DESTINY

It has been more than 6 months since I met Olivia and baby Edward.I never knew how far and how long I will keep around them or with them,I am thankful to God for this long and He is faithful in this journey.
Olivia's life was changed drastically without any warning.I know this is a crisis that no woman would ask for,it is one of the few stories that I write while fighting tears from dropping on my big cheeks .Fact is her life will never be the same again.Yes,many times when things happen different from our way,as human being,we tend to blame God or ourselves;Olivia has been the strongest girl I have ever met.She affords a smile even when she knows that she is just about to loose half her foot,she looks in my eyes and sees tears and she tells me ,"Mommy ,I will be fine." Oh my God,I ask her the question that had been running in my mind from the day I learnt she might never walk again,and I have been asking Jesus this question ever since.The question of destiny." Olivia,what do you want and love to do in your life?" she looked at me and said" If I were walking, I would.." I immediately stopped her and said,Olivia,you are alive and you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you." When I said that,she looked down and tears were falling ,I fought my tears so I could hold her .THIS WAS MY CONVERSATION WITH OLIVIA WEEKS AGO,A FEW HOURS BEFORE SHE WAS TAKEN IN TO AMPUTATE HALF HER FOOT .
Our destiny is not determined by our circumstances.Jesus Christ is the owner and giver of destiny,if you have Him,He will make sure you reach your destiny.This question of destiny is to all and for all of us.Giving up is the enemy of destiny,keeping on is the secret to reaching your destiny.This is what I wanted Olivia to get and to start changing her statement from "IF I WERE WALKING" to " I WANT TO AND LOVE TO DO THIS..." With or without her legs,Olivia has a life and a future .I believe this is what Jesus wants her to know and to believe."SHE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS HER.
After so many weeks of recovery at papa Paul and mama Pamela's home,Olivia and her mom were finally going home to celebrate Christmas with their family.East or West,home is the best.they were both full of smiles and anxious to go back home,Olivia had shoes on her feet after a long time of not wearing any shoes. We set off to collect Olivia's Christmas gift from WIC.and we set off for home.
Olivia has been sleeping down on the ground even in her pain,but not any more.
Thanks to all those that gave towards Christmas mission ministry ,Olivia got a new bed,new mattress,new blanket,new pillow.You should see the joy on their faces.Yes her life will never be the same again in so many ways: She will never get half her foot back,She may never walk again,but,she has a bigger family,she will not sleep on the floor anymore,and so many other good things that God has in store for her and her baby Edward.I must admit I love her in a special way deep inside my heart.
When we were done putting the bed and everything in her room,Olivia's younger sister came to me and gave me her hand ,in a very soft voice she said"Thank you mum for loving my sister and for making her happy" well I couldn't hold it back.This little girl is about 14 years.
Yesterday I received a message from Olivia"Thank you mum for making my bedroom smart,dressing my baby and all the good things you've done for me since God sent you to me.God bless you.* Olivia.
wow, she may not know this,but many times when I am going through discouragement in ministry,God has used Olivia to encourage me.yes she challenges me how she handles her life and how strong she is in her tiny body.
Thank you Next Generation Ministry for helping Olivia get her surgery and all the medical expenses ,it cost a lot but thank you for giving. Thank you Papa Paul and mama Pamela Hunter for opening your hearts and doors for this beautiful girl.Thank you for looking after her for all this time at your home.I am strong but not that strong to watch people go through pain,I needed someone else to have my back.Thank you all who donated fast when I mentioned about the Christmas love mission,Olivia is one of the people who have benefited. Let us do this together.
I love the way God is using WIC. Plan to come and minister with WIC ,there is plenty room and plenty people to serve and love them the Jesus' way.
AND OUR CHRISTMAS LOVE MISSION IS STILL GOING ON. KEEP CHECKING ON THIS PAGE MORE POSTS TO COME.<3 TO YOU ALL WHO ARE STANDING WITH JESUS AND LOVING THE WORLD WITH HIM.

                                         

Olivia's mum and siblings.

Peter unloading the Van

Obadiah the doctor who will help her from home.

Jeff and Obadiah helping take in the bed

Olivia happy to be back home.

The blanket down that served as Olivia's bed 

Olivia now has a bed

they are happy.

Christmas gifts

Making the bed for her

Olivia and Edward and the mom on her new bed

no more sleeping on the floor.

The smile says it all

the village coming to see Olivia

enjoying the kids 

I love doing this.

