Making a difference here and in eternity, one life at a time

STORIES OF PEOPLE ALIGN MINISTRIES IS SUPPORTING THROUGH BOMBO PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AND LIFE WITH HOPE.

Millie Ojera provided the following short summaries of families living in Bombo that are being supported through Align Ministries.  There are still many more families in need of help due to the health issues of HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, dysentery, poverty, lack of education, and a lack of clean water.

Where there is poverty, these diseases flourish. We can do so much with such a small amount of money, probably less than what you spend at Starbuck’s coffee each month we can feed, provide medications and school fees for a family of four each and every month.

Merab

Merab is the widow to the late and founding pastor of Bombo Pentecostal Church. She is a strong pillar of leadership and service in the church, currently heading the fellowship department of the church. She is very much in love with God and zealous for his work

Merab lost her husband and only child (a six-year-old daughter) to HIV/AIDS. Watching her daughter develop AIDS and painfully pass away in front of her heartbroken mother is one of the hardest experiences we’ve been through.

 In 2007, Merab fell extremely sick very suddenly. If it wasn’t for her faith in God and His miraculous healing power, we would not have Merab in our midst today. To say her healing is a miracle is an understatement. It is a supernatural miracle!! She was as good as gone.

Merab’s story is a testimony of how Life With Hope has helped to break stigma. Through the constant encouragement from Life With Hope and our guest speakers and counselors, Merab has now opened up. She wants to be a part of Life With Hope and is advocating for the fellowship aspect of Life With Hope to be fully developed. Some others that were quiet about their status are now willing to join the ministry wholeheartedly. Slowly by slowly, stigma will be dealt with.

Merab has recently remarried and is starting a new life.

Milly Nabachwa

When Life With Hope took on Milly Nabachwa, she was extremely sick from HIV and had leaky sores all over her body, too weak to work for a living, with three children to look after, and worry and frustration written all over her face.

 

Thanks to Align Ministries, Milly is now feeling well, has received medication that has cleared her skin condition, and is actually looking really good.  Align Ministries has enabled us to give her food rations every month, receive monthly milk deliveries, pay school fees for her three children, pay rent, and start a food-selling business in a market stall.  She also sells avocados and charcoal stoves.  All this Milly could not previously do due to her being to sick and too weak.

In 2008 Milly’s health deteriorated so badly, that she lost her mind.  She behaved dangerously, throwing stones at people, being abusive, and throwing her own young children out of the house.  With the help of Align Ministries, Milly was taken to a mental hospital where she was well taken care of until she recovered.

Milly is a vibrant lady now and so are her children.  She is slowly withdrawing from our support and starting to take care of herself and her family.  Her children will not have to fear losing their mother to her illness. They will not be placed in an orphanage but will have their mother raise them till they are old enough to take care of themselves.  They are all full of life, hope, and the love of Jesus. 

All of the credit went to the local church; Align Ministries was never mentioned to Milly or anyone in the community. The local church remains the beacon of hope, as a result Milly accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.

Milly is one of thousands of woman suffering with the HIV/AIDS virus in Africa.  Her story could be duplicated over and over again. Please help us to empower the church and people to move forward and be productive members in their communities.

Deborah Kirrunda

 Deborah is a little Albino girl here in Bombo.  She suffers from a skin condition that can be very uncomfortable when exposed to sunshine; her skin is very delicate and sensitive.   She also has a vision problem.  With Align Ministries help we were able to facilitate transportation and consultation fees for her to travel to Kampala and have her eyes

checked.  It is now confirmed that she needs special glasses and we are saving money from support given to ensure we can purchase glasses. We also bought her a little umbrella for the sunshine, and sun screen lotions along with other lotions for her skin.  We also pay her school fees. She used to be very shy and quiet, hanging onto her aunt Deborah who is raising her. She is full of life, plays around, and loves Pastor Alex very much. 

Aunt Deborah raises little Deborah and she is HIV positive and used to worry a lot about her health and what would happen to little Deborah if she died.  When we met her for the first time, she had swollen legs, feet and stomach.  This gave her considerable pain. She was not a church attendee but just lived in the area.  We started supporting them with soap, medication, food items, mosquito nets and other necessities. God is so good and He is showing His goodness through you all.

Annet Nassanga

Annet lives in a dilapidated one-roomed house made of iron sheets.  Her home is the remains of what used to be a coffee factory, a few miles from Bombo Pentecostal Church.  She takes care of four children single handed. 

