PRAYERS ANSWERED!

Whoa, our God is a God of huge miracles!! Earlier this week I had the great privilege of being a witness to God answering prayer. There is a wonderful ministry starting up here in Lira called Saving Grace Uganda. It was created by an American couple from Florida. I first met Alon and Valerie over a year ago and they have been such a blessing to our lives. They felt God's leading to sell all they had and come to northern Uganda and help children. After months of assessment, they saw that they could help with the many street children, mostly young boys, here in Lira. No other organization was helping these children, many of whom were previously abducted child soldiers. So now, many months later they house, feed, school and love 25 boys who previously lived on the streets. It is just amazing! Valerie had asked me a few months ago if I would educate these boys about HIV/AIDS and offer them testing if they desired. So a few days ago I took them to a wonderful place here in town to give them some education and to get them tested. One teenage boy had been tested positive previously. So before joining them at this testing center; Jennifer, Wes, Jolene and I prayed for them that God would have them all be found negative. After hours of education and answering questions the boys were called in individually to a room. I witnessed as each one entered, one by one, and heard the results; results that could change their lives forever. We all laughed and cried and praised God as He answered our prayers...ALL 25 BOYS were negative for HIV!!! This testing center has the most accurate testing kits so we can trust the results. That afternoon all 25 boys began the remainder of their lives with a clean slate and much education about how to make wise choices in the future. It was so exciting!! Praise God for protecting these young boys through all of their difficulties!


Amazed,

Shaunessy