Thank you dad

APOLOGY AND THANKSGIVING

With lots of respect and love,I apologize to you all my dear partners in WIC and to all those who have been faithfully following up our updates and praying for and with us.For the past 4 months I have been very inconsistent in my blog writing and yet it is one of the most effective way to keep us all updated and on the same page,my husband being away made me a little lazy or preoccupied with a lot and blog writing became so hard even when i had real issues to update about. I am sorry and now I am trying to catch up.Thank you Tracie for reminding me that you need to be updated,yes sometimes we need someone to say something then we  wake up.
Although I have not been writing  a lot about what has been taking place,we have had so many cases the past 4 months and some of them have been serious ones,some have been minor,and one other thing that God has done biggest these past months is that,He has won more souls through WIC than the whole past year.I cant praise Him enough for that,if WIC were a church building,we would have a full congregation, :D I know this is the most important mission that the Lord has given us and the ultimate goal of WIC as  a ministry in all its aspects.
We have been able to reach out to more women and babies because we had enough supply and thank you for giving.
We had Bibles to give out without struggling and that made it easier to do ministry.Thank you for giving.
We have been able to help more teenage mothers to have their babies in a hopeful way and this was done through the short counselling sessions i have had with them in the hospital.
We have had  Muslims give their lives to Christ since September and so many  Catholics come to Christ besides the many others who just never used to go to any church.
God is still winning souls and let us keep going out there because the fields are ready and the workers are few.
Tuesday was a good day and very busy one.Jeff and I returned home tired and when it was time for dinner,I felt a sudden sharp pain in my stomach as I was setting up the table.It was so sharp that it caused my head to ache too,I tried to ignore it but I couldn't,so I went to bed to try and sleep,it was impossible,I ran to my mum's room ,she prayed for me,the pain was just unbearable I couldn't straighten up,couldn't walk,and not even lay down.at about midnight it became the worst stomach pain I have ever had,and Jeff drove me to a clinic in town,thank God for mothers,my mom was right there trying hard to help Jeff and I.I could barely move a step,at the clinic I got good help and was found with a very strong infection in my belly,I don't know how it went in there. ;) .I was immediately put on IV treatment that I am supposed to take for 5 days. I hate the shots but I am grateful I am taking them because I am getting better so fast.This is not the main reason I was writing this blog,I just needed a backbone to what I am about to write.We drove back home,and the night was a nightmare to me,sleepless night,hadn't eaten the previous day and pain in my belly,so the next morning was when I was trying to catch up with sleep.As soon as I felt a little sleepy ,my body was aching and my head was aching and swinging hahahaha that's the best description I can give to what I was feeling at the moment,and all I was praying for,was at least a 30 minute sleep,and God gave me the sleep,but before 15 minutes of sleep,my fone rung,and it was the hospital: The nurse sounded concerned and I asked her to hang up so I could call her back,when I called she said we need you, can you help?
wheeeeeew! Now this was a big day for us at home,our son Dave was graduating from nursery school,or kindergarten and he was going to do a presentation on him liking to be a pilot.I had waited for this day and like any proud mother,this meant a lot to me,my son was going to stand in public and speak. besides that,I was weak and all I needed was a little sleep,and now there was a need,2 teenage mothers,no food,no drugs,no bedding,no water,no everything," Now a couple months back,we lost a teenage mother I had seen the previous night,accessed the need,and  I told them I was coming the next day with all the other drugs and things the doctor had asked for,The next day as I was walking in the ward with everything they had asked for, I went straight to the girl's bed and as I stood there with all the supplies,she died"I kept on thinking if I had brought the drugs that night though it was late and dark,may be she would have lived,this was the hardest thing for me to swallow and that memory is still alive in my head and on my heart.I also said to myself,well I am sick,and I have treatment,these girls are sick,but they do not have any treatment,I jumped off my bed faster than I thought I could,and called Jeff and asked him to come home and pick me .
When I reached the hospital,this is a 15 year old girl who was made pregnant and abandoned,chased away,rejected by the 18 year old boyfriend and father of her baby.she was sleeping with her baby on the empty bed,Mastullah looked very tired and weak,beautiful but with a hopeless look on her face,Jeff was with me since I was too weak to even talk to her while standing,he helped me get the prescription and went to town to bye the drugs so she could start on her treatment..I couldn't help but start sharing the gospel of Christ,the love of Christ ,and within 20 minutes,Mastullah became a child of God,she received Christ as her savior,a former Muslim,now a child of God,I couldn't contain my joy,I felt stronger,she made a prayer asking Christ to come into her life,and we prayed together,then she was smiling at me,when Jeff brought all her drugs,she couldn't stop thanking,she got money for food and upkeep,this was the climax of my day.We missed our son Dave's presentation at school,I know I will never see that day again,but this one soul was is the best thing that happened in that day.
We saw him graduate,we asked him to forgive us for not being there to see him do his presentation,it hurt in our hearts like so deep, but my spirit was rejoicing.I know it is worth it.
Since then,my heart has been praising,and I am so blessed to be part of God's work here.
Thank you for being part of God's work here with us.
We love you
sorry I haven't posted any pictures,but I took some, I just had to write this since it was on my heart. I will post pictures of us and Mastullah later.
:)
ONE MORE SOUL FOR CHRIST