Annet came to church when she heard of the church holding an adult literacy class.  She also heard of Life With Hope and was interested in being a part.  Annet is a small bodied woman with the HIV/AIDS virus that makes her even looks tinier and weaker.  She however loves God with a passion and has since improved her health, hope and vibrancy.  She testified in front of a Life With Hope fellowship of how she found hope in Christ and she encouraged every infected person to be diligent in taking their ARVs and medication.  She also had a chest infection that caused her to sometimes cough up blood.

Thanks to Align Ministries we are able to support Annet.  She receives food ratios, eggs, milk, medication, and fees for her children’s schooling.  We also helped Annet start up a mat-making business to earn some income.  She says this is doing very well.  She also benefited from the literacy class and has learned to read, write, and speak English.  She has re-gained her strength and no longer has a cough or chest infection.  She loves God and worships Him with a passion during our church services.  If her mat-making venture picks up, Annet should be able to earn some income to sustain her and her family with time. Thank you for giving Annet a second chance.

Yassin Abdul

Yassin Abdul is from a Muslim background and is abandoned by his family for accepting Christ as his Savior.  Becoming a Christian has come at a great personal cost, his family and even a death threat by his father.

Align Ministries decided to support Yassin.  We helped him move into his own house in a village called Nakatonya.  Yassin is the second converted Muslim from Bombo Pentecostal Church to move into this dominated Moslem community.  Slowly but surely and carefully, in the power and might of the Lord, the church hopes to take that area from Islam to Christ.  Align helped the church buy Yassin everything he needed to move into his home. Yassin has taken on the responsibility and privilege of being the Pastor of one of the church plants that is located in Luwero.  He is also attending seminary after receiving a scholarship for college.  He continues to minister to the Muslim community where he lives, please pray for him.

Jennifer Napima

Jennifer was abandoned by her daughter in law because she is HIV positive.  She lives at the house of her absentee son (who is never home) in the military barracks.  Jennifer takes care of her son Ivan who is also HIV positive, about 12 years old and two other younger children.

With a son that is not responsible enough to take care of her and a daughter in law that mistreats her, and the HIV virus weakening her every day, Jennifer felt neglected and abandoned with no source of income to help her.  We started to support Jennifer with food, medication, soap and school fees for Ivan.  Jennifer brightened up tremendously, regained her energy and began to farm her own little garden at the church.  Her son Ivan too brightened up, saying his friends at school no longer laugh at him for being too weak and lifeless.  Jennifer has gone on to get a job as a cleaner and now earns a little money.

Jennifer now helps in cleaning around the church and cooking food when necessary.  We are working with her to see if she can start something small that she can earn some more income to help her be self sustaining. Thank you for giving Jennifer a second chance on life.

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Robina Nanyonga

 We met Robina shortly after she was discharged from the hospital; she almost died from the HIV/AIDS virus. Robina was very weak and tired upon returning from the hospital.  She takes care of three children one of whom one is a little toddler.  These children dig around the homestead to get food; Robina was too weak to work and had to rely on her children.

We now support her with food, medication, school fees for her children and mosquito nets.  She has gained strength and is ready to do something to help her support herself.  She has handed in a proposal for a food-selling venture, which we intend to help her start soon.  She is stronger, more vibrant, and very glad that her children can go to school. 

Zubeda

Zubeda is an elderly Nubian lady who has suffered sickness for years now with the HIV/AIDS virus.  She lives in Bombo at a place called Nakatunya.  This is a Muslim Nubian dominated area.  She lives with her daughter and her grandchildren.

Our evangelism team went over to visit her and presented her with the saving Gospel of Jesus Christ.  She accepted Christ and secretly asked that her family be prayed for to make the same decision she made.

Zubeda says she has tried everything under the sun to try and relieve her from the pain she experiences from her sickness.  The pain penetrates her body, especially her head.  After being prayed for by two brethren from Bombo Pentecostal Church, she said she slept better than she’d ever done in a long time. She even came to church on Sunday.

The step Zubeda has taken is a risky one.  Her relatives and community in which she lives are devout Nubian Moslems who can be violent and aggressive towards her conversion from Islam.  We need to continuously pray for her. 

We are so sorry to say but Zubeda has left us to be with the Lord.  Her grandchildren are still being supported for through Align Ministries.

