Friends,
It is so good to come to you today and thank you for being a part of Uganda Counseling and Support Services and to remind you that – while Jesus is the reason for the season – you are the reason UCSS is blessed.
I also want to share with you the first thing on the UCSS Christmas list for 2018. In 2016 we started our Student Sponsorship program with 20 students. We now have 108 students! It should be that we also have 108 sponsors; however, we only have 94. This happens because, for various reasons, sponsors drop off, but we do not drop the students.
So, it is my heart’s prayer that, before I return to Uganda in a couple of weeks, that you would also prayerfully consider stepping into one of these missing 14 sponsorship roles. What better Christmas gift could we give than to provide the assurance to a young life that someone is standing by them and will see them through.
As you listen to Edisa’s story, know that there are hundreds more like hers. In the words of King Lemuel:
“Open your mouth for those with no voice,
for the justice of all the dispossessed.
Open your mouth, judge righteously,
and defend the cause of the poor and needy.”
Again, consider the youth of Bulike and Buluya this year as you make out your Christmas list, and for $25 per month, you can help us transform a generation by giving them the living truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Your Brother,
Ronald
Dr. Ronald Kaluya
Founder/Executive Director: Uganda Counseling and Support Services