KEEPING JESUS IN OUR X-MAS

X-mas is coming, and to many people its a lot of things,while to some people,they simply don't know why Christmas and what does it mean anyway.
In Uganda,most people think Christmas is the day they eat best,dress best,drink best ,go to church to show their new clothes,and do whatever they want to do best,including sinning best.
Its our duty as children of God to show this world what Christmas really means,celebrating the birth of our Christ the Savior,by showing the reason He came,He came for love,love made Him leave His glory in heaven and come to this earth.
WIC does this by going to the hospital to love on these women and their babies and share gifts and gospel with them. Last year on Christmas day, about 5 souls gave their lives to Christ on that day,can anyone tell me a better way to celebrate Christmas than this? Than having souls discover the Truth, and come to Christ?
I found new way to celebrate my Lord ,and I would love to give you a chance to celebrate Him with us by winning these souls to Himself and also by showing love to those who think no one cares while they are in pain and in the confinement of a hospital on a day people are celebrating.
This Christmas, we want to celebrate with our women.

1. We have Olivia, she got her wheelchair,she is happy and she praises God for that, one more thing, she is still sleeping down on the floor on  a very old less than an inch mattress ,she has no blanket,and they share this mattress with baby Edward.Well,you can give to buy them a mattress,a blanket,a pillow and a bed, this will be the best Christmas for Olivia and her little baby.we did it for Jovati, she got a mattress and we can do better with Olivia,just to show this family the love of Christ and keep Jesus in our Xmas.

1. You Remember Christine and baby John?  yes the 16 year old mother that WIC is supporting? We can get them a gift hamper this will give them a big smile on that day. we are their family.
2. Jovati and her 7 year old daughter,they can smile too with a gift hamper on a Christmas day.
3. We have a baby of an HIV positive mother whose husband rejected from the time he knew she was pregnant,he is baby Kwagala(Love) I named him this way because he was rejected,and the moment i saw him,God whispered in my heart that, "I love him"(I remember that day tears dropped from my eyes knowing God is right there loving on His own people and I am just to go and show them that He is there and He cares),Baby Kwagala and the mother and his siblings need to see love that day too, I know they don't have food,we can feed them on that day,yes we can.
4. and finally we have our mothers with and without babies in the hospital that day, we give them sugar,soap,rice,posho,and this time we want to add pads,and toilet paper in the WIC XMAS HAMPER with the Bible in it.

WIC needs your donation to do this this Christmas,and don't limit yourself from being a blessing.
You will be extending the love of God, and you never know what your gift can do in the Kingdom of our God.
When donating,please mention that its for WIC Xmas mission , if its for Olivia's needs, please mention WIC OLIVIA and that way we will be able to use your blessing exactly for what it is.
I,Lyzette,am really very grateful and blessed to be a channel through which you my friends and family there can be a blessing to God's creation here.
I just want to give us a smile on Xmas and win at least one soul to our Savior for His coming on earth.
I love you.

blessing a baby

sharing the love of God

a baby receiving a hat.

Jovati 

Christine and baby John.

OLIVIA STILL NEEDS HELP.

I CALL YOU ANGELS BECAUSE GOD SPEAKS TO US IN SEVERAL WAYS AND YOU FOUND ME IN THE DARKEST PERIOD."
I THANK GOD BECAUSE YOU HAVE SHOWN ME A GOOD EXAMPLE AND I HAVE LEARNT A LOT FROM YOU.YOU HAVE DRAWN ME CLOSER TO GOD'S LOVE. THANKS ." Olivia"

this is Olivia and her mom

These messages came from Olivia. These are the results of loving these women and serving them and standing in the gap. There is no better reward than this.Trust me;when i read these messages,i felt like getting up and going to the hospital again and following up another woman In Crisis.Thank you for standing with us and for donating whatever you have donated towards this ministry. This message I dedicate it to all those that are standing with us and to those who want to join us on this journey of doing" What Would Jesus Do?
I hope we still remember Olivia the young lady who had her first baby and got paralyzed after the C- Section.
For those of us who do not know Olivia this is her story:
She is 20 years old and was in high school when she got pregnant.After 9 months of carrying her baby in the womb she was ready to go and have her baby and she failed to have the baby normally because she had gone into prolonged labor and she was tired,her baby was almost dying.The doctor recommended C- Section for her to try and save them and after the operation, the mother and the baby both made it.Olivia did not recover her walking,she became paralyzed. None of us knows exactly what happened during the Cesarean birth that caused her to become paralyzed. One of our Friend a doctor tried to help Olivia while he was here in Uganda for his short time mission trip and he tried to clarify the cause of what might have caused this and he assumed that they might have  injected her directly on the spinal cord with the anesthesia which may mean that her chances of walking again are very very very little. she may remain paralyzed for the rest of her life.This is so sad as a first time mother and a young woman,she wants to take care of her baby and go back to school,she still has her dreams fresh and clear.But, the fact that Olivia is paralyzed and from a very poor family makes it really hard for her to take care of her baby; she has to be carried by her mother or husband,she can not go anywhere around the house without someone to carry her around.and right now she has developed wounds on her butts and they are growing faster because she sits on really hard surfaces and sits long on the floor where she uses the wall to support her back.

