LOVING ORPHANS: God’s provision for BEDS!!!
For several years, we have been praying for this HUGE need for 700 BEDS at Harvest Ministry’s Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center in Mbarara, Uganda, East Africa.
God has provided and the beds have arrived. Hallelujah!
We are so thankful to the Lord for meeting this need and for every person who gave to help these precious orphan children. Our next need is for additional dormitory space.
Step-by-step we’re making progress. Oh, God is good!
Thank you for praying and partnering with us . . . as we’re LOVING ORPHANS.
Our Secondary School at GUMA NA YESU
Exciting things are happening at Harvest Ministry’s Guma Na Yesu in Uganda, East Africa. This week, a new Secondary School is launching for the older children.
The vision . . .
It’s the beginning of dreams-coming-true and many prayers being answered.
This week, in Uganda, East Africa, a new secondary school (high school) is launching to help the older teenage children at Guma Na Yesu (Keep With Jesus) Children’s Center. It’s called Kingdom Vocational Secondary School and the vision is for a Christ-centered secondary educational training center, with potential to become financially independent.
The secondary school is beginning with a combination of day students (who will pay tuition) and overnight boarding orphan children (who will receive free education).
Christian families from the local churches has been requesting a Christ-center secondary (high) school and Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center has been needing a secondary school to help the older children. This vision helps to fulfill both needs.
February orphan focus . . .
This month’s orphan-focused memory verse:
“Learn to do good; seek justice, reprove the ruthless,
defend the orphan, plead for the widow.”
Isaiah 1:17
This month’s orphan prayer focus: EDUCATION
Students check in . . .
(Some of the older children – orphans – from Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center who will be benefiting from the new secondary school. This secondary education, with a Christ-centered foundation, will give these teenagers increased training for life and hope for their futures.)New uniforms . . .
Secondary Education (High School)
The property and buildings were formerly the main “mother-church” center; a few years ago, the main church moved to a new location and since that time, this building has been mostly unused. This is an exciting answer to prayer and a good example of making “full use” of what we have in our hands!
Caring Teachers . . .
Vocational Training . . .
Practical vocational skills includes carpentry, tailoring (sewing — which is also benefiting Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center by making the school uniforms), poultry farming, and goat keeping. We are also preparing to launch a Bible training school (using an international Bible college curriculum), both for these secondary students and for remote village pastors.
It’s a beginning of a new dream . . .
This week, the secondary (high) school began with over 30 students and 8 teachers . . . and many more students are in the process of enrolling.
NETS ministers, Naboth & Alice Tumuhairwe, are directing (and delegating) this new project, and we would appreciate if you would keep them (and us) in your prayers, for God’s wisdom and direction and provision.
One Girl from Guma: “Ronitah”
At Harvest Ministry’s Guma Na Yesu “Keep With Jesus” Children’s Center, in Mbarara, Uganda, there are so many orphan children.
Currently, Harvest Ministry is providing care for over 1000 children: 530 children in our Adullam Primary school (Preschool and elementary — Baby Class through Primary 7), 170 children in our new Kingdom Vocational Secondary School (high school), plan an additional children who are being cared for in Christian family homes through 7 church-based Family Zone Centers. God has a big heart for orphans and so does Harvest Ministry! All of these children are precious to Him, and God knows them all, one-by-one.
Meet Ronitah
We would like to introduce you to one young teenage girl, Ronitah Kansiime, and her four younger siblings (two brothers and two sisters).
Ronitah and her siblings are all brand-new at Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center. Only a few months ago, their parents were tragically poisoned, and both died. These children were totally destitute. They had nowhere to go, no money for food, no place to live, and no way to continue their education. One of our HMFI Zone Pastors discovered them, and brought to our dear friends and NETS ministers. Naboth & Alice Tumuhairwe.
By the grace of God, these five children are now at Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center. They have a safe and place to live and sleep, clothing, food, education. . . and most importantly, they have all heard the Gospel and all five have recently accepted JESUS CHRIST as their Lord and Savior. Despite her many recent hardships, this beautiful girl can sing of being thankful to God for His many blessings in her life. To God be the Glory!
We invite you to listen to Ronitah’s story, in her own words:“It is not easy being an orphan. Please pray for us. God bless you.”
–Ronita Kansiime, Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center
Please keep Ronitah, her four siblings, and all of these precious children at Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center in your prayers.
More about Guma’s new “Kingdom Vocational Secondary School”
Here’s more information about how Harvest Ministry is LOVING ORPHANS
and how you can help and PRAY . . .
Girls Dorm at GUMA!
