The Journey Begins
I am very excited to inform you all that I am planning to move to Africa soon to start a new and wonderful chapter in my life.
Life as a Missionary !!!!!!
As many of you already know I have had a desire to be a Missionary in Africa for many years and now the doors have been opened. I have been officially accepted as a Long Term Missionary with Every Child Ministries.
Every Child Ministries is a Christian non- denominational organization which is emerging as one of the leading Christian ministries offering hope for child slaves, orphans, street children and war-effected children in Africa.
The need is great!
For the past 20 years the rebel group called The Lord Resistance Army has been terrorizing the region of Nothern Uganda. The artrocities commited during raids on villages by the LRA forced 1.5million people to be displaced from their homes and placed in camps. Among the victims were up to 50,000 children who have been abducted by the rebel army and forced to serve as children soldiers, sex slaves and laborers. There is peace now in Northern Uganda, and those who have been displaced are moving into resettlement areas in Northern Uganda.
My calling is strong!
As a result of a short term Missionary trip with ECM in the summer of 2008, my heart has been drawn to the Achoil people who live in the town of Gulu in the northern part of Uganda. Many of the children there suffer from malnutrition, malaria, diarrheal disease, pneumonia and tuberculosis.
I will be working as a Public Health Nurse, and overseeing the health of the children in the ECM sponsoring club. I will also be serving children and teaching health and hygiene in the resettlement area called Tegot Village.
Be part of of this exciting work!
The need is great for a Nurse to be part of the Team at ECM and I am so grateful to God he has chosen me. Tending to the health needs of a child or an adult is a great way to express and show the Love of God.
My start up fund to move to Africa is $4,000 dollars. This does not include the medical equipment which I will need to purchase. My monthly support needs are $1609.
If you belong to a church or a christian organization please contact me at Catz12674@aol.com so we can arrange an opportunity for me to present my needs. If you would like to make a donation please go to ECM’s donation page on Network for Good. Be sure to designate Catherine Hayes as the purpose of your donation.
Please pray that my trip on the fundraising trail will be short, so I can get to the children in Africa as soon as possible.
God Bless You
Catherine Hayes
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Cathy,
This blog looks great! I can’t wait until we’re both working in Uganda as part of ECM’s team that is bringing the love and hope of Jesus to the people of Gulu.
Nancy
I have read the commitment of this woman and I could not stop praising God, when most of the world and the youngsters of it are engrossed with achievement and worldly possessions, how in the world a person will leave all for to seek after the lost and forgotten ones? Who will leave the comfort and security of the American life to seek after the sufferings? Well you have been given grace to see this marvel of glory of the Jesus Christ, the reward that is waiting for them who serve Him, and the riches of the reward that who serve Him, please go ahead, there may be perils waiting and needs may not meet but you are going to serve the King of Kings and Lord of Lords and our rewards is yet to reveal, May Him surround you with His angels, provide you with all that is necessary, may Him anoint you with His word and may these children and adults that you are going touch become special tools in His hands, The Lord is with you, go ahead, the glory is ahead of us, the provisions are with us and you will be received back as a victorious warrior as he returns by the host of angels who did not get this blessing. May the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.