The rest of the story together
Before Grace came to the scene there was only a document stating that
we intended to help orphans and a building we intended to house them
in. The day that Grace came and took her place in Namugongo we also
accepted 4 girls who were left on their own with little to no care at
all. They were staying in a slum area in Kampala and from what we could
see, they were not protected at all. A lady with another organization
asked us for help to get them out of that situation. Those where our
first kids. The youngest of them was 5 years old. Officially we can
accept kids only from 6 years onwards but you know...
In the beginning we had the kids walking to another school about 6 Km
away from us. That was obviously not acceptable and we were looking
into a way of changing that. We also discovered that at the time there
was a lot of public outcry about some of the not-to-good organized
orphanages and we noticed that we, and the kids would be better of if
we would choose the approach of educational care. That is what was
decided and we started looking into registering a boarding school. We
appointed a lady to be the academic supervisor of the school and she
was to do all the registration and setting of standards.
The first class was started in 1993 with 9 children only. It was taught
by our first teacher; the late Miss. Phoebe Kituyi. She was a great
encouragement to us. That year I felt it was right for Grace and myself
to be together and I asked her to be my wife. It was not a small
decision and we took some time before we both felt right about it
considering our totally different culture. Well, on January 22 1994 we
said "yes" and where married in the Kampala Pentecostal Church. This
very year, 1994, the academic supervisor of the school resigned to
start her own school. Therefore Grace took up the challenge of heading
the school.
From that time on we where a strong team. We can see that it was really
God's plan for our life. The mission grew bigger and bigger and today
we have a population of almost 150 children and 30 staff. The Mission
was officially opened this year 2000 in February and at that same time
we launched a church under the care of KPC. Grace and myself are
heading that church today maybe until we will find a suitable pastor,
for the church members are a rather unusual young gathering.
On site we now have a full Primary boarding school, A clinic both for
us and the villagers around us, the church and finally we started
a secondary-vocational school.
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Or: You can read on about the vision for our NEW work.