incredible day it was!” The above sentence is all I was able to write on my notepad after my first day at Hope Children’s Home and traveling through Gganda village in Uganda. I was not [...]
We want to say thanks to the Santiam team for all of their hard work and service while in Uganda. You always make a great impact on the lives of our kids at Hope. We are very grateful for your service and love. You are, of course, welcome back anytime. We are also very excited that [...]