Jackie Nakabuggo

Jackie is a fifty year old woman who lives in one of Bombo’s villages called, Bajjo, quite a distance from the church.  Jackie used to attend Bombo Pentecostal Church regularly until her HIV/AIDS got the better of her and making her too weak to attend anymore.  She lives with her husband Peter and twelve year old son Hussein, who is currently not going to school so that he can look after his mother.  Jackie’s symptoms have manifested and she has developed a bad rash around her waist and on her legs.  It is amazing how jolly and lively she is in spite of her condition.  She is full of the love and joy of Jesus.  Poverty is very evident.  Align Ministries starting supporting Jackie and her family until she died in February 2008.  We continue to support the father and Hussein, working with Bombo Pentecostal Church to make them self sustaining.

 

 

PETER BUKOME

Peter Bukome is the widower of Jackie Nakabugo.   She left in his custody 12 year old Mukiibi Dennis.  Since Jackie died, Align Ministries has been offering support to Peter and Mukiibi.

Peter Bukome was very much against the church while Jackie was alive.  He would hear nothing of salvation.  However, when Jackie died, he was moved by the support from Align Ministries through Life With Hope,  he was never aware of Align Ministries, just that the Church had love him. The Bible says, “It’s your kindness that will lead us to repentance.”  That is what happened.  Peter is now born again, in love with God, and he never misses a single Sunday at Bombo Pentecostal Church.

Peter is a very productive man.  Although he is HIV positive, he is strong and loves to work.  He has pigs and goats that he rears.  He also grows pumpkins and passion fruits. 

 

 

Bidock,  Kevin and their children

Wilfred Bidock, who we have nick named “Bulldog”, because of the way he shares Christ, is a very active member of Bombo Pentecostal Church who loves and serves God with a passion.  He is involved with the Evangelism department, with a heart to win souls for Christ.  He is also now leading Life With Hope ministry, doing all the ground work and coordinating the various groups & clients.  Kevin is equally dedicated to God.  She is a group leader in Life With Hope, and she also sings in the church choir. 

Bidock is a soldier, and his wife Kevin works in the administration of the military hospital.  However, both of them are out of work currently.  Bidock was suspended from work and put off the pay roll indefinitely in July 2003 due to his HIV status.   Kevin therefore became the major bread winner of the home using her meager salary.  However, in October last year, her contract expired and its renewal has lagged on until today.  She still reports for work in the hope that her contract will be renewed and her name restored onto the pay-roll.  The family is now surviving “by faith”.

Bidock is HIV+, and has a passion for all who share his status.  He openly declares this to people by giving his testimony in public, and to the “clients” (HIV+ patients that we visit) in a bid to encourage them to have hope.  Recently, the doctors informed Bidock that his CD4 count has dropped significantly.  He has been placed on a special diet and has been told not to worry.

Bidock’s worry is not his sickness.  It is his family that he is unable to support financially.  He and Kevin look after 12 children altogether, 8 of who are their biological children, while 4 are dependants.  Two of the dependants are his late brother’s children, and the other two are his late father’s children.

Kevin, Bidocks wife has been very ill from HIV/AIDS.  Life With Hope has been making sure that she get medication and a proper diet.  She has improved greatly and is smiling once again. 

Bidock has also been sponsored for a training course in counseling that takes one year to complete.  He is very excited about this and so are we.

Joan

 Joan came to attend the prayer meeting under the conviction of the Holy Spirit. She had just been to see a witchdoctor in an attempt to solve her problem.

When she returned home with medicine from the witchdoctor, she felt like she could not use it. Instead she felt compelled to come to church where we hosted one of the 15 house prayer meetings, only to find a prayer meeting in progress. Upon joining the small group she was requested to lead in a few songs of worship which she did quite well (Joan has a degree in Music dance and drama).  After the prayer meeting, Joan confessed that she was not born again and she wanted to receive Christ.

Joan’s testimony is just amazing and we are overwhelmed by God’s grace to save and to heal. I believe that confession has such a power to transform that is beyond our imagination. It is about accepting to die to self and walking into the bright light not caring what will happen to you. Walking in the dark is living in Satan’s domain and it is where he wants us, but the moment you give up hypocrisy, pretence, false image, he looses. However, dealing with cases of witchcraft many times is more than just confession and repentance because it has to do with covenants through sacrifices of birds, animals and sometimes human beings let alone verbal confessions and rituals that bind souls to Satan’s influence.

