http://www.alignministries.org/index.php en info@alignministries.org Copyright 2012 2012-02-01T09:51:08+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/bombo_church_youth_help_paint_donela/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/bombo_church_youth_help_paint_donela/#When:08:51:08Z   The young people at Bombo Pentecostal Church demonstrated a unique spirit when they gladly volunteered to help paint and work on Donela school.  The building materials needed to be shifted to keep the Donela children from harm when they reported back for a fresh school term.  The classes being completed on the top floor needed to be mopped and arranged.  The huge heavy cabinets that had been stored away in a lockable classroom for safety needed to be carried into the various classrooms, the school building needed to be painted……  There was work to be done.  Regardless of their own need to prepare for school, the youth worked sacrificially and relentlessly.  They worked for three full days under the scorching sunshine, while covering their eyes from the rising dust that viciously attacked them whenever a dry wind would blow.  Somehow, they were able to do rehearsals for youth Sunday amidst all of this work!  What Uganda needs is such selfless spirits that are eager to see a transformed community.  To Align friends and partners - know that you are not alone.  You are partnering with and providing hope to a people whose hearts are sold out to see God’s Kingdom come and His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.  Let us continue working together to see Donela transform a life, a community, and a nation.  God bless you.   2012-02-01T08:51:08+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/stories_of_life_with_hope_in_kakooge_uganda/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/stories_of_life_with_hope_in_kakooge_uganda/#When:17:32:49Z As told by Pastor Patrick Kabugo, Kakooge Pentecostal Church  There is nothing that brings greater joy, satisfaction than seeing people’s lives being transformed, participating with the creator of mankind to bring a difference in people’s lives. People, organizations, ministries have names which never measure up to their meaning but Life With Hope which is an arm of the church to reach out to the rejects, discriminated of society, those suffering directly or indirectly from this deadly disease HIV/AIDS has measured up to it’s name. It hard to imagine that a person living with HIV AIDS can have a life of hope again. Many people that the church has brought on board through Life With Hope had lost hope. To them to live was of no value, excessive drinking was the resort and many had even tried committing suicide. LAWRENCE KIGAYAZA now nicknamed LAZARUS had not discovered he had HIV/AIDS until he started falling sick frequently. To him some body was bewitching him. By the time we found him, Lawrence’s body had begun rotting. I had never seen maggots coming out of a living person but this was the condition of poor Lawrence. Nobody could go near his unipot, a small round single room steel structure he called home. A swarm of blue flies became his companions. In his time of greatest need all of his “friends” left him because of the ugliness and stench of his rotting body. That was Lawrence’s state by the time the church found him. Pastor Agnes Kabugo encouraged him saying, “Lawrence, there is still hope for you.” “I am tired of those mocking words”, you could sense his heart say that. Lawrence is beyond recovery one doctor told us, he actually has cancer that is why his leg is rotting. The only solution is amputating the leg first to avoid the cancer from spreading to other parts of the body. “I rather die with my leg”, Lawrence said.  We took Lawrence to the hospital, put him on special diet prepared by the church members. (Note: hospitals in Uganda do not provide meals for the patients; that is the responsibility of family and friends.) He is now on treatment. You need to see Lawrence now. He is back to a normal life. That is why we nicknamed him Lazarus - recalling the Lazarus whom Jesus called out of the grave he was already rotting (John 11:38-44). Thanks be to God who has enabled the church through the Align Ministries that people like Lawrence can have Life With Hope again MARGRET NAKIBUUKA The first days we met her, you could see the sorrow and misery in her face. Margret would greet us with tears. She would look at her 4-children and burst into tears. Margret would ask, “With whom will I leave my children when I die?” The father of the children deserted the family to stay with another woman a common practice for men here. By the time the church became aware of Margret’s condition she had a swollen stomach, you could think she was an expectant mother and she became bed ridden. The church took her for medical check up and it was discovered she had HIV/AIDS and T.B. She is now on treatment. It is amazing to see the changes in her life now. When you talk to her now smiles fill her face, she now looks younger and healthy. Margaret has come to know that Christ as a friend that sticks closer in times of sorrow and is a committed member of the church.   2011-12-28T17:32:49+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/how_are_you_different/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/how_are_you_different/#When:16:46:14Z What impact for God's Kingdom are you making? It doesn't have to be big, as a matter of fact those little things, opportunities we overlook or pass by everyday can mean the difference to someone else. Is someone in Heaven because of you? 2011-12-15T16:46:14+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/are_you_different/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/are_you_different/#When:16:08:46Z Just a thought -  If it were illegal to be a Christian in the United States: Would there be enough evidence to convict you?? 2011-11-28T16:08:46+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/donela_school_kids_sing/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/donela_school_kids_sing/#When:04:03:32Z If you want a treat check out our MEDIA page and watch the kids sing the Donela School Anthem. http://www.alignministries.org/photosandvideo 2011-11-04T04:03:32+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/mariners_church_-_spread_the_love/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/mariners_church_-_spread_the_love/#When:03:49:13Z Check out Mariners Church http://www.gospreadthelove.com/index.php/stories-of-loveUganda Spreading The Love 2011-11-04T03:49:13+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/we_have_moved/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/we_have_moved/#When:21:27:12Z PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER Align Ministries and Don & Elaine Herr have moved. Our NEW address and phone number: 26 Blakeley, Irvine, CA 92620 Phone: 1-949-825-7788 2011-11-02T21:27:12+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/bridge_of_hope/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/bridge_of_hope/#When:03:54:53Z  BRIDGE OF HOPE MINISTRY Bridge Of Hope is a ministry created to empower a disadvantaged life with hope for a future through education.  