About a month before I left for Uganda the youth pastor announced at youth group one night that the offering collected over the next month would be given to Mugisha Ministries to use to bless the orphans of Uganda. I had no idea. I am on youth staff at our church and so I was there, of course, and he asked me to come up and say a few words about Mugisha Ministries and what we would be doing in Uganda. After youth group was over, one girl came up to talk to me and she was all excited. She said that she was doing her senior project on orphans in Africa and she needed to interview someone related to her topic. She asked to interview me. I said, "of course!". We emailed back and forth a few times for the interview and then she sent me an email stating that as part of her senior project she was planning a fundraiser to give to "orphans" and that she was originally going to give the money to a larger organization, but that she really wanted to be a part of helping Mugisha Ministries. She spoke to the sponsor hosting the event and he agreed that he would love the proceeds to go to a more "local" organization.
The really cool part of the story for me is that I was just asking God for encouragement in this area. I knew that we needed to start putting together a committee of some sort to work on fundraising and awareness events and then....BAM....encouragement pops into my inbox from this young woman who has already planned out first fundraiser for us. God is so cool!
The event is: "Mini-golf for MUGISHA"
Located at: Chuckster’s Family Entertainment Center, Chichester, NH
Hosted by: Rudi Koornneef as a fundraiser for Mugisha Ministries
Saturday, May 14, 9:00am (rain date May 21)
$15 per person; open to everyone
Includes: 18-hole “instant win” round of mini golf, ice cream, soft drinks, event T-shirt, prizes Proceeds benefit Mugisha Ministries Rwanda Education program
Every hole will have an instant win prize for everyone who gets a hole-in-one! Prizes include Chucksters passes, restaurant gift certificates, sodas, and more!
Register by email to: chucksterspringfling@yahoo.com; limited to first 72 registrants
Be sure to stay tuned....I will post pictures of the event and let you know what a great success it was!
If you can't make the event, but would like to give to the educational sponsorship program, you can do so by using paypal at the top of the blog.
The money raised will go toward buying textbooks, uniforms, and supplies for all the children that are currently being sponsored. There will also be an opportunity for people to "sign up" to become a sponsor of a child in need of educational scholarships. If you want to sponsor a child for $30 per month, leave a comment or email Tina at mugishamin@yahoo.com
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