Harriet Sanyu

Harriet Sanyu lives in a two roomed house with her four children.  Her husband died in a car accident in the year 2000.  Sanyu was doing well looking after her four children until HIV/AIDS started taking a toll on her.  To earn a living, she makes bricks, sells food from her garden, and makes floor mats.  However, she is now too weak to do these things. Align Ministries is supporting Harriet and her children to provide food, medication and school fees along with Bombo Pentecostal Church in assisting her to become self sustaining once again.

Cathy Namusobya

Cathy Namusobya is a jolly looking, single, 38 year old lady looking after three children.  She was originally a Seventh Day Adventist but recently committed her life to Jesus Christ during a visit by Life With Hope.  She has three children; one is a months old baby named Johason, a two 2 year-old, and a secondary school going son. 

Although Cathy is HIV+ and on ARVs, she says her children, including her months old baby are not infected.  She has been careful not to breast feed her baby so as to avoid the virus spreading to him.

To survive, Cathy washes clothes, digs, and does other such odd jobs whenever they are available.  Her basic needs are still not being met with her meager income.  She still does not have enough to provide clothes for her children, rent ($3.00 USD a month), and soap.  She requested us to pray for her.

Cathy with the help of Align Ministries and Life With Hope support has set up a little shop where she sells cassava, bananas, and tomatoes. Her goal is to build a better structure as her business grows.

Annette Bakanasa and son Brian Kiggundu & Mama Angel and Daughter Angel a blended family

Daughter Angel,  Mama Angel & Brian Kiggundu

Annette Bakanasa and son Brian Kiggundu

We started to support Brian Kiggundu when his mother, Annette, died from  HIV/AIDS. They lived in a little mud house near the church.  A few months after we developed a relationship with Annet, she passed away.  She was very sick by the time she died – swollen legs, skin rash, and unable to walk.  Brian could not go to school, church, or play like his age mates because he had to care for his mother.

When Brian lost his mother, we with the help of Align ministries, were able to make a financial contribution to the funeral arrangements.  Brian later went to live with his aunt in Kampala, a place called Nansana a few miles outside the city centre.  I followed him up and met his aunt, a one Nansubuga commonly referred to as mama angel.

We developed a relationship with Mama Angel.  I shared with her the Gospel and she accepted Christ as her savior.   She lives in a one-roomed house with her daughter Angel, and now also with her nephew Brian.  Mama Angel has no job.  She used to sell clothes for a living but her boss that used to provide the clothes stopped doing that business, leaving her jobless.  Angel was able to keep going to school as a result of kind donations from a nearby pastor’s wife who unfortunately passed away a few months ago.  Daughter Angel and Brian are being supported by Align Ministries with school fees and are doing very well. 

Christine Ayena 

  

Christine Ayena died from HIV/AIDS in November 2007.  We first met Christine in September 2007; we saw her lying on the grass under a tree outside Bombo Pentecostal Church with her three children.  Christine was too weak to stand and so Elaine knelt down beside her.  She was so sick, worn out, hungry and desperate.  We asked Christine to tell her story.  She explained how her husband, on realizing that she was HIV positive, which he no doubt brought home to her, threw her and the children out of his house in Soroti.  It is so very sad that the husband is the one that most likely infected her with the virus.  With hardly any money and nowhere to go, Christine came to Bombo where her parents live.  Her parents had nothing much to offer her, except a very small mud house that they were willing at the time to share with her and her children. 

Align Ministries provided support through Life With Hope for Christine and her children. Assisted in renting a house for them to live in, providing  family food and clothes, and ensured that Christine and her children received the needed medical treatment and medications.  Bombo Pentecostal Church made the invisible God visible.  By the time we took Christine for a blood count, the results showed her CD4 count was way below average.  She passed away later in November 2007 leaving behind her three children.  LWH moved the children back to their grandparents near to the church.  Life With Hope, through Align Ministries pays tuition for the children’s schooling.  Little Christine will be one of the first new students to attend the new Primary School. They are being nourished spiritually, emotionally and physically through Life With Hope.

Dinah Agwang, McClean and an orphaned children in her care

McClean

Dinah Agwang is 28 years old, but she doesn't know for sure when she was born.  Dinah is a single mother, looking after three children:  One of the three is her 6-year-old biological child McClean.  Apart from McClean, Dinah looks after two nieces she took on from her sisters who passed away.  One is about 15 years old while the other is about 12 years old.