Providing a Safe Place for the Teenage Girls
UGANDA, EAST AFRICA — This past year, God provided for Harvest Ministry to build a beautiful new high school for the older orphan youth at Guma Na Yesu (Keep with Jesus) Children’s Center in Mbabara, Uganda — Kingdom Vocational Secondary School.
What a joy this has been and such an answer to prayer!
Our Next Project at Guma: A Girls Dorm!
Now, our next LOVING ORPHANS project in Uganda is to provide a safe place for 150 teenage girls to live: a new girls DORM building!
How you can help:
Giving toward this need is a great opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of many orphan girls and youth.
- This GIRLS DORM will provide a SAFE and close PLACE for teenage orphan girls to live, in a caring Christian environment, with daily prayer and spiritual support.
- The addition of a NEW BUILDING to sleep 150 students will be a long-term blessing to all of Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center.
- In addition to providing housing for our older teenage orphan girls, this DORM building will make it possible for Christian students from the community (who desire to attend a Christian high school and who will be paying for their education and housing) to live on campus. This will help to provide ongoing income to the Loving Orphan ministry and enable the national ministers and school to become increasingly self-sufficient in years to come. It’s a huge blessing and very important for our long-term vision.
A testimony from one girl . . .
“I’m an orphan, but now I’m okay. I study well. I sleep well. And I thank God because of this Bible. I was having a desire in my heart and prayed to God for a Bible just this size . . . and God has done it for me.”— Jolly Casandi
Did you know?
Every day, over 5,760
more children become orphans.
Every 2.2 seconds,
another orphan ages out of the system
with no family and no home.
This orphan project will provide a safe and joyful place
for 150 high school girls to live
while they are receiving a quality Christian education.
“For in you the orphan finds mercy.”
–Hosea 14:3
Location: Mbarara, Uganda — East Africa
The Vision: A Dorm for 150 Teen Girls
Equipping the Dorm — Beds, Mattresses, Pillows!!!
Inside the building, we will need to provide bunk beds,
mattresses and pillows for each of the teen girls.Bunk Bed: $35/person
Mattress: $30/person
Pillow: $3/person
The total cost per girl will be about $68/person.This building will provide safe and loving housing for 150 teen girls.
(This photo shows some younger boys at Guma Na Yesu – Keep With Jesus – Children’s Center, to give a visual of the bunk beds, pillows and mattresses needed for the DORM.)
How YOU Can Help:
SUPPORT LOVING ORPHANS in EAST AFRICA
EXCITING NEWS!!! — During this dorm project, all LOVING ORPHANS gifts to Harvest Ministry will be matched by a loving sponsor, until the building is complete. It’s a great time to see your mission giving DOUBLED to help orphans.(To give online, click ADD TO CART below. You can designate any amount.)
Or, if you prefer, you can send your MISSION GIFT for LOVING ORPHANS in the mail.
Write checks to HARVEST MINISTRY and put “Loving Orphans — Uganda Dorm Project” on the memo line. All mission gifts for this project will be doubled.)
Send to:
Harvest Ministry
PO Box 727
Hood River, OR 97031Please keep this project in your prayers!
GOD BLESS YOU!!!
A Safe Place for Girls in Uganda
LOVING ORPHANS – in UGANDA:
Here’s an exciting mission update from the progress of our new girls dorm at Guma Na Yesu (Keep With Jesus) Children’s Center in Uganda, East Africa.
Learn more about the vision . . . <<<
- A Glimpse of the New Girls Dorm!
- Construction Progress!
- New Mattresses!!!
- Unloading the Blessings!!!
- Bunk Beds Arriving!!!
- Excited for God’s Provision!
- Sturdy Bunk Beds!
- More Mattresses!
- Pillows for the Girls!
Learn to do good; Seek justice, reprove the ruthless,
defend the orphan, plead for the widow. (Isaiah 1:17, NASB)
Learn about one of our teenage girls:
Meet Ronitah — Click here < < <
We’re so thankful for God’s provision for a safe place for 150 teenage girls and appreciate everyone who has given and prayed for this huge need. GOD IS GREAT!!!
Please continue to keep this orphan ministry in your prayers.
Learn more about:
Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center in Uganda
Secondary School at Guma Na Yesu
Loving Orphans with Harvest Ministry
Orphan Statistics
What God’s Word Says about Loving Orphans
ORPHAN NEWS: God’s Provision for WATER!!!
An Urgent Need for Water . . .
We are thrilled to share an exciting report of God’s provision!