This is how Olivia sits through the day.

Woman In Crisis does not only help such needy women at the hospital,we also do home follow-ups and this is our uniqueness ,We love them all the way, and we extend the loving hand of Christ to them in their most painful moments and the time when they thought they are not really that important for anyone to care that much.that is the love of Christ.
At this point: Olivia needs more medical care to assure that those wounds are not infected; and also get her a wheelchair to help her move around the house and take care of her baby and herself, also to try and avoid any farther wounds.So if you would like to help us get a wheelchair for Olivia and get her treatment please send your donations to us through Next Generation Ministries International and mention that its towards Olivia's wheelchair.
You can become our partner and donate through one time donation ,or monthly donation to help as many women as we can . you can use our Paypal address on this blog.Your donations help Woman in Crisis reach to the most needy mothers and their babies,get them medication,clothes,blankets,sheets,food,transport,follow-up,clean drinking water,and above all the love of Christ.It also helps us conduct short time mission trips to the far east of Uganda to help the young teenage mothers and get them mama kits so they can go and have their babies with at least what is basic for any new mother.
Come let us work together and bring as many souls closer to God.
Be blessed.

A LONG WALK.

14 year old Goreti receiving pink bag

Women Of Busia receiving paper cutter.

It has been a very long walk .The only way you can know it has been a long walk is when you stop ,look back and see how far you have come.yes.HOPE FOR WOMAN IN CRISIS took a look back and this is how far we have come.Last week we made 1 year of ministry and dedication.Celebrate with us because you have been there and you got our back .I bless God for all of you that are faithfully supporting this ministry.You labor is not in vain.Since 13 August 2012 to today a lot of lives have been saved,provided for,received treatment,transport,food,so many babies have been covered and kept warm,so many hopes have been restored.This is what the Lord does,through you.And another branch of HOFWIC has been born in Busia a district far from Jinja. All this in one year.say praise the Lord with me.
THIS IS HOW WE DECIDED TO CELEBRATE OUR ANNIVERSARY.

Teenage mothers with pink bags

We went to celebrate this with our teenage mothers in Busia.These are girls that HOPE FOR WOMAN IN CRISIS has been helping through counselling,teaching,loving,and providing maternity stuff for.yes they are between 14 and 21 years old.Most of these girls had a hopeless attitude when I first met them,they had given up on life and thought that is the end of everything.The boys or men who made them pregnant dumped them and even their own families abandoned them,most of them were thinking of abortion as a better option.God helped me talk to them,and teach them the love of Christ,and the truth about abortion and how God sees their babyeven taught them how to talk with their babies in their wombs.These girls begun smiling and we could see the joy of the Lord in these girls.So 4 months later HOFWIC goes back to Busia to celebrate with these victorious teenage girls and guess what we find.most of them had their babies,beautiful babies and a few are still carrying their precious babies in their wombs.This is the power of love,this is what love can do,these girls all received the packages of pink bag from HOFWIC,and we know it was worth it.

we can do all things thru Christ.

Testimonies were so encouraging,the eldery women in Busia had also given up due to too much porverty. HOFWIC encouraged them by teaching them the greatness of God and how to work with their own hands instead of begging,guess what we found,the ladies went on with their paper beading,tailoring,and farming.There is more life in Busia now in the small village called Bulangi than there was death before we discovered this beautiful people.
Throuh your donations,we are able to run these mission trips here,pay for our lodging,feeding,transportation,and even donate to these people.They women received a paper cutting machine from HOFWIC,to help them fight their biggest enemy "POVERTY" that is taking their lives day and night.clothes for the mothers,children,elderly men,and teachings.The 3 days we spent in Busia was worth all the cost.Thank you for giving and do not stop because we need to have more mission trips to Busia and it is costly.

