It's That Time Again

As Term 1 comes to a close and April quickly slips by, I find myself closer and closer to a time when I'm out of funds to serve in Uganda. I currently am funded through the end of June. Although, I continually have been shown by God that I should be here at least until the end of Term 3, which ends early December. That leaves me unfunded for five months.

For the low cost of $400 a month, I am provided with room, board, and transportation to and from school three times a week. So to live here for another five months I must raise $2,000. And perhaps that sounds like a big chunk of money altogether, but that amount covers all I need to survive for five months. That's really not all that much if you think of how much we pay to live for just one month in the US. 

So how about I tell you how I'm serving here in Uganda:

I am a P4 teacher to a class of eleven at New Creation Centre School three times a week. At NCC we educate children from Kampala who do not have the money to attend school. They have sponsors who support them financially to go to school. And then I teach them! I also work with the P7 class once a week to review math. And then I also teach two P4 students in the New Creation Family Home twice a week. So I have a full plate of teaching and I absolutely love it!

Teaching is definitely my main focus here in Uganda. I teach math, English, reading, art, religious education and also lead chapel at NCC every other week or so. 

So $400 a month provides me with the opportunity to have food on my plate, a place to live, transportation to and from NCC, and the opportunity to educate the children of Uganda while teaching them about God and the Bible and making them into little disciples!

And that is that. Well, no, not really. I also began a bi-weekly football Saturday outreach. Every other Saturday I've invited all the students at NCC to come out and play football together. I provided them with lunch and the simple chance to get out to spend time with their friends and forget about the struggles themselves and their families are facing at home. And let me tell you, they love it! They beg me to go out every single Saturday. With the lovely support of a few friends I am able to purchase lunch, bandages, footballs, and ball pumps. But here's the thing, we live in Uganda and we are already on our fourth football. Each ball costs about 40,000/= which is about $20. So it adds up. And providing lunch also adds up. 

So although I do only need $2,000 to get by here in Uganda, any additional support to be able to continue football Saturdays would be such a blessing!

I ask for you to prayerfully consider supporting me financially to continue serving here in Uganda. 

From the initial though of coming to Uganda I've always prayed for God to provide for as long as HE wants me here. So I am confident that all I need will be provided for.

To support me financially, you may send a tax deductible check to the address below, or more conveniently donate at my Go Fund Me account that is also listed below. 

Webale nyo (thank you very much) for you support, love, and kindness.  I am evermore thankful to be serving God and for all he's provided me with. 

Go Fund Me:
http://www.gofundme.com/3g0r7o

Address for tax deductible checks:
Loving One By One
78206 Varner Road, Suite D-294
Palm Desert, CA 92211
(Please do not put my name on the check, but include a note stating it is for Kelsey Riddle)