tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136957922024-03-07T02:04:20.540-06:00Sweet Sleep Journeys"When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet."
- Proverbs 3:24Madelene Metcalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14540997081527605569noreply@blogger.comBlogger828125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-65515009219535207152013-06-22T09:07:00.000-05:002013-06-22T09:07:00.317-05:00Karamoja: Day Five<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">DAY
5:</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">"According to the observations made by the Sweet Sleep
staff during the 4 days while working with the indigenous partner organization together with the
Community Development Centre team, the problem of poor sleeping conditions
indeed exists among the children in the various families and boarding schools
within Karamoja region.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Karamoja is characterized by generally low rainfall
distribution, reliability and soil fertility. The region has only one rainy
season and experiences cyclical droughts and erratic rainfall which have
affected crop production and pasture for livestock hence having a direct
negative effect on the live hood of the population. The region suffers from
high levels of illiteracy, poverty, poor infrastructure and there are reported
cases of malaria among children due to a lot of mosquitoes that were observed
during the nights. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Given the above factors, many homesteads lack the
capacity to provide beds and beddings for their children as a result of low
economic activities within the region coupled with strong cultural ties. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Most of the various communities that Sweet Sleep reached
during day 5 and within the previous days, it was observed that the kind
of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>huts “Manyatas” that serve as houses
for the Karamojong are indeed very small when compared to those huts built in
other parts of the Northern region like Gulu and are widely sparsely populated.
In these huts, many of the children were found to be sleeping on dried animal
skins without blankets and treated mosquito nets to cover themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">On the side of the existing Boarding schools in the
region, the sleeping conditions among the children is not any better as they
are greatly populated with many children sharing beds with small mattresses on
them while others are sleeping down on mats which are also shared. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Among the schools that Sweet Sleep was able to reach are
Kangole Boys, Kangole girls and Kapwachi Primary School all located in Napak
District and Moroto Municipal Council primary school in Moroto district. These
are all Government schools whereby the kinds of children within these schools
are orphaned, neglected/abandoned, returnees or vulnerable. The children are
either being supported by individuals or different Organizations such as the indigenous partner organization that help them by paying their school fees and meeting part of
their scholastic materials.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">In addition to the above schools, Sweet Sleep staff was
also able to reach to one of the only orphanage home within this region called
“Charity Sister’s Mission Home for the Poor”. The is home under the Catholic
Nuns who are taking care of the 38 total orphans with good sleeping conditions
and only lacked mosquito nets at the moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">With the problem of poor sleeping conditions being at the
extreme in most of the schools within the Karamoja region, UNICEF tried to provide
some bunker beds, mattresses, blankets and bed sheets to only those schools
that are organized and with good permanent structures within the region. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">In spite of the efforts made by UNICEF, the problem of
poor sleeping conditions is still very prevalent especially among the children
in the local communities and in schools. The problem is further widened and
contributed by the existence of the following challenges within Karamoja
region: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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levels of poverty among the people within the region that forces the local
people to sell off any kind of material support that may be provided.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">High
levels of illiteracy among the population of Karamoja region</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
strong culture beliefs existing among some sectors of the population in
Karamoja region</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Lack
of proper infrastructures like roads linking to various communities</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Hostility
of some sectors of the population within the region whereby some tribes tend to
be aggressive especially when their expectations are not highly satisfied. In
other words, the hostile sectors of the population may sometimes ask for a lot
of support.</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
rainy season usually causes a lot of floods hence making many roads almost
impassable.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Therefore, to address the problem of poor sleeping
conditions and to expand its work in this region, Sweet Sleep has to so much
establish a strong networking mechanism with other key stakeholders dealing
with children focused programmes within the Karamoja region.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Among the key organizations that are operating within the
Karamoja region and were approached by the Sweet Sleep staff in the light of
establishing a possible working relationship were:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Community Development Centre</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;"> the partner organization</span></span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">UNICEF</span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">For all the above mentioned organizations, they are in
position to deliver the Sweet Sleep items from one storage point in Karamoja to
the distribution centres."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"Inspired to
be cuddled by children, I woke up very early in the morning ready to move with
the education group after spending the previous day with the resettlement group