Recently, Harvest Ministry had an urgent need for a large water tank at Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center. The cost for this orphan need was nearly $3,000 (above and beyond Harvest Ministry’s monthly orphanage commitment). This was a heavy burden on our hearts and a matter for specific prayer.
When we were recently in Uganda, we (Jon & Ann) saw this need for water in person,
but the situation had become much more desperate . . .
There are 143 million orphans in the world today. Why should you CARE?
’cause it’s PURE!
We all know that it’s physically healthy to drink a lot of pure fresh water. Well, how much of God’s PURE and undefiled religion are we getting into our spiritual system on a regular basis?
The connection to the city water was too undependable and was often completely shut off. The workers were needing to haul plastic buckets (“jerry cans”) of water from a very dirty nearby stream that was covered with scum. It was horrible.
An urgent email just last week (on February 8th) highlighted this need once again. It was a real need . . . and very important. But beyond our capability.
And so WE PRAYED to our very REAL GOD!!!
Keep it Pure!
“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their trouble and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” (James 5:12)
God’s Provision . . .
A few hours after receiving this email about the urgent need for water, Ann spoke at a local Christian school about world missions, orphans, and George Muller (a famous missionary from the 1800s who cared for thousands of orphans in Bristol, England). Together, the students and teachers agreed together in prayer for God to meet this need.
There was an excitement among the kids (and a faith in our hearts) that God would meet this need, just like He provided bread and milk for George Muller so long ago.
The very next day, we received a phone call from a lady who we had never met (she had read a mission article online and came to see Harvest Ministry’s website). On the phone, this woman shared how she and her husband felt in prayer that God was directing them to give a specific missions gift — of $6,000!!! — for Harvest Ministry’s urgent orphan needs!!!
WooHoo!!! The need was answered, with more than enough!
We were (and are) absolutely thrilled for this specific and abundant answer to prayer.
As with all designated missions donations (given directly to Harvest Ministry), 100% of this gift will be used overseas for the needs of these orphan children. For this need, $3,000 will be designated for the need for water for the orphans, and $3,000 to complete the construction of 10 greatly needed teacher’s rooms at Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center.
To God be the GLORY!!!!
We’re so thankful for God’s provision and for the obedience and trust of this family (who we’ve never met). We’re so thankful for the hard work of all the teachers and leaders at Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center. We’re so thankful for the prayers of the kids and teenagers at the Christian school . . . and for everyone who has been faithfully praying for Harvest Ministry’s orphan needs.
May God bless you all!!!
Click here to see more exciting pictures of the praise report!!!
Let’s drink more.
Let’s keep it pure.
LOVING ORPHANS: Home Sweet Home in Uganda
Praising God for His Provision
We’re so thankful to be able to share an AWESOME report of God’s provision for much needed renovations (building maintenance, painting, roof repairs) along with a retaining wall to keep flood waters away from the school buildings and living areas.
Thank you for caring for these precious children!
Pillows for Kiddos!
Goal Progress for Pillows & Power: 100%
Exciting News:
PHASE 1 of this GOAL is COMPLETE!!!
PHASE 2 of this GOAL is COMPLETE!!!
We now have POWER at Guma-Na-Yesu!WooHoo!!! Glory to God!
Thank you to everyone who gave and prayed!
PHASE 1: We are excited to report that Harvest Ministry has received enough special mission support to completely pay for the POWER (electricity hook-up to benefit all the younger children at Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center) plus pillows for all of the older kids who are living at the secondary school.
PHASE 2: Praise God! The PILLOW-PROVISION for all of the younger children has now come in. The provision has been wired to Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center . . . and as soon as this support is processed, the blessings of pillows will be distributed to all the children.
What’s next . . . BEDS!!!
PHASE 3: Once all this POWER & PILLOW goal is met . . . will be believing God for hundreds of BUNK BEDS. This next project will be a HUGE need (at $40/child and over 500 children) . . . but we’re excited about the blessing it will be and the difference this will make!
Please keep praying!!! (And we’re not just saying that. We know that PRAYER SUPPORT makes a powerful difference. If you can PRAY for us, specifically, we would be so grateful.)
Can you Pray with us for Pillows & Power?
There are needs at Guma Na Yesu . . . that are on our hearts.The kids at Guma Na Yesu “Keep with Jesus” Children’s Center, such as brother and sister, David and Mackline (those cute little kiddos who are singing in the video above), are in a good, safe place. They have their basic needs met, unlike the sad and desperate situations where many of these kids (nearly all who are orphans) were before.
God is really doing so many GOOD things . . .
Good reports . . .
