CURRENT PROJECTS

Children's Village Update
In February 2009, about 70 acres of land was purchased outside the town of Kynejojo in a rural village called Nyarungongo. In June 2009, we began construction of McFarland Memorial Medical Clinic and purchased and installed a generator that will provide electricity for our village. The construction of this facility was completed in the summer of 2010. We began providing medical services by Fall 2011. We are still working on our running water system. We are only waiting on our water pump and generator to be installed and then we will pipe the water from our well, to our holding tank, and to the buildings on our property. We hope to have this accomplished by Spring 2012. Finally, in the summer of 2011, we began constructing our next building, a dormitory structure-"Palace of Treasures". This building was designed to house volunteers, but for now it will be used to house at least 30 children. (As we expand on our land and acquire more funding, we will begin constructing the separate homes and will move the children there.) The first story is almost completed. We hope to have the construction phase for this section finished by Spring 2012 and begin housing children in Summer 2013. We also hope to raise the funding for the second story structure quickly so that we may house even more children.

Water Update
A study conducted by UNICEF in 2006 revealed that less than 1 in 5 primary schools provided at least 5 liters of safe water per day, per pupil. Most schools do not have access to safe water within a walking distance of .5 km. It is extremely important that there is a good water system in the children's village where the orphans and staff will be living. The property of land that was purchased for the Children's Village currently has no safe and clean water source. Nevertheless, God miraculously provided the funds through a local church to begin installing a water system on the Children's Land. We drilled for water in the spring of 2010 and conducted pump testing, as well as water quality analysis tests. These procedures revealed that we have a water supply that is greater than any other project in the entire district of Kyenjojo. The drillers informed us we have enough water to supply the whole district, which means we definitely have enough water for our Children's Village. Finally, the quality of our water is excellent so we will not need to have a purification system. We are so thankful we will never have to worry about our children drinking bad water.

In the spring of 2011, we had a very large holding tank transported and permanently fixed to our land. In June 2011, we received a water pump and generator from the US. The only steps remaining now are having the water company come and install the water pump and generator and piping the water to the three buildings (Medical Center, Mini-Hospital (intended to be our Kitchen), and Children's Dormitory) we have on our land. We will greatly rejoice when this project is completed!

School Project
We have a group of high school students seeking to raise money to build a school. We are very excited about this opportunity and believe that by the end of 2012, we will be constructing a school.

Hospital Ministry
This ministry is performed mainly by God's Care Church Members. Visitations are done to pray for and encourage patients. Some gifts can also be taken, such as soap, drinking water, and sugar, to communicate love and concern. In addition, this is a good short term ministry activity. Many of the patients are tremendously blessed to receive prayer and visitation by American visitors.

Children's Ministry
In November 2009, we began offering a small church service for the children after the main adult service, and in July 2010 we were able to begin offering the children lunch-a meal many of them miss on a regular basis. In Spring 2011, a temporary structure was built, and the children began attending their own service. Alissa is the primary teacher, but she has other church members assist her, especially because of the language barrier. The children seem to greatly enjoy the service and are also showing spiritual growth. We have approximately 150 children each Sunday service. Alissa has been deeply burdened about the importance of raising up a new generation-one that is founded on Godly principles, and she is determined to invest spiritually in the lives of these children.

Door to Door Evangelism
This ministry is mainly conducted by the members and ministers of the church. We have been able to pray for people in their homes and share the word of God with them. In June 2009, a Mission's Team from America also conducted these visitations. It was truly a beautiful thing to see their willingness to meet the people at their level and share Christ with them. Many of the people were honored and deeply appreciated visitations from the "Bazungu"-white people. We look forward to future opportunities to do these outreaches. We continue to see people being drawn to the Lord and to our church as a result of these home visitations.