with which I shared some intensive emotional moments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That morning
I was able to have a soda with a Chapati for breakfast as the rest of the team
also enjoyed their breakfast with some tea and bread which I bought for the
team. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Having had
breakfast, we started to prepare all the children whom we were going to place
in schools. The children were provided with scholastic materials, blankets,
shoes, panties and boxes or metallic suit cases that were provided by the
Community Development Centre to mention a few among others. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go to school where they were placed.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">It was an exciting moment for the children as they
received their school items from the education group and I was very happy too
because of Sweet Sleep being part of this exercise. With so many children to
fit in the only car that we had, it took us a while to load everything but
somehow we finally managed to load everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to Kapwachi Primary school which is one of the Government schools within the
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</span>Returnees leaving the Community Development Centre for school.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Kapwachi Primary School is both a Day and Boarding school
that serves like an orphanage home/school in nature but with all children paying
some school fees. The indigenous partner organization is responsible for paying the school fees of
all the returnees that were enrolled and placed in that school under the partner organization's care. By the time of placing all the children in that school, the partner organization had already paid the school fees for all the 12 returnees that were
placed in that school.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">On arrival at the school, the old pupils were very
excited to receive new children within their school and immediately the team
started distributing the scholastic materials and other school related
resettlement items to the returnees who had already been enrolled in this very
school to attain formal education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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school packages for term one.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">On the side of the sleeping condition at this school,
some children do have beds though squeezed while others are sleeping down. Most
of the children at this are really vulnerable and when I interacted with some
of those sleeping down, they expressed to me that they are indeed fade up of
sleeping down because ever since their child hood, they have always kept on
sleeping down on the floor. They said that it feels good and great whenever a
child sleeps on a bed of his or her own and sure they emphasized how jealousy
they felt seeing other children sleeping on beds while them are sleeping down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Through a quick count, 124 girls at this school don’t
have beds though they do have some mattresses, bed sheets and blankets in a
fair state. On the side of mosquito nets, those that I managed to see had holes
in them and many of the children lacked mosquito nets. Otherwise, there is need
for Sweet Sleep items at this school."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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3:</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">"We started the day with a late breakfast of black tea
without any edibles which Tea I really failed to take in spite of trying my
level best to do so. The water in this location is somehow contaminated with
lot of minerals and not so fresh for drinking unless when may be treated first.
The would be water bodies with perhaps fresh waters are very far and this
region being a mountainous area, most of the water tastes salty with somehow a
bad smell. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The prepared Tea still tasted
salty even when sugar was added to it hence one easily failing to take it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the same
water, it was also observed that one needs to use a lot of soap in order to
create enough foam for meaningful bathing and washing of clothes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Having had this kind of experience with water in
Karamoja, we made ourselves ready to go to the field so as to embark on the
resettlement exercise which to me was yet another experience in my life. It was
decided in a brief meeting that the resettlement group was to start the
exercise by resettling the two children who were not returned to Karamoja along
with their parents.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Michael and Agnes are the two children who were returned
to Karamoja off the streets of Kampala without their parents. With the help of
one vehicle a Land Cruiser by model provided by the Community Development
Centre, we embarked on the journey to the field to trace Michael’s home first. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">After a few minutes of the journey, I realized and learnt
that in life we should always rejoice and thank God for the simple pleasures
that God has always surrounded us with because God was opening my eyes to
totally a new world. With what I saw, one doesn’t need to ask questions why
Karamoja region is said to suffer with the highest poverty levels with 80% of
its total population living below the poverty line.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Most of the areas that we passed through were dry with
very poor infrastructure, poor soil fertility and with no signs of agricultural
production at all. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Being a child, Michael could still afford a smile as we
meandered though the rocky impassable roads in our efforts to trace his home
but deep inside me, my heart was so much broken and sympathizing with Michael
and kept wondering how he was to cope up with life in such a seemingly lifeless
region.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The journey to Michael’s home is depicted in the pictures
above and along the way we got lost in addition to our car falling into a big
ditch but we helped ourselves using big stones to get the car out of the ditch
and proceeded with the mission of tracing Michael’s home.</span></div>
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point where we had to walk on foot until we finally arrived at Michael’s home.