 Dinah is HIV+ although her CD4 count has not yet reduced to the point where she needs to start ARV treatment.  Her child McClean however, is HIV+ and is very sickly indeed.  She requires regular visits to the hospital and regular medication.  Besides hospital visits and medication being too costly for Dinah to sustain, the doctors say McClean needs to be eating better than she does currently.

Dinah was struggling financially. Through Align Ministries and Life With Hope Dinah has started a used clothing and linen business.  It is doing very well and she is also receiving support for the children’s school fees.  McClean’s health has really improved and the entire family is doing much better.

Juma

We met Juma while the team in 2008 was walking through the village.  We were with the Bombo Pentecostal Church youth and evangelism team sharing the hope in Christ as well as handing out clothing, toiletries, toys and mosquito nets.  This girl came crawling out of the bush on her hands and knees.  Her mother asked her to stand and greet us, with help she was able to get on her feet.  She was a delightful girl and greeted us warmly.  It broke our hearts how she was so happy to see us even to the point of crawling through rocks, gravel and dirt to see us.  We went back and bought crutches for her and returned the next day to give them to her, she is amazing!

 Sarah

 

While walking with a team in 2008 though the village behind the church, we met Sarah.  She lives with her grandmother in a very small, one room hut.  We were invited in by the grandmother only to find to our horror that Sarah was chained to her bed with about a 2 foot chain.  Her grandmother tearfully shared with us that it was out of necessity because Sarah has a mental disorder and if she frees her she will run away into the bush.  She fears that she will get lost, hurt or kidnapped by a witch doctor.  The team decided along with the church to build her a new home, one that she had room to run freely but that was fenced in for her safety.  Grandma is very pleased about the new house. Sarah and her grandmother now are in their new home and we are giving God all the praise!

 Mama Hafna’s orphaned grandchildren

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Hafsa Juma is a sickly grandmother that is taking care of 5 grand children who lost both their parents to HIV/AIDS. At the time of the visit, Hafsa was too sick to even come out and meet us.  She would not let us even see her, saying she was in no condition to be visited or seen.  The family members are very devout Muslims who do not even let us pray with them.  They give us the impression that they need our help, but will not be “bought” into Christianity by any kind of support.  However, the family is in dire need of medication, clothing, school fees, scholastic materials, soap, and other basics for daily living.  They also need regular love to be shown to them and especially the children, which love will slowly penetrate into their resistant hearts.

Mama Helen Asio and children

Helen isn’t sure of her age, but she thinks she’s about 29 years old.  She is married, and had 10 children, but 8 of them died of HIV/AIDS complications, leaving her with only two.  She now looks after four children; her own two along with a nephew and niece. 

HIV is making Helen’s life difficult.  She suffers from persistent cough, flu and joint pains.  She’s also getting paralyzed in her right leg and both her legs hurt a lot.  She says a lot of what she’s going through is because the ARVs require good feeding which she cannot afford. 

Her major needs are food and school fees for her children.  She wishes to start a small business enterprise to keep her going, but needs her husband’s consent first.  He is a violent man that abuses her physically and verbally.  In her own words; “He is very very tough, always abusing and often beating me.  He is also a drunkard, but I’m better off when he is completely drunk, because he becomes less tough.”

Align Ministries are now supporting Helen and her family.

Mama Daphin

Mama Daphin is a soldier’s wife.  She is HIV positive.  She is an usher and cleaner at the church.  Mama Daphin has two children; Daphin who’s about 7 hears and baby Joshua who is slightly over a year. 

Her husband was suspended from the army with no pay due to indiscipline.  He drinks and does not look after his family.

Mama Daphin strives to meet the family’s needs by digging in a garden assigned to her at the church.  The food she cultivates is what the family survives on.  A time came when Daphin was unable to go to school for a lack of school fees.  Baby Joshua is a tiny baby, much too tiny for his age.  He shows all signs of being infected by the HIV/AIDS virus as well.  Mama Daphin herself looks emaciated yet she has no option but to breast feed tiny Joshua, which increases the chances of the virus affecting him.

With Align Ministries support Mama Daphin now gets nutritional food, medication, milk deliveries, a mosquito net and baby food on a monthly basis.  We are working with Mama Daphine to help her start up a market stall to sustain herself and her family.  We trust that with this help, Mama Daphin will become self-sustaining and live victoriously. Thank you for your regular support.