Our Team  of Busia Mission Trip

We visited 2 health centers that are extremely needy and we were able to give the mothers clothes blankets,sheets,soap for their babies and more stuff that you donate for the poor. may God bless you.Here is the situation in Bulangi village(Busia):Pregnant mothers have to walk for about 2 kilometers in labor pain to go to the far health center because the health center near them has no lights to help them have their babies.and the in-charge of the health center told us that they loose so many mothers on the way because the cant make it there.We found one 2 month old baby boy whose mother died on the way walking to the hospital to give birth to him.He is alive staying with his grand mother but no mother.We also found a pair of twins whose mother also died on the way to the hospital ,this is terrible,we found a list of 4 women who died in two weeks trying to walk to the hospital.This brings tears yes I know it does. I couldn't imagine walking that distance while in pain.


It Has been a Long Walk

But One encouraging thing is that,there is something that can be done to stop this,at least to reduce this.Thank God there is hope.The nearer health center only needs a solar power to be able to help these beautiful people.It has the delivery beds,the admission beds,and a few stuff that can save a life.If you can donate towards this worthy cause please do it without restraint.we need about 2000$ to help this health center get power and good set up to help them run and help their community,they have a willing staff that still avails themselves in such a situation.
Our Mission trip to Busia was very successful,this was because you gave and you are giving.I am so excited about our next one year in this.I know we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.
I love you all with the love of Christ.My fellow partners and friends thank you for being such a strong power behind me,I can not mention all your names but my heart is so very grateful.You too can join us and help show the love of Christ to all these people who have lost hope.Your donetion can help a woman receive treatment,save a life,dress a baby,transport them back home,feed them while in the hospital,transport us for mission trips to Busia,buy a wheel chair for Olivia,and train a mother in hand skills so they can escape the grip of poverty. We are a strong team together,do not give up.

Olivia needs a wheel chair.

One of my biggest back up , mentor and parent says"IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST GO ALONE BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR GO TOGETHER" We want to go far as HOPE FOR WOMAN IN CRISIS so please come let us go together.You can send your donations to us through
 Next Generation Ministries
29940 DHOOGHE ROAD
COLTON,OR 97017
When sending your support please indicate Woman In Crisis on the Memo so you can receive your tax deductible receipt for this. And clarify what the donation is for.Thank you.You can also pay through Paypal by clicking on the side of the blog.
HOFWIC has been able to receive and work with two teams of volunteers and one single volunteer .Thank you for coming and serving with us.And please come back and others come also we need more volunteers to come and work with us  the field is bigger now. Busia is our new ground and very excited about this.
Thank you Becca for staying and working with us for more than 2 months. We love you.
May God bless the works of your hand.

WHAT WOULD JESUS DO { WWJD}

Christine has been able to set off.

Jovati has set off with paper bag business.

So many things have been happening for the past three months that I lost count on my blog writing.There were so many cases to attend to,it was like triple what we had been doing. I thank God for His provision for us to keep on running sufficiently.Thank you all for supporting WIC.I will try to give brief updates on some few cases.
We had Betty 23 yrs old who lost her baby and went into comma for about 4 days then the Lord gave her life again.
then Olivia 21 yrs old who got paralyzed after the C-section,her baby is alive and healthy,but she is still paralyzed now under a physiotherapist,we need your prayers for her to get well,this is her first baby ,please stand with us in your prayers,no one knows what happened to her during the surgery that caused that,but our God is greater than anything that happened to her.We were able to get her the drugs that were prescribed for her to keep taking while visiting the physiotherapist.

Aisha and her baby girl.

We have Jukira who lost her baby and had a ruptured uterus too,her wound got infected after she was discharged and it re-opened due to poor feeding and poor hygiene,she was re-admitted now for almost a month.She is improving now.Praise be to the Lord.

We had Madina who lost her baby and her uterus as well.So sad.please keep her in your prayers.
We had Agnes,21 yrs old,a sickle cell lady ,abandoned and no drugs,but we managed to get her medicine and some food.
We had Zaharah 18 years old ,abandoned with her baby,no food,no transport to go back home,We were able to get all these supplies for her and her baby got blanket,sheet,clothes,soap,and transport to go back home.
We have conducted some home visits,Thank God for His provision of a vehicle that has made it much easier for the follow ups.We also got to do home visit with Mercy who is expecting her baby and is already rejected by the man who made her pregnant,we got to give them the WIC pink bag.
Christine begun on her tailoring,Jovati set off with the paper bag business. And so many other cases that I wont include here.We managed to conduct one life skill training for self sustainability to help these women who have faced this crisis due to poverty become self sustainable and and fight poverty. This was successfully done.
All these cases and others had a need or all the needs,Thank God for your support,we have been able to provide,medicine,bed sheets,food,water,love,counselling,transport,blankets,clothes,toiletries,to these women facing Crisis at a very important moment of giving life to another human being.

She is a normal 5 month baby.

