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Greetings!

What's it like to be lost, then miraculously found? Little Moize, who you will read about below, knows the feeling better than most. After having been separated from his family and cared for by strangers, he was, in an amazing turn of events which could have only been orchestrated by God, re-united with his father after many years.

These stories never cease to amaze me. They exemplify just how much God cares for his children, how much he loves us, and what he will do to give us hope for today and for eternity.  

But they are also the stories of what happens when God's people dive headfirst into the messy world in which we live. They are the stories of what happens when we follow his lead, when we say yes though every part of our being is saying no, when we simply trust and obey, having no idea of the outcome.

I'm glad that these are the kind of stories that we want to be a part of here at ECM, and I hope that you feel the same.   I'm thankful that we aren't just a part of carefully orchestrated stories that always have happy endings, but instead we've chosen to be a part of God's story, no matter how messy certain parts of it may turn out to be.   Moize's story has a happy ending, for which I am grateful. But even when the story doesn't turn out so well, I'm still grateful, because we are still part of what God is doing, and how he is changing lives for the better.

Thanks for joining us on this wild but exciting ride!

With great HOPE,
Executive Director
Your Impact
Because of YOUR recent gifts, here are some examples of God at work!

  • Both children and families are being helped when ECM is able to help start a business. Jonathan, a PWA (person with albinism) in the Gulu Disctrict, near our Tegotatoo Hope Center in Uganda, was supported through your helping his mother start a fish business.

  • Last year, five young adults graduated from sponsorship to independence through our Next Step program.

  • 115 women and adolescent girls in the Katwe Women's Club (in the area of our Uganda Karimojong Kampala Hope Center) have participated in a tailoring program to create employment opportunities for women living in slums. 10 women received sewing machines as start-up capital for their business. These women are able to generate income for their families, and there has been tremendous impact in the communities. Drug abuse, alcohol consumption, and domestic violence all decreased. Some women manufactured face masks using the skills they learned. Some have even been able to relocate back to their homeland, Karamoja, which they were driven out of due to extreme and prolonged drought in these cattle raising communities.

God's people are showing creativity and initiative in finding ways to minister even through the difficulties of lock downs. Thank YOU for making that possible!
Did You Know...

Our Vision - Believing that children are Africa's greatest resource, a precious treasure from God, we work toward an Africa where children, created in the image of God, live lives of hope and dignity.

Congo Impact Report--
A Lost Child is Found - Twice!

Moize’s parents, from the Yombe tribe of Central Congo, divorced when he was only two years old.  The mother left for another village. Little Moize, left alone with his father Lusisamo, wandered away, trying to follow his mother.  He soon became lost in the forest. All attempts to find him failed.

After three days, a hunter named Antoine found him and took him to his village further away, and kept Moize as his own son. Eventually the family moved to the city of Matadi. Meanwhile, unknown to Antoine’s family, the biological father and his new wife also moved to Matadi.

Earlier this year, ECM trainer Pastor Mupepe arrived at Matadi to help the churches there develop children’s ministries. He called together parents of several churches to emphasize to them their responsibilities in rearing their children for Christ. In God’s plan it happened that both fathers attended the conference, in which Pastor Mupepe spoke about God’s care for the baby Moses, and how God eventually used him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Papa Antoine’s heart was touched, and he shared how he had found little Moise in the forest and taken him home, rescuing him from death by starvation.  

As soon as Papa Antoine shared his story, Papa Lusisamo recognized that it must have been his son that Antoine had found. He immediately got up and told how Moize had become lost. He said he had eventually given up hope, thinking he must have died and been eaten by wild animals. Kneeling and crying before Antoine, he begged forgiveness for not watching his son better and not continuing the search for him.  

After much painful discussion, the two families agreed that Moize should be returned to his original family. Moise, now 11, is thankful to his rescuing family, and happy now to be again with his birth father after all these years. Oh, the amazing things that sometimes happen as ECM workers help churches develop children’s ministries!
Prayer Points
  • Pray that God would provide funds for ECM's Uganda Program Manager Sophie, for a recent surgery that she needed.

  • A training program in Uganda for children with disabilities and their caregivers recently took place. Pray for funding and the development of this program to be able to provide continuing, good quality services.
Child Sponsorship

Above you've seen some of the ways you've helped. Now, won't you pray about the opportunity to help this or another child who is in need of sponsorship? Simply contact our office for more information, or visit our website to search for one of many other children needing sponsorship.
Sponsor Me!
$37/month
Faransiko, also known as Dan, goes to school but is not able to pay his school fees. His father died of HIV/AIDS and his mother left Faransiko when his father passed away in 2017. He now lives with his paternal guardian. Faransiko’s guardian can no longer provide for the boy’s basic needs like food, clothes, shoes, a sleeping mattress, or Faransiko’s school fees. They live in a small house that is falling apart. Faransiko misses his mother and father a lot. Faransiko has many bothers and sisters. His family is Christian. Faransiko has lost his sponsor recently. Sponsorship is a monthly commitment of $37, which is used for the child’s schooling and for a weekly “club” meeting where the Gospel is presented, a nutritious meal is given, and many developmental activities are encouraged. Will you share your love with Faransiko? Your love and care will mean the world to him!


Uganda Naigobya Hope Center
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