Unfortunately, by the time we managed to trace and arrive at Michael’s home,
his parents had already migrated to another unknown place but thanks to God
that we were able to find his Aunt at the home who was staying with another sad
looking child.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The sleeping
conditions at Michael’s home was found worrying as there are no mattresses,
blankets, bed sheets, mats and mosquito nets in the home. The only chance that
Michael has to sleep on a mattress is when he is at school not when he is at
home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While at
Michael’s home, I came to learn that the type of small huts that people live in
within the Karamoja region are called MANYATAS. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was so sad and hard to say good bye to the
ever smiling Michael after joining him with his Aunt not parents who was very
happy to see him back home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, as we prepared to leave Michael’s home,
he broke into tears. We tried to comfort him that he was soon to be picked up by
the Community Development Centre social workers and taken to school together
with his relatives so that they may know which school he is to study from in
order for them to always check on him and also to pick him when holidays
commence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With
Michael’s parents missing, it was a hard moment for all of us as a team and we
ended up deciding to travel back with Michael as the situation was warranting us
to do so. Before our departure with Michael, we explained to his aunt that
Michael was going to be placed in school the following day and hence encouraged
her to always check on him or to pick him from school every end of term. The
details of the school together with its location were made known to his aunt
before we left and this seemed a big relief to his Aunt who was so much touched
by Michael’s emotions like we were. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To Michael
this was the best solution compared to being left with his aunt in such a
situation. He later got to smile again though seemed to have missed meeting
both of his parents and had a lot of questions if he would ever meet them again.
He seemed to have a lot that he wanted to share with them to the extent that he
let me know his personal secret that “he had managed to save some little money for
his parents out of that he had collected while on the streets and badly wanted
to give it to them”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Michael
further shared with me that he understood how life in the villages wasn’t the
best for them and also wanted to see them smile as they received the package
from the indigenous partner organization as their resettlement packages and to also share the great
news about his getting to school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Having
succeeded in locating Michael’s home, the resettlement team then embarked on
tracing for Agnes’s home as well. Unlike Michael and being 10 years, Agnes could
somehow remember the route to the community where she used to stay before
coming to the Kampala streets. Though she had ideas on the Geography to her
home, it still took us a while tracing her home and the van also failed to
reach her home the same way we did when tracing Michael’s home. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After
walking for some time together with Agnes, we met a woman who seemed to know
Agnes and called her name. Agnes was so excited to hear someone calling her
name and she shared with the woman that we were trying to find their house but
she couldn’t remember where it is. The woman was so kind to us and volunteered
to guide us to Agnes’s home. Having walked with her for a while, we came to a
Manyata which the woman pointed to and said that it was Agnes’s home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On our arrival
at the Manyata, some people came out of it and when they saw Agnes, they all
shouted, hugged her and warmly welcomed her back home including his grandfather
whom we later learnt to be the local leader for that community. It was all
great excitement all over in spite of the parents not being home as they had
gone to a nearby village to look for something to eat. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Team trying to trace Agne's home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Welcome back home!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The sleeping
condition at Agnes’s home doesn’t differ much from that we found at Michael’s
home. In the home they can only afford some dried cow skins on which the
children can sleep on and lack mattresses, blankets, mats, Bibles and above all
don’t have mosquito nets to protect them from mosquito bites during the nights.</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The beddings
available for Agnes to sleep on while at home.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With both
Michael and Agnes now resettled, we were now left with over 4 families to
resettle and for these ones, it was very easy to resettle them because we had
the parents of the children travelling who<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>fully knew their homes without any problems apart from being distant
from each other. While resettling all the other families, there were many
relatives and friends who warmly welcomed all the returnees. For all the
returnees, we always left them being surrounded by their relatives and friends
trying to share with them their experiences." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Join us tomorrow for Day 4 of Josephine's Journey</span></h4>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">"After having a peaceful and a wonderful night, the
