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CCLH Homeschoolers make a dream come true!
At the end of last year, God put on
the hearts of our homeschool families to do something for the
Abana B'Umwami Foundation. The children began recycling
cans and glass to raise money for a special project in Rwanda.
Helen, a widow, is a mother to more than
just her own five children. She is one of our Child
Development workers, and she knows every one of the 160 children
by name, where they live, what school they attend, and what
grade they're in.
After her husband died, Helen was left
alone to support her family. She saved enough money to
open a small store which grew into a market. After several
years she decided to sell the business in order to buy a house.
"If we were going to be hungry, I wanted to be hungry in my own
house. At least we would always have shelter, " Helen
said. She bought a plot of land and began building a
house in 2000, but did not have enough money to complete it.
The walls, tin roof, and front door were
installed. There is no electricity or running water, and
the window openings were filled with mud bricks. Every
time it rains, the water comes through the spaces between the
bricks, soaking the beds, destroying the dirt floors, and
damaging the foundation. A few weeks ago, thieves tried to
break in to their home in the middle of the night by
removing some of the window bricks. Helen called out to
the Lord, and they left! Needless to say, Helen did not
sleep well after that.
God's perfect timing--that next morning we
received the money that the homeschoolers had raised. The money
was used to order the windows, curtains, and all the other
necessary materials for installation. About two weeks later,
everything was ready to be installed. Pastor Franics arranged
for Helen to take us to a village in the Eastern Province where
two of our ABC kids had moved to. It would be an all day journey
which would allow enough time for the windows to be installed
without Helen's knowledge.
She arrived home that evening to find the
windows installed. She was overwhelmed by the blessing from the
Lord. She was even more overwhelmed when she learned that it was
the children in America who had raised the money for this.
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