We also received a different and rare case that made me ask the question WHAT WOULD JESUS DO??It is about Aisha and her beautiful baby girl, Matini,5 months old.
        Aisha is 18 years old,she conceived while in her high school and that was the end of her studies.Nine months later she was carrying a beautiful baby girl with no lower limbs.This baby Matini,was born without legs.She is a normal baby with a functioning brain and heart,just that she doesn't have legs.Although she is a moslem,Aisha thought somewhere somehow,Christians will help her.:) I am very happy that even Moslems know that Christians can help even when you are not one of them.Well,that is when I heard this still voice in my heart:WHAT WOULD JESUS DO?"
Aisha does not have any support from the father of her baby,she feels like lost in the world at her age.She does not know what will happen to her beautiful little girl who has been receiving all these kinds of rejection due to her appearance.
Thank God for the provisions He has been bringing to WIC.So many women and teenage mothers are receiving lots of help and are receiving hope knowing that God loves them even when they are in such a moment as this one with a rejected baby,no legs for the baby.
Aisha needs support to get her started so she can be able to help her baby girl grow and try to leave kind of a normal life,send her to school in future,so she wants to do a Hair-dressing course that will help her earn a living.
Thank you friends of WIC for helping Christine get her training in Tailoring course and also helping her acquire a sowing machine for herself.Here is another chance to help change the life of another woman in crisis.If you want to contribute towards Aisha's school,or helping support her baby have food,treatment while she is under training,you can use the Paypal address on the blog, www.hope4womanincrisis.blogspot.com or you can send it to Next Generation Ministries International

both you and i know we can change these lives.

We have a lot of great help reaching the needy and God is being very kind to WIC. We still need your support to keep moving,with your gifts we are able to help a woman In crisis receive better treatment,get food,drinking water,bed sheets,transport back home and for follow-up with the doctor,supply Bibles to the women,and helpful books that bring back hope to the mothers who loose their babies.We are able to extend love to those who thought they are unlovable.Thank you for giving,God bless you.
 Lots of Love from me to you all friends of WIC.

TURNING POINT.

Christine learning paper bags.

When WIC was born in August last year,I was not sure where we were going ,although I knew what we wanted to do,I was not sure how long we were going to do what we needed to do.Today I can only look back and say EBENEZER,THUS FAR HE HAS BROUGHT US.There is so much achievements ,and so many women and their families helped that I can only thank God for giving me the opportunity to serve with Him,and to love with Him.
We all remember Christine and her baby John ,her story is not one that you can hear and just keep going your way,it is a kind of life I know no one would wish to go through;well, she went through it anyway.

Christine measuring papers.

Christine with other women on training.

When I met Christine this year in January,little did I know how far I could go with her,there was so much need,Christine and her baby did not have where to lay their heads,no foo to eat,and no family members to lean on apart from a good Samaritan woman who had stood with her throughout her pregnancy,but then was no longer sure about where to take Christine now that she had a baby.Christine could barely afford a smile on her face due to the painful life she had lived from the age of 5 or 6 years old.She had been denied and robbed off of her childhood.But her Heavenly Father had a different story and chapter for Christine and her baby John.First, He gives her eternal life,she gives her life to Christ,then He gives her a family,later on Christine gets a home where her baby and her could live.And Now Christine has been trained in different life skills

Christine at the tailoring school.

she has a home and a family in Christ.

that will help her start earning something for herself and her baby.Through WIC we have been able to pay for a room for Christine to stay with her baby,then trained her in paper bag making,and now she has begun her tailoring course. Christine's life will never be the same again,God changed the story long time ago.It was just a matter of her giving her life to Christ.Now she is a daughter of the King and her Father the King has good plans for her.This week on Tuesday when we took Christine to begin her tailoring course,as I sat there watching her touching on the machine and following her trainer's instructions,I felt a covering of joy in my heart and and a still voice in the inside of my heart telling me,"HER LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.Christine is a very happy girl now,she is ever smiling.you can see the joy of the Lord on her face.
And she will receive her sowing machine next month.I will conclude saying:Thank you for giving towards WIC , someone's life can be changed simply because you did not hold on to what God gave you but you decided to give it out and share the love of the Lord with others.
Do not get weary of doing good.
Thank you
Lyzette

WHERE GOD SENDS HE PROVIDES

Rebecca praying for our latest case Diana and her husband.

It is very important to understand the voice of God in a christian walk.I believe God has a purpose for every believer and He is pretty clear when He calls you fr service.There are times of preparations and times of presentation. My husband Jeff loves this statement and he often says it,"THERE IS PREPARATION BEFORE PRESENTATION."Yes he is right.One thing I have come to learn is that,"Preparation is not easy most times" This is because it requires lots of practice,discipline and hard work to achieve whatever the goal is;and this is where most children of God do not want to go.

