International Missions
Come Uganda Update
COME received one of the two 40 containers this week from Australia.
In it was the ambulance, donated by St John in Perth, and other medical supplies donated by Mission World Aid (MWA) in Adelaide, Australia.
MWA purchased the container, paid the freight to Mombasa, donated hospital beds and mattresses, linen, gowns, many knitted items for babies,
and many other bits and pieces for use in the future HOPE Medical Centre at Lukwanga.
Sarah arrived this month to work with COME for a year.
She will help with the COME community programs for disadvantaged children.Sarah has completed a 3 year ministry course,
partly related to children's work, so will be able to impart skills to our people as well as assisting the children and parents in the community.
The picture below shows the almost complete School chapel, which will also be used on Sundays as the childrens church.
The building will accommodate up to 300 children, many of whom now help fill the main church on a Sunday morning.
Frank and the team recently went to a remote village in the centre of Uganda for a crusade.
The picture below shows the team in action in front of the COME van.
In the village there were 8 shops, and each one sold alcohol, so there were many drunkards in that place.
Each evening of the crusade several drunken men would become Christians.
By going forward publicly, they effectively made a statement that by becoming Christians they would give up the alcohol.
Several were baptised in a nearby river and also attended the seminar where they gave testimonies about how alcohol had ruined their lives.
One man said that previously, the money he made doing part time work would be spent drinking with his friends in the evenings.
He said he was looking forward to saving that money to send his children to school and spending more time with his wife.
COME is planning a Leadership Conference for later this year where over 30 leaders will be gathered from different parts of Uganda for skills training and capacity building.
They will stay at Lugala and attend the intensive 4 day conference where skills will be taught to enhance their leadership roles.
We are seeking finances of $2,500 to cover the cost of the seminar.
Frank & Michele Heyward
Directors
Australian Heart Ministries
Australian Heart Ministries was founded by Warwick & Alison Marsh in 1989.
It was formally incorporated in 2000 with an independent Board of Directors.
Warwick & Alison Marsh are accredited with Australian Christian Churches as ministers of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.
They have been part of Lighthouse Church since 1972.
The purpose of Australian Heart Ministries is to relieve the spiritual,
emotional and physical poverty of children and their mothers and fathers both in Australia and around the world.
Australian Heart Ministries is a non-profit incorporated association helping people both in Australia and around the world.
Australian Heart Ministries is motivated by a love for people and a desire to make a difference in our world. Isaiah 61:1-3.
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Lighthouse Church supports Frank and Michelle Heyward in Uganda. Find out more at the COME UGANDA website.
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