GREETINGS FROM ALEX AND MILLIE OJERA

Greetings from Bombo, Uganda. We are very excited to be back home from a very enjoyable and refreshing trip to your country. Our children would have loved to stay a little longer (if not for good).

God has been busy in BOMBO since our return home.  On Tuesday our youth, who are doing a week of prayer/evangelism, went out to share the Gospel and 57 people gave their lives to Christ. An elderly Muslim man came to the youth leader later and said; I have listened to the Gospel and I have loved it. I will not give my life to Christ NOW, but I would to contribute ten thousand shillings (about $5 US) in order for you to come and start a church in this community. Now $5 US in a community where many live on less than a dollar a day is not a small sacrifice. Not taking that lightly; by the grace of God we will be planting a church in that community soon. Please pray for us.

We would like to thank God for the incredible opportunity He gave us to meet all of you. We are so glad that you could make the time for us in your busy schedules; THANK YOU! We shared a glimpse of our ministries and community situations through our presentations. Please, pray for God to provide for Donela School and our different ministry needs. And pray that God may make a difference and glorify Himself through our Church, ministry, Align and a long relationship with you.

Our time out there in California will remain by far one of the most exciting experiences our family will ever have!! Within our month stay we went to the movies, surfed and camped a little at the beach, went to Disneyland, Sea World, and spent a weekend at a vacation house in La Quinta among other things. The kids got to eat as many french fries as they wanted which is a huge treat for them!! They got to ride bikes and scooters, jump on trampolines, play with all sorts of toys, and swim their hearts out!! These are things they hardly ever get to do – or don’t get to do at all when they are home in Uganda. Even better, everyone was so loving, so kind, so receptive. We felt like we were home away from home. When we returned home, it felt like we had woken up from a very wonderful dream.

Thank you to all who made our stay there so memorable and “out of this world!” As you Americans would say, “YOU ROCK!!Thank you and God bless, we love you.   Alex and Millie

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!

Our sincere thank you to all our family and friends who opened their homes and their hearts to the Ojera's and to Don and I.  Words truly cannot express our appreciation and gratitude.  Everyone has very busy lives and the fact that you took the time out of those busy lives to open your homes, traveled to hear a presentation of the ministry, help with presentation material (thank you DeBoskey’s) childcare, food, transportation, you did this and much, much more that we cannot even begin to write it all down.  THANK YOU: Bill and Joni Mims for opening your home, good food and great fellowship, it doesn’t get better than that; Mike and Jeanette Kyser we want to say a "huge" thank you for opening your beautiful desert home for some time of fun and relaxation for the Ojera's before returning home.  Carl and Kathy Scarpetti, wow what an amazing time, food and fellowship at your presentation. Brian and Stacey Meadows for the barbeque, swim party and presentation, it was wonderful! To all our neighbor 's we want to thank you for coming to our home and allowing the Ojera's to share all of what they are doing in Uganda. Grace Christian Schools for all your support and allowing the Ojera children to attend school all day. Thanks to Las Palmas Elementary School in San Juan Capistrano for being a champion for Donela School in Bombo. To  Mariners Church Mission Viejo thank you for opening your doors and hearts to the Ojera’s, they felt truly loved. To Bay Cities Community Church Lomita, WOW what an awesome expression of love, your BBQ was incredible and he music was, as always fantastic. You made them feel so at home and loved. Thanks to our kids Aaron and Michelle, Miriam and Jeff and Ryan and Christine who hosted and helped so much. We know we might be forgetting someone in this article but you know who you are and the Ojera's will not forget you but most of all, GOD knows who you are!!!! THANK YOU!

Sorry that we were not able to share everyone's photos with the Ojera Family.  There would just be too many for the Newsletter, we would have loved to...Don and Elaine

DONELA SCHOOL: Making a Difference for Here and Eternity

Donela is more than just a school; it is God's heartbeat. He is breathing His life into this school so that through it He can transform lives and communities. Our passion is for these kids (most of who are from disadvantaged, from traumatic, and poverty stricken backgrounds) to be an example to everyone else in their community so that God can use them to change their lives, families, and community. God chooses the weak things of the world to show His strength. We want them to say enough to corruption, enough to illiteracy, enough to poverty, enough to HIV/AIDS and other preventable diseases, enough to abuse and be a God fearing and God loving generation.  A generation that will change our community and Uganda forever.

PLEASE PRAY FOR DONELA SCHOOL AND THE CHILDREN! Please consider a financial gift to help us complete Donela School in Bombo.