The children at Guma Na Yesu now have food to eat, blankets to keep them warm, and mattresses to sleep on (on the ground). They have clothing (uniforms, play clothes, pajamas, and church clothes), loving care, Christian education, and excellent spiritual training with real-life kingdom-advancing discipleship — including daily prayer, worship, Bible training, and even opportunities to participate in local (African) mission outreaches.
But our heart longs to do more . . .
Goal: A Pillow for Every Kiddo . . . & Power!
Specifically, the children at Guma Na Yesu do not have any pillows or beds, and there is no power. We have a goal to make some improvements, beginning with bringing in electricity, and then providing a personal PILLOW for every child. We want these kids to to know that Jesus loves them, cares for them, and wants them to have a sweet sleep.
With so many children, even simple improvements can be a huge need, but we know it’s not a big deal for God. Could you please pray with us, specifically, for God to help us to provide a pillow for every child and youth living at at the Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center — including all the primary school children and youth — which is a total of 700 children (and pillows!!!)
TOTAL PILLOW GOAL —700 pillows–remaining need: $0Praise Report of God’s Provision!
An additional GOAL is to bring in electricity to Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center. Recently, electricity was brought-in to a nearby property, so the cost of “hooking-in” is now only $2,000. This will greatly improve life at Guma Na Yesu.
TOTAL ELECTRICITY GOAL — $2,000
(PRAISE GOD! — This need has just been sponsored!!!)
Goal Progress . . .
TOTAL for our current Guma Na Yesu ORPHAN GOALS
(for 700 pillows and electricity) = $7/pillow
Remaining need: $0
Please pray with us!
This is an exciting and worthwhile goal!
WooHoo!!! Our PILLOW & POWER goal has been met!
(To help with future improvements for LOVING ORPHANS just click on the ADD TO CART button and/or PRAY!!! Our next exciting goal is for strong BEDS — at $40/child.)
Please let us know if you would like to become
a PARTNER with Harvest Ministry — just click here.(Or if you would prefer to send a mission gift in the mail, you can send a mission gift — designated for PILLOWS FOR KIDDOS — to Harvest Ministry.)
HARVEST MINISTRY
Jon & Ann Dunagan
P.O. Box 727
Hood River, OR 97040
Would you like to help share this need?
Here’s a “Pillows for Kiddos” button, along with a grab-code! You can also use the social media links at the bottom of this page. Here’s the button for your blog:
Thanks for being a friend . . .
“You have been the helper of the orphan.”
(Psalm 10:14b, NASB)
Future goals . . .
Other orphan needs we will work on, Lord willing, in the near future:
bringing in electricity($2000)— NEED SPONSORED!!! PRAISE JESUS!!!- purchasing triple metal bunk beds ($40 per child)
- plus continued daily provision for our ongoing orphan needs
Learn more about how we’re LOVING ORPHANS
Learn more about our ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP
Learn more about GUMA NA YESU Children’s Center
Learn about our new SECONDARY (high) SCHOOL
More and more pillows!!!
We’re so THANKFUL to God (and to everyone who helped) for providing PILLOWS for all of the children at Guma-Na-Yesu “Keep With Jesus” Children’s Center. Just look at the faces of the kids and the JOY this gift brought to their hearts.
What a blessing!
Jesus loves the little children . . .
Each one . . .
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
God is so good! Thanks for bringing smiles to these kids.
Meet Jolly @ Guma Na Yesu
Introducing one teenage orphan girl from Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center:
Meet Jolly . . .
JOLLY is one of our youth leaders at Harvest Ministry’s Guma Na Yesu Children’s Center. Jolly loves the Lord Jesus and she enjoys worship and African dance at Guma Na Yesu’s new high school, Kingdom Vocational Secondary School. She leads a lunchtime “Scripture Union Club” which fervently prays for the lost and shares the Gospel through preaching and music at various schools throughout the district.
“I’m an orphan, but now I’m okay. I study well. I sleep well. And I thank God because of this Bible. I was having a desire in my heart and prayed to God for a Bible just this size
. . . and God has done it for me.” — Jolly Casandi
In her own words:
MBARARA, UGANDA, EAST AFRICA — In this video, Jolly Casandi shares a praise report about how God answered her specific prayer. You’ll also see a glimpse of the GUMA kids and youth fervently worshiping the Lord at GUMA NA YESU “Keep With Jesus” Children’s Center. What a joy to love and help orphan children, in Jesus’ Name.
Photo Highlights . . .
“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” –I Timothy 4:12 (NKJV)
Harvest Ministry’s prayer focus for LOVING ORPHANS:
