Jerome Smith, who is Tallowood’s minister to students, wrote about a challenge before last weekend’s SPARK gathering:
For the past few years we have been tracking Abby Tracy and her God given ministry of rescuing street kids, prostituted women, and handicapped homeless people on the streets of Kampala, Uganda. God has called this 24 year old to Africa with a passionate vision for doing exactly what He has called all of us to do; see what is going on in the world, realize how it ought to be from God’s perspective, and join Him in reconciling and restoring lives to Himself.
Over the past year, the Lord has provided 22 acres of land for them to begin building a permanent location for the residents of her boy’s home. In the next few months they will begin building a house for her 16 boys with the hope of increasing that number to 32 in the years ahead. We at Tallowood have the opportunity to join God in His work through Abby by providing money for a few of her basic necessities. Part of the “Worship in Action” emphasis over the next two months is to provide $9,000 that will help build sustainable fish ponds for Abby’s ministry. This will provide needed protein for the boys to eat and also a commodity that can be sold to help sustain the ministry’s needs.
We in the youth ministry are also joining in with the need by raising money to dig a water-well on the new property. We need $4,250.00 to complete that task. We are also asking our students during the SPARK weekend to bring money to help provide electricity for the house that they are building at a cost of $4,500.00. Let’s pray and ask God to use us to completely affirm these needs as together we can be a part of rescuing the perishing and caring for the dying in Kampala. You may never make it to Kampala to help with the need their physically but all of us can go there in prayer and with our financial resources. Thank you so much for your prayerful consideration of the need.
Following the weekend gatherings, Jerome added an update:
Through our students, hosts, and parents at SPARK, God provided more than we asked for. We raised enough money to dig the water well and to provide electricity to their home. Praise God!
