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4300 W. Waco Dr., B2-314 Waco, Texas 76712

(254) 752 - 0583

  
Brint Patrick 
Executive Director
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Sarah Heimbach
Development Coordinator
   

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Please contact us to schedule the McCalls or RG staff to present the story of RG to your organization, church, business or other group.
A Life Touched

Four-year-old Danny* came to live at Restoration Gateway just a few months ago. Danny never knew his father or mother; his father was killed in a car accident a few months before Danny was born, and his mother died just a few days after his birth. Danny was then taken to live with his maternal grandmother. Last November RG's childcare department was alerted to Danny's living conditions, made a follow up, and then brought Danny to live at RG.

 

Danny is now part of a loving home at RG with a mom and 7 new brothers and sisters. Danny is in the nursery class at Restoration Gateway. He enjoys school, playing, and visiting with his friends.

 

Join us in thanking God for bringing Danny to Restoration Gateway. Please pray that as Danny grows, he'll realize God's love and will desire to fulfill God's plan for his life.

 

*Name changed for confidentiality.
Save the Date

    

The 2nd Annual Restoration Gateway Banquet will be held on November 20, 2014 at the Baylor Club at McLane Stadium.  Chip and Joanna Gaines of the HGTV hit series Fixer Upper will be hosting the event. Watch your mail for additional information regarding this event.  
 
Hospital Update

Substantial rains have slowed the work on the hospital as the heavy equipment that is working on the hydro-power plant and dam nearby has made the road almost impassable. The foundation and slab have been completed for the surgical suites of the hospital as well as the contract with the electrician for the wiring of the building. Footings have been completed and walls are beginning to go up for the surgical ward. This will be a very functional structure and a huge blessing to this region. A grater has been hired to work on the road but has been unable to make much progress because of the rains. The praise is that the rains have made the temperature delightful! Please pray for the $700,000 that is still needed to finish the hospital and make it one of the finest healthcare facilities in Uganda.

 


Orphans Needing Sponsorship  

  

At Restoration Gateway we have 18 children in need of sponsorships. Each child was created in God's image and has a wonderful story of restoration in their new home. They all have varied histories, but
they have one thing in common ----- they need your support and encouragement in their future. 

 

The sponsorship program at Restoration Gateway is different from other sponsorship programs which simply supplement a child's educational or nutritional needs. Sponsorship at RG includes:

  • A new home to live in, with a bed and belongings of their own
  • All meals
  • Clothing
  • Stipend for their house mom          
  • Salaries for their teachers
  • School books and supplies
  • Indoor and outdoor recreation areas, playgrounds and soccer fields
  • Medical care
Contact  Restoration Gateway  for more information on how you can make a difference in the life of a child.
 New Staff
 
Clark and Joyce Lasse have  been married for more than 31 years. They've raised four great kids and have now entered the grand-parenting stage of life. They've lived in the Fayetteville, Arkansas area for almost 35 years and have been serving in vocational ministry for more than 25 years.  Their ministry has included various roles in pastoral church leadership, international student ministry, and most recently in collegiate residential discipleship with Lightbearers Ministries Int'l. In February of 2013 God brought to culmination a several-month process in which He made it incrementally clear that He was calling them to serve in Uganda, specifically Restoration Gateway.  The Lasses anticipate being involved in several of RG's ministry focuses, including pastoral care for long term workers at RG and other parts of northern Uganda, the ongoing training of existing church leaders in the region, and helping to prepare the oldest of the RG children to be ready to leave the protection of RG as they approach adulthood.  Clark & Joyce plan to take up residence at Restoration Gateway by September 2014.

 

Chris and Jenni Cockerham and family arrived at Restoration Gateway on June 29th, 2014. Chris was formerly a campus pastor at Hope Community Church in Raleigh, North Carolina where he served for 5 years. Prior to this, Chris and Jenni served on Young Life staff in the Raleigh area for 10 years. Their hearts for the lost, orphaned, oppressed, and abandoned of this world have led them to Restoration Gateway. Chris will serve as the Spiritual Formations director. He looks forward to building teams as well as training the Ugandan staff so that they can best teach future Ugandan leaders in spiritual leadership and discipleship at Restoration Gateway. Chris and Jenni have three children: Kylee 10, Caleb 8, and Joshua 6.      

 

Development Coordinator (USA)

Sarah was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She graduated from Baylor University with a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies in 2003. Sarah married her college sweetheart, Jeremy, and began her career in Marketing, Development and Grant Writing until she became a full-time stay at home mom of their five children in 2010. She is excited to be a part of the Restoration Gateway team and looks forward to inviting people to join God in what He is doing in Uganda!

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Praise God:

  • For the rains that have blessed the crops and for the new spacious storehouse that is serving well to preserve the good harvest.
  • For the monies that were given for the children's clothes.  They are getting two school uniforms each this term, shoes, underwear, socks and sweaters.
  • For the volunteers that continue to come and stand in the gap with us. They have added so much to the work at RG from its inception!
     
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Please Pray:

  • For the saints (Ugandan and missionaries) to be unified in Spirit and Truth and found faithful in all to which God has called each of them.
  • That His transforming work would continue in all at RG and that they would accept His discipline with open minds and hearts.
  • For God to be glorified in all that is done at Restoration Gateway.
  • That children and other family members of long-term people at RG will continue to be protected and follow Christ wholeheartedly.