Prayer and Restoration

God is doing some huge things at Ekisa, in Jinja, and in Uganda. These children have been taken out of the worst situations imaginable and brought into restoration through the power of Jesus Christ.

Please be praying for one of our sweet boys, Zak. Zak came to Ekisa about a little less than a year ago starved of food and love because of his disability. He was less than 30 pounds at the age of 10 when he arrived at Ekisa. Zak is now a very plump 11 year old full or more joy for life than I could ever muster. Unfortunately, his epilepsy has been flaring up the past couple weeks. About two weeks ago he got very sick and had a high fever followed by many seizures lasting a couple days. Thankfully, the fever broke and Zak was back to his goofy self. On Saturday, however, Zak had another seizure, and this time there was not a fever that accompanied it. The seizures continued throughout the night and into the morning and thankfully stopped, but we are all worried that his epilepsy medicine is not working on his precious body. Please be praying that Zak will receive his medicine well and that these horrible seizures would STOP and he would be freed from that worry and scare.

Zak before Ekisa


Zak Now :)





What an incredible God we serve. A God who gives us ALL a second chance. A God who freely gives out undeserved GRACE on his broken people and will wrap you in His arms no matter what you look like, what your past looks like, what your future may have in store. He longs for us to come to Him with EVERYTHING, because without giving Him everything we have, we are coming to Him on our own terms and hiding what we think is too big to fix. These precious children that I get to love on each day are teaching me so much more than I could ever teach them. These children have come out of utter brokenness, literally having nothing else to give. But the pure joy that they find in even the smallest things is such an example of the way each one of us should be living our lives. When we are rescued by the Father out of the sin of this world and RESTORED to the woman or man the Lord has created us to be, we should have nothing else but pure joy! I am thankful everyday that I serve a God of unconditional grace and mercy, for I alone am too messed up to accept anything less.

"May the God of hope fill you with all JOY and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in HOPE." Romans 15:13

"For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, s that you might follow in His steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in His mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to Him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls." 1 Peter 2:21-25

Prayer Requests:
-Health for all of our staff
-Safety and ease of nerves as Emily (the Ekisa director) leaves for America on Wednesday. She will be gone for a month and be working on fundraising all across the US.
-Zak and his seizures
-Zwena (one of the girls at Ekisa) who is recovering from malaria and battling with typhoid
-A potential new child may be coming to Ekisa! Please be praying that if it is the Lord's will, that His will alone would be done. She has cerebral palsy and epilepsy and would be such a great fit here.

Missing you all and praying for you daily!

-Care