Another Giving Opportunity

One of the ministry opportunities I've enjoyed the most the past few months has been spending time at Christ School. It is a Christian secondary boarding school that was started by World Harvest Mission to provide Ugandan students with a quality, Christian education. It has grown quickly and this past year was the first year it functioned under a Ugandan headmaster. Another wonderful aspect of this school is the sponsorship program, which allows orphaned or needy students the opportunity to attend school at no cost. Paying school fees is at the front of every student's mind here and being sponsored is a privilege and amazing blessing. I've loved spending time with some of these sponsored students--studying the Word and praying with some of the girls once a week. And in November, I had the opportunity to interview several of them, hearing their stories and how God is at work in their lives. I'll be posting a story every day for the next 4 days so enjoy!

Meet Kansiime Christine. Hailing from Ntandi village, she looks forward to breaks from school when she can go home to visit with her mother and seven sisters—sitting around the fire and sharing stories. Christine is a confident young woman at the age of twenty. She is passionate about literature and reading novels; Emma’s War is her current favorite. As we talk, she is eager to share her story and all that God has done in her life. Christine’s father died when she was young. Her mother managed to scrape by and support her children but there was no money for Christine to go to a high-quality, private school. Instead, she attended the local primary school but she worked hard and earned the highest grades in the district. As she finished primary school, Christine’s mother broke the news that she would not have the money to pay for her to attend secondary school. Christine was devastated but soon after she received a letter telling of the sponsorship program at Christ School. She was fearful as she had never been to Bundibugyo but she gathered her courage and interviewed. Two hundred students were competing for ten sponsorship slots and the hopes of a quality education. Christine was accepted and has been amazed at God’s provision for her entire secondary school education. She is looking forward to graduating from Christ School and hopes to become a teacher or public administrator involved in social services. Join us in praying for Christine, that she would rely on God to help her achieve great things for Uganda.

Would you consider blessing future CSB students? I would love to introduce you to one of them! We will have 10 new freshman scholarship students in 2011. You can sponsor a child for $600 a year ($50 a month) or give a one time gift and help fund Christ School's work in shaping the next generation of Ugandans! For more information visit http://www.whm.org/csb. OR just send me an email at chrissychip@gmail.com