children together with the team had the opportunity to have a
morning bath and it was at 9:30am when both the children and the team were
served with breakfast. In a bid to get acquainted with the work of the indigenous partner organization, we jointly held a brief meeting immediately after having breakfast through
which each of us on the team was made to know how the work was to be
accomplished during the week. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this meeting, Angela
the Program coordinator and Janet the social worker all working for the
Community Development Organization thanked us for having traveled
with the children all the way to Karamoja. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After Janet talking to the meeting, we also briefed representatives from the Community Development Center that
all the returnees had spent some good time of more than 6 months with the partner organization and assured them that the returnees had been well prepared to start
school.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">They further added that all the returnees had
undergone medical examination and were found with no chronicle diseases and had
already been fully de-wormed. However, it was also made clear to the Community
Development representatives that among the returnees, there were some children
who had been brought back to Karamoja alone after their parents refusing to be
returned together with their children and hence those children returned without
their parents were to stay with their grandparents on resettlement.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With that said<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">,</b> each of us was assigned a different
task to handle within the various locations where the team was to minister
during the week. As one family, we were divided into the following main groups;
the Resettlement Group, Education Group, Medical Care Group and the Income
Generating Group.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">With all that done, each group was as well assigned a
different task to accomplish in the field during the week. The Resettlement
group was to ensure that all the homes/families of the returnees had been
properly traced. In addition to this, the resettlement group had to talk to the
returnees very well how great it is for a child to be home, travel with the
returnees to their homes and share the joy together as the returnees were
welcomed and met their families again. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">On the other side, the Education group was responsible
for ensuring that all the returnees were properly enrolled, resettled in formal
schools, provided with scholastic materials, beds and beddings especially for
those placed in boarding schools while the Medicare group was to take care of
the team’s health together with the children during the repatriation exercise.
Thanks to this group that took great care of the children and my eyes when they
were badly affected due to the harsh conditions there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">For purposes of sustainability and increased social
protection among the families of the returnees, the Income Generating group was
responsible for identifying, sensitizing and providing for the suitable Income
Generating activity that can best benefit the families of the returnees after
re-uniting the children with their families. According to the situation in
Karamoja, there is overwhelming need to economically empower not only the families
whose children are returned but to other families as well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">As someone from the Sweet Sleep Ministry, I was assigned
to be part of both the resettlement groups and the education <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>since these interventions have a direct
linkage with Sweet Sleep’s work of providing beds/beddings to both children in
communities, homes and schools of the orphaned, abandoned or other vulnerable
children. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">After receiving our assignments, I was given an
opportunity to share more with the team members about the work of the Sweet
Sleep Ministry in Uganda and through the same communication, I shared with them
the purpose of my traveling to Karamoja and hence emphasized that I needed
their maximum support.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Having heard from Sweet Sleep, Angela the Programs
coordinator from the Community Development Centre together with Diana the social
worker from the partner organization thanked the Sweet Sleep Ministry for the good work
that it is doing in Uganda. Pleased with the work of the Sweet Sleep Ministry,
the team members from both the indigenous partner organization and the Community Development Centre
pledged to provide Sweet Sleep with their maximum support and above all, the
opportunity to interact with the returnees together with their family members
as much as Sweet Sleep desired. With this good news to the Sweet Sleep
Ministry, the meeting ended and each of us started to interact with the
returnees and also to prepare them to get ready for joining their families and
school once again. We helped the children organize all their belongings, sort
and distribute their resettlement packages which we had traveled along with
and these <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>included the following;
exercise books, pens, pencils, blankets, mattresses, soap, pangas, hoes, beans,
maize flour (posho), cups and saucepans to mention a few among others. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">All the above mentioned resettlement packages were
