The True Spirit of Christmas  

December 2011  
 

Don't Miss the
3rd Annual
Christmas Beyond Borders Craft Extravaganza

Friday, December 9th

Noon - 7 pm

 

Saturday, December 10th

9am-5pm

 

First United Methodist Church

200 N. 15th Ave.

Pocatello

In This Issue
A Special Christmas Opportunity
How You can Help
Hands4Uganda Mission
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Greetings and Happy Holidays!

 

Christmas is quickly approaching, and we would like to share two wonderful opportunities for you to join us in loving differently this holiday season.

 

For the last couple of years the friends and sponsors of H4U have made it possible for us to provide a special Christmas blessing for the children attending Rock of Ages School and their families by giving the gift of extra food during the holiday season.  

 

Many of these families live day to day with food being their largest expense. This year the drought effecting East Africa has caused food prices to soar, creating even greater hardships for these families already living in extreme poverty.

 

Therefore, we are asking for your help in spreading a little joy this Christmas by making a donation to the H4U Christmas Food Fund to help purchase extra food for these precious children and their families.   Please visit the Hands4Uganda website and make a donation to the Christmas Food Fund today!

 

Additionally, we have set up a Child Christmas Gift Fund.  If you are currently a sponsor, please prayerfully consider remembering your child in this season of hope and love by making a special donation specific to your sponsored child.

 

Just visit the Hands4Uganda website and enter the name of your child and tell us how you want the money to be used (for your child or the family of the child, or both) and Santa's elves (Bettie and Abdu) will take your sponsored child to the local market where he or she will be able to choose a Christmas gift specifically from you.  How wonderful for these children to know that their sponsors are sending their love from all the way around the globe!

 

If you are not currently sponsoring a child but would like to help ensure each child at Rock of Ages receives a Christmas gift, you can also donate to the Child Christmas Gift Fund.  Simply, designate the gift for an unsponsored child.


Thank you in advance for "loving differently..." and  sharing the true spirit of Christmas with children in need. We hope you have a blessed and joyful Christmas!

 

Syd Hair  

Hands4Uganda Sponsorship Coordinator 

 

 

 
Meet Patricia,
A Very Special Christmas Eve Child!
 
Patricia will be nine years old on Christmas Eve! She has three siblings and likes to play jump rope.  Patricia wants to be a nurse when she grows up.  What a special time to sponsor Patricia!!  Visit the Sponsor a Child page on the Hands4Uganda web page to learn more.
How Can You Help?

Hands4Uganda's success is dependent on people like you.  No matter your skills, financial well being, or theological knowledge, God can use you to move mountains and change lives forever.

   

The New Year is a great time to consider the opportunities available to individuals of all ages to "love differently..." by helping out at a Hands4Uganda fund raising events, hosting a promotional event at your church, traveling to Africa on a mission trip, praying for the ministry, sponsoring a child or helping promote child sponsorship. 

 

How will you make a difference in our world?  

 

Visit Hands4Uganda website or email info@hands4Uganda.org  for more ideas or information.

Child Sponsorship Update


We have over 120 students enrolled at Rock of Ages and approximately 60 of those students are still awaiting sponsorship.  The need is so great that we are now having to turn kids away as we stretch dollars to meet the needs. The ultimate goal of H4U is to build a new school for ROA. However, this goal will not be attainable until all the children are sponsored. 

 

Visit the Sponsor a Child page on the Hands4Uganda website and consider sponsoring one of these beautiful children today!  

 

 

 

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The mission of Hands4Uganda is to make a positive difference in the lives of the children and youth of Uganda, primarily through a faith-based education, and to assist them in achieving their highest potential as they grow to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults, by providing compassion, love, economic, and spiritual support.