Although preparation is sometimes unpleasant,it is a very important part for anyone who has a goal to achieve.

Rashel with Diana and her husband .

God will never force His way into your life,He is a gentle God,He calls and it is up to us to answer.Then,we set off for the preparation time,this stage depends on you,it is about how much you surrender to Him,the more you surrender,the quicker the preparation time.

When The Lord put this call on my heart "Woman In Crisis",I certainly knew it was not a joke and I wasn't ready to go in for any jokes after clearly understanding God's voice,my human side kept on asking me if it is really God,and my spirit side was rested that it was God.My human feared all the hard work and worried about where in the world I would afford to stand with these precious women who are in pain;my spirit rejoiced that God chose on me to go and reach out to these souls that are in pain,to bring hope to them.

Yes,my human had all the logic side alert and the facts and realities of life presented themselves right from the first visit i made to the hospital,the needs were overwhelming,my human asked,how far I thought I was going to go with this.My spirit side said GOD IS ABLE,WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE .So I set off with whatever God had provided for the start up.

Rebecca praying for a mother and her baby

I had to really work very hard,I had no one to go with me,help me visit someone else while I am visiting another woman in the hospital,run and buy drugs in the town,or go and purchase necessities for the baby and or the mother,I had to do all these,I did it with lots of joy in my heart.Many gave their lives to Christ,many received hope,.... I thank Go for that.He sent so many people to stand with me and their contributions were simply overwhelming to me,so many women in need,and God faithfully providing for their medical,food,water,clothing,blankets and transport plus Bibles through all of you who have been faithfully sending your help.This set me on fire,the needs were there,and the solutions were there too.I couldn't imagine how God was working through this,all I wanted was to work more and more.

Rashel loving a baby.

BUT ,I felt like Moses in the Bible,when;he had to attend to all the needs of the Israelite and while he thought that is exactly what God wanted him to do,God clearly spoke to him through his father in law Jethro. And the later advised Moses accordingly.I can remember a few of you my friends telling me I need time for myself and my family too.Thank you for telling me those words,it was God speaking to me through you all my Jethros,but it was not easy,I was alone,I couldn't stop,not everyone is willing to go to the hospital,I tried to ask some friends to join me,but they were very reluctant. I had to push on,joyfully. My spirit was at its pick.

God is a caring Father indeed,He knew what I needed,and I was unaware of the need,all i knew was what I wanted "To work hard and help these women,God my Father knew I needed people to stand with me.This became more pronounced when two friends  from Oklahoma came to volunteer with WIC ,they were involved in every area,I felt my strength being renewed,I felt a lot of strength in my arms while we were working together,when they left,I felt like I couldn't work alone anymore,God begun showing me the need for Teamwork.I got the point,He wanted me to feel the sweetness of working together. HMMM!It took me some time to regain my posture after they left.Thank you so much,you made me feel the need for partners.Then shortly later on,another team came to volunteer and work with me at the hospital,an another and another, I felt that need increase again.you girls all made me understand that if I went on alone that way,I would break before I achieved the goal and vision of WIC.I miss all of you so much

.All the teams that came and contributed physically,emotionally,financially,psychologically,all the people who have sent any kind of support and your prayers really meant a lot to us.God is using all of us together.

This month God has brought me these two beautiful ladies to work with me,it has come from deep their hearts,they have lifted my arms,i dont feel weak any more,God has provided me with  His daughters to come and stand with me in this,they are officially staff members of WIC, their first visit was awesome,they did it ,I feel my heart is full of joy,knowing that I am not alone here in Uganda,this vision of WIC will stand.Rebecca and Rashel are answers to my prayers.God bless you.

Everything that you are doing with us is highly appreciated.All our partners there,you are our answered prayers.

GIVING HOPE TO THE HOPELESS

Christine and I in her room.

Christine Babirye is 15 years old and a total orphan. I have tried so many times to write her story but failed because I wasn't sure about what and how I could write until a friend Lainy gave me a bright idea to write it just as it is.So today I have written.

I received a message from one of the senior midwives who help me in that hospital to be able to run the ministry smoothly. It said: help needed, 15 years old, baby boy and alive. extremely needy and no family. can you help? I immediately called the midwife back and got a bit of information from her and after I did, I left with the usual pink bag gift pack for WIC . So this is how I met Christine.

This is a true story of this young mother in crisis, I will try as much as possible writing it just as she told me .

Christine making her first ever owned bed

I am 15 years old ,the youngest child of my father and mother.I had a brother and a sister.she lived in a village with her family till she was 7 years when her mother passed away(died). After they had buried the mother a woman came to her and told her she was a friend to her mother and she would love to help her so she wanted to take her with her to her home in Kampala the town city of Uganda.Being young and ignorant , Christine never minded to ask any question, she simply left with this woman leaving behind her father, brother and sister. Once they arrived at the woman's home, Christine was told that the reason she had been brought there was to work for that family, so she was not to go to school anymore, and this was the end of her school.