procured and provided to the returnees by the indigenous partner organization together with the
Community Development Center.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sweet Sleep staff holding interviews
with some of the children; Achiya Michael, Logiel Agnes<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and Logeer Paul.</span></b></div>
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MICHAEL</span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"> aged 9 years with both parents alive, left his village
because they lacked enough food to feed on in his family and hence decided to
board a bus with his mother to Kampala with hope for a better living. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, on their arrival in Kampala, Michael
together with his mother found life very hard as they had to spend hours on the
streets begging for money or something to eat. On many occasions they found
themselves being beaten by other bigger street children who had already got
used to the street life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">According to Michael, he had no particular place to sleep
in with his mother and the only option was to sleep in smelling places near
dust bins on the streets of Kampala. On a sad note still, some of the money
that Michael and his mother could afford to collect during the day through
begging ended up being stolen by the big street boys.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">With all this kind of misfortunes, Michael’s mother
decided to go back home in Karamoja at Irriri village leaving her son behind on
the streets of Kampala alone. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Today, Michael is very happy to be re-united back to his
family in Irriri village after the indigenous partner organization found him living in Kisenyi area.
Kisenyi area is a place on the outskirts of Kampala City which is a very
dangerous area accommodating the most notorious street boys and girls here in
Uganda. After identifying Michael from the Kisenyi area, they
talked to him and he accepted to be taken away for rehabilitation and after to
join him again with his family and start school in Karamoja. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">With beaming joy, Michael could not afford missing to
express how glad he was that he was yet to meet his mother once again and was
excited with the fact that he was soon going to join school in Primary One
(Grade One). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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AGNES </span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">aged 8 years old was the second to be interviewed and
shared with the Sweet Sleep staff that it was her mother who boarded the bus
with her and brought her on the streets of Kampala. Being the eldest child in
her family, Agnes still wonders why her mother decided to bring and dump her on
the streets of Kampala.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One day, Agnes
just found herself alone in Kampala after her mother all of a sudden
disappeared from her a few days after their arrival on the streets of Kampala.</span>
<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Agnes
cried, got scared and became so nervous with no other person to talk to and the
only option left for her was to look for friends among other street children
who had already got used to street life in her efforts to look for survival.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Fortunately, after a while when loitering on the streets
of Kampala, she was approached by some of the partner organization members of staff
who shared with her and after convinced her that they were to help her trace
her family back in Karamoja and that she was to be united with her family again.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Sagal Adele</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">At 31 years of age, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SAGAL
ADELE </b>is a proud mother of 6 children; Joseph, Michael, Martin, Paul, Lucy
and Maria who traveled with all her siblings all the way from Karamoja to the
streets of Kampala. In the efforts of Adele trying to take care of her family,
she managed to grow some food to help her feed the children but wound up futile
due to a lot of dryness in Karamoja, she completely became hopeless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a lot of poverty and famine surrounding
her family, Adele decided to move around asking her friends to borrow her some
money so that she could raise transport fees to help her come to Kampala with
hope of getting an economic activity through which she could earn a living and even
pay back the debt that arose as a result of borrowing money for their transport
to Kampala.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Unfortunately, though willing to work, Adele was not able
to secure anything to do and she ended up resorting to begging in order to get
some money to feed her children. According to Adele, life on the streets of Kampala
became worse off as there are<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>many horrible
things that one goes through each day that come by<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">. </b>There is a lot of child abuse in that so many children take drugs
and the big street boys do rape young girls while other street children are
involved in robbery of mobile phones and money from people walking along the
streets.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">According to Adele, each morning was totally different
and she could get sick not knowing where to begin from and how to end the day
with all her 6 children on the streets of Kampala and at this point Adele broke