It was conceived in the hearts of young church members, who through Align Ministries efforts are able to access scholarships to study in various institutions of higher learning.   This privilege was opened to them when there was no hope to proceed with an education, and consequently no hope for a worthwhile future.  They decided that they must pass the blessing they received on to others.  In order to do this, the young church members are contributing a minimum of a dollar per month and saving it until it amounts to what can send someone to school.  The fire has now caught the entire congregation – young and adult alike.  Our mission churches in Wobulenzi, Kakooge, and Luweero are also making monthly contributions.  All of the church projects (Life Shop, Donela school, and eventually poultry project)  are contributing from profits made.   We now have 75 people who contribute monthly.  Within less than two months we have collected a total of 600,000/= (300 dollars), and interest is still growing.  In 4 months i.e. by the end of December according to the pledges we expect about 2,000,000/= ( Close to US$ 1,000) The young Bridge of Hope members that received scholarships are indeed excited to make a difference.  Already they offer revision, teaching, and coaching opportunities to High School students to better their academic performance. Bridge of Hope:  “JOINING HANDS TO GIVE HOPE THROUGH EDUCATION.”   2011-11-02T03:54:53+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/missionary_work/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/missionary_work/#When:14:12:36Z In missionary work the great danger is that God's call will be replaced by the needs of the people to the point that human sympathy for those needs will absolutely overwhelm the meaning of being sent by Jesus. The needs are so enormous and the conditions so difficult, that every power of the mind falters and fails. We tend to forget that the one great reason underneath all missionary work is not primarily the elevation of the people, their education, not their needs, but is first and foremost the command of Jesus Christ--"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations...."Matthew 28:19 Oswald Chambers 2011-10-26T14:12:36+00:00 http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/spread_the_love/ http://www.alignministries.org/index.php/site/spread_the_love/#When:15:02:36Z At Bombo Pentecostal Church we’re seeking to Spread The Love by transforming lives. Life With Hope: Is a ministry that reaches out to people infected and grossly affected by HIV/AIDS.  Church members, many of who are themselves infected and very poor, reach out to others that are like them or worse off than them to give them hope.  These members collect food items, soap, and other basics then go visit, pray with, and encourage the sick/dying, who after being restored to better health join Life With Hope and do the same for others that were like them before they received the help/hope. Life With Hope is the functioning program in Uganda that sponsors widows, orphans and families who are too sick to work and care for their children. Align Ministries is the arm in the United States that sponsors these widow, orpahans and families in Life With Hope. It is our desire that the families who receive support from Align Ministries do NOT look to a group or an individual from America as those that are sending financial support. WE desire that they look to the local church to help provide for their needs, who can pray with them and help counsel them to move from a point of dependence to sustainability. They need to look to the local church to help them in a person relationship with Jesus Christ that will make a difference not only here but for eternity. Please pray for Life With hope and consider supporting a family.   Donela School: Gives opportunity to the disadvantaged poor who would never have found hope for a worthwhile future.  They get a chance to go to a good quality school that is affordable.  Love, hope, meals, desks & chairs, playground equipment, even computer lessons are provided.  These are things that are a miracle for these children many of who come from mud-hut/one roomed homes and who would otherwise survive on one scanty meal a day.  These children are trained to spread the love they have received by using this privilege to in turn take hope and transformation to their families, community and eventually the nation.  Donela School offers services worth much more than the fees we charge.  Making money is not our sole purpose.  Transforming lives is. Teachers and workers need to tolerate a meager wages as a result, but our most rewarding payment and motivation is a chance to spread love and watch God transform lives in the process.   Medical Mission: Volunteers come together to spread the love by giving freely of their professional medical skills.  Some of these volunteers are very highly skilled and nationwide sought for doctors and surgeons.  But titles do not matter here.  Others volunteer to cook, clean, usher, translate language, drive, counsel, do public health etc for one week, 9 hours a day.  Everyone works sacrificially, tirelessly and diligently.  Many gave to make this a success.  One gave a goat, some brought food from their gardens, some gave tomatoes and onions, others gave from their meager incomes, others just gave of themselves – Their motivation?  To give the poor a chance to receive free treatment, medicine, and surgeries for illnesses that are easily treatable but that are slowly killing them for lack of money.  The community is baffled by such selfless love, and the church – the beacon of hope receives respect and attention.  That attention helps the church draw many to God who is the ultimate solution to life’s problems.   Spreading the Love? Yes!  We do so.  Our youth rebuilt a leaking mud-house for an old crippled man.  Church members make a monthly contribution towards sending a disadvantaged child to school, or a youth to university yet prices have tripled over a 6 months period in an already broken down economy.  Pastor Patrick resigned from the job that is sustaining his family to go into full time church work which guarantees no support, because his poverty stricken society in Kakooge needs him.  His wife has never practiced her professional accounting that would have earned her a respectable living.  She would rather spend herself on behalf of the lowly, hurting, and dying in the community.    For specific stories and more details you can visit either Align Ministries website and/or Bombo Pentecostal Church website. PLEASE PRAY FOR US AND THESE MINISTRIES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET ON-BOARD AND HELP CHANGE A SINGLE LIFE, CHANGE A FAMILY, CHANGE A COMMUNITY, CHANGE A COUNTRY CONSIDER A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO ALIGN MINISTRIES.     2011-10-08T15:02:36+00:00