Christine feeding her baby John.

Fate had not yet had it with Christine as two years later when she was 9 years, the woman received a phone call from Christine's village telling her that Christine's father had passed on too and the two children were left alone now, but she did not let Christine go to bury her father and that was not enough yet, just about three months later, another call from the village and this one was a very sad one.The lady was being asked to take Christine to the village so she could have a last look at her brother and sister before they could be buried the two died on the same day after another woman gave them food and they ate not knowing that the food was poisoned. This was the last time Christine received any news from her village and that was the end of  all she had for family. She knew she never had anywhere to go  and no one to go to, therefore this woman became the only family Christine had in the world, she stayed there and worked as a house-girl without pay until she was 14 years when she met another woman who told her that she could take her do the same kind of work but this time she would work for money. She promised she would pay her if she went and worked for her.Christine was now a teenager and she had needs that required her to have some money to meet them.she had to buy clothes for herself and try to look good and neat as a teenager, so she thought this was absolutely was she needed.So she said goodbye to the other woman and this second woman took her to another town to work for her in her house,and babysit too as she goes to work. But she did not keep her promises she only paid her for one month and the after that she begun denying her food,and everything else,she later told her that she was not going to feed her any longer because she was a big girl and she could go let men sleep with her then get money so she could eat.Christine never thought that this woman was serious, but when she failed to go to any man,this woman decided to start bringing a man to her own house and let him have sex with Christine and then the money was given to the woman after that. Christine tried to say no and fight the man, she was seriously beaten by the woman,this happened twice, and she feared to fight anymore,so the man was brought everyday to have her and pay the woman. This went on for almost 6 months on a daily basis.She was being raped everyday for 6 months,then ended up pregnant. Once the woman knew that she was pregnant,she sent her away, she didn't want to see her anymore and threatened to kill her.Christine ran to the neighbor ,this neighbor was a good woman, she welcomed Christine to her home and they begun to look for the man that did that to Christine because they had known of it . When they found him,they asked him to hire a room for Christine to stay in, they threatened to take him to the police if he didn't take care of her and the pregnancy , he knew that what he had done was a serous case and could lead him to many years in prison, so they were able to get him pay a month rent money only and he later ran away from the village and from then,no one knows where he is.This good Samaritan woman took Christine in her house and begun feeding her, taking care of her until the baby was due, brought her to the hospital where Woman In Crisis operates.

New life in her home

The reason WIC was called upon in this case was that, the good Samaritan woman who had brought Christine to the hospital had done all she could,but then she felt she could no longer do it , Christine was not one any more but now had a baby through Cesarean birth after the doctors discovered that she had a serious infection that was a danger to the life of the baby. This was costly, due to the need for drugs to be bought, food and stay at the hospital,this was simply too much for the poor woman who had also done all she could. This lady , Annet felt hopeless and Christine did not know what to do because she was even more hopeless.Thank God for WIC, Christine was able to get drugs and all the treatment she needed, food, water, clothes for her baby boy whom she named John and we gave him our family name Birungi so he is called"John Birungi".

Christine received hope that things could be better. Soon she had a family. She gave her life to Christ.

Right now WIC rents for Christine a room where she lives with her baby, she is hopeful to go for a training in Tailoring so she can be able to become self-sustainable. As for now, through WIC,Christine and her baby are fed, taken to the hospital in case of sickness, bills are being paid for. And We thank God for all of you that are supporting WIC. Everything you give is a blessing to somebody here.

Christine had never known that she is lovable, her self esteem is still low. but,there is a big change in the way she relates, she knows that there are people who love her. and she knows that God loves her.

Christine has been able to receive love from different people.

Now i can smile again

WIC has many more case like Christine and we need your support to have these young mothers have safe delivery of their babies, drugs, food, clothing for them and their babies, baby blankets, detergent, transportation back home and to hospital for check up, home visits, vocational training, self sustainability jump-start businesses.

The aim is to let these young mothers know that, no matter the circumstance under which they conceived their baby, God loves both her and her baby.They are worthy and that God values them, sees them, loves them and cares for them, they can live life while trusting in God and standing on their two feet strong ad proud as God's daughters.

We are bringing hope to the hopeless, helping them see beauty from God's eyes.

You can join us in making this happen  through:

Coming and volunteering with us in this hospital ministry.

Donating towards this ministry

Buying Bibles .

Making baby staff and sending to us.

Collecting staff and sending to us .

Sponsoring a vocational training for a teenage mother.

Though: Next Generation Ministries