Return December Update

$5359 financial shortfall was met, End of year all 40 Children have their exams completed!

Hello friends Once again it’s a joy for me and my wife on behalf of Return ministries to inform you that we are doing well thank you for all your contribution prayerfully and financially. The most important update this month is to inform you that we are already on top of the financial shortfall of $5359 from the past 2 years that could have prevented our supported children from sitting their end of year examinations. Praise the Lord all 40 children have been able to sit for their exams. God provided miraculously through you all. Thank you so much.

AMAKA Sponsorship

If you sponsor a child through us, you received an email last month with very important info about continuing to stand with us. Thank you to all of you who have created your new Amaka sponsorship with Hope Grafted In. For those of you that have not yet, please read through our new sponsorship program info. To create your new sponsorship account:

• Login under the GIVE tab on website
• Select the “scheduled giving” tab on the left side
• Create auto payment selecting date and amount you are giving monthly
• Select Child Sponsorship in drop down menu area
• Type “AMAKA-your child’s name” in other comments area

We look forward to sending your new sponsorship packet out to you in the month of December personalized with updated info on your child.

These are 18 of the 300 children that still need a sponsor. We have identified this group as the most in need. When they are sponsored we will add more profiles to the program.

Current Needs

Construction of the Toilet facility: $4300 raised, $5000 still needed

Tuition Needs for Term 1 in 2017 (February): $8500

Give a one time tax deductible gift to Return. Thank you!

OUR SUCCESS STORIES-Dickson

I did not meet my Father; please Meet Dickson, our children success story this month.

I had an opportunity to interact one on one with Dickson this week and this is how our chat went;

Hello Dickson, Can you tell me about your family please? His mind went blank for few minutes trying to gather patched pieces of his childhood. I knew he was struggling to respond to my question because through experience ministering to orphaned and abandoned children there is a pattern among them to want to forget their past. In most cases they pretend to erase any negative memory from their mind that may have occurred to them at tender age. It was emotional. When I noticed difficulties in responding to my questions, I started asking careful questions and this is how it went;

When did your father pass away?

Dickson: He passed away when I was still in my mother’s womb

What led to his death?

Dickson: A witch doctor bewitched my father and led him to death.

How many siblings do you have?

Dickson: There so many because my father was polygamous, he had many wives and many children

What was the state of the family after your father’s death?

Dickson : The family split, we are two brothers from the same mother, The elder children who were born by other women abandoned us. My mother struggled to take care of the two of us but there was not much success, she had no skills for survival. At 7 years, I was separated from my mother to an orphanage for an opportunity of education and survival. My elder brother did not get the opportunity I got and life was really hard for him till now. I lived in an orphanage for 18 years. I knew nothing called love and family, I grew up in a crowd on my own as you know the life in an institution. All I knew as siblings was my brother but lived separately and yet there other many of my father from different women who did not care at all about us and our mother. Life was so hard.

Do you know what your father looked liked?

Dickson: No I don’t, actually there no a clear photo of him alive. I feel bad about it, I always long for his image at least.

Thank you Dickson.

Today Dickson is doing a Bachelors degree in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management in one of the best International Universities in Uganda. He is in his second year at 22 years of age. Return ministries was privileged to have him join our program when the orphanage where he grew up released him four years ago. We have seen him through high school to University. He has almost one year and a few months to be through with his academics. What a success story! Return ministries friends and sponsors have brought a complete image of family into the life of Dickson. As we bring the fatherhood of God, to replace the family he missed at a tender age. It is not easy doing this with any life. I have fought with him few times trying to redirect his value system and praise the Lord he has been responsive. It is my prayer he will live to see, love, protect and enjoy his own family.

All this glory goes to God and the sponsors of Dickson, thank you for being led to meet this boy. You are blessed for providing to him. Thank you all our friends for supporting us to do this work. We wish you a peaceful and joyful Christmas season and successful new year. Merry Christmas.
Be blessed.

Ps. Samuel Bubonero