Childrens Village

The week before I left for Uganda, I was lying in my bed really chewed up at the fact that I was going to be leaving my family, my home and everything that was familiar to me. As I lay praying, I really felt God say that I shouldn’t worry: he had a new family for me to be a part of for the next 6 months that he had prepared already; that I didn’t need to worry about leaving my home because he had prepared a bedroom for me in Uganda and had blessed it for me already. I felt at such peace that God had ‘gone before me’. Its coming up to two months since I have been here, and God has been so faithful to that promise!

A few weeks ago, I was able to visit the land Revelation Life have purchased, on which they are going to build a children’s village. On the car journey, I really felt God said that, just as he had done for me before coming to Uganda, God has prepared a room, an individual bed, a family and a home for many of those kids living in the slums whose childhood has been robbed from them. As I stood at the top of the hill and looked over the beautiful and fertile landscape, I felt like God was giving me an opportunity to claim that promise for the kids and the families living in the slums too: that God has ‘gone before them’ and that he has ‘prepared a new family, bedroom and new blessings’ for them also. Seeing the potential that God has provided ‘Revelation Life’ with gives me so much excitement for the future! Within minutes of stepping onto the land I kept thinking: ‘WOW, how amazing is this!!!’ I couldn’t help smiling at the thought that right now, they have no idea how their lives are going to be totally transformed, how many more blessings God has got in store for them, and how God’s dreams for their lives are bigger than anything they can even imagine right now! I was so amazed at the tangible presence of God in that place. It was so evident that God is already working there, preparing the way to bring dreams into reality. I left just so overwhelmed with excitement for what God is going to do and just how much he is going to transform the lives of so many orphans and widows!

Lisa

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