Mama Daphine and her two children

 

Moses Mukasa

Moses Mukasa lost his wife to HIV/AIDS almost two years ago.  He is a teacher, with three children.  His children are 8 year old twins, and the last born is almost two.  Moses' wife died shortly after the last born was born.

 

Moses is on ARV's but his health is very fragile. His children are extremely attached to him after watching their mother get rushed to hospital, and never return, this was very traumatic for them.  The children have seen their father rushed to hospital in a similar manner several times.  Moses worries about what will happen to his children when he's gone.  His digestive system does not function well, so he needs to be near a bathroom all the time.  He has very few friends, and soaks himself in his job to forget his worries and the memories of his wife.  LWH has encouraged him a lot.  He cannot come to church because of his "bathroom" problem.  His major needs are easy access to fruits which are highly recommended by doctors, and also school fees for his children.  His job does not earn him enough to educate his children in good enough schools.

 LWH recently visited Moses.  He got some bad news from the doctor.  He has duodal cancer (cancer in his duodenum), and would need an operation.  The operation would mean that he would have to "do bathroom" through a tube.  This would mean he can't really be in public as often as he'd like, coz whenever he'd need to ease himself, he'd have to do so through a tube.  He has opted against the operation and is praying for a miracle.  We intend to visit often and hold prayer meetings at his home, given that he can't come to church whenever he'd like to. 

Not after receiving this story from Millie, Moses died.  Leaving his 3 children parentless and now are being supported through Align Ministries.

Halima

Halima first made contact with Bombo Pentecostal Church when one of the teams visited (the second team)  Her home was one of those that was visited when the team was going hut to hut giving out clothes, nets, shoes etc.  It was then that she gave her life to Christ.  Before that Halima was a muslim, and she earned a living by selling the local brew (alcohol).  When she gave her life to Christ however, she realized that her local alcohol enterprise was not God-glorifying.  She gave it up, not knowing how to make a living thereafter.  Halima is HIV positive.  So is her 6 year old daughter Joan.  Life With Hope is sponsoring Joan at Donela School.  LWH pays all of Joan's tuition fees and school requirements every term.

Halima is a very productive lady.  We asked her what else she could do for a living.  Her response was that she could sell tiny fish which is very marketable in Bombo.  We gave her some capital to buy the first few sacks.  This she did, and her fish business is doing pretty well.  Given her level of productiveness, we recommend Halima for monthly support, to help her grow her business, and educate her sick daugther Joan. 

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Mzee Mubiru

Our youth evangelistic team took part in what we've called "Shelter for the Disadvantaged".  They built a house for a poor, poor person in one of the Bombo villages.  They got the idea from when Align Ministries built Sarah a house.

The house the youth worked on is for an elderly man referred to as Mzee Mubiru.  He lives in a Bombo village called Bajo.  He is a Muslim with no wife or children.  He is crippled.  He moves around by pulling himself on his but.  He is infested with jiggers and leprosy.  He begs for food, cooks for himself. Align Ministries will sponsor Mzee in July 2009.

 

Sahada

One Sunday morning, Sahada attended church.  After the sermon, people who wanted prayer were asked to go to the front.  It was not prayer for salvation, just prayer for other things.  Pastor Joseph prayed for Sahada.  After the prayer, she asked him whether that prayer meant that she had given her life to Christ.  "No" pastor Joseph replied.  But do you want to give your life to Christ?  Do you want to be saved? "Yes" she replied.  That's why I walked up here in the first place."  She was prayed for, and ever since, she is a vibrant Christian - helping us out with Sunday school, and singing in the choir.  Her only fear was how to break the news to her Muslim relatives.  She has however realized that by now, they will have heard about her decision one way or the other.  She is happy, blessed, and serving God.

The other Muslim we can talk about is Joan's mother Halima.  Halima was a Muslim who made a living by selling local brew.  She decided to give her life to Christ after one of the Align Ministries teams visited her home during visits to the villages.  From that day she attended church every Sunday without fail.  It is only later that I found out she and her beautiful daughter Joan are HIV positive.  LWH rallied behind her because she had no way to earn a living.  She had given up selling local brew because she knew selling alcohol is not a God glorifying business to be in.  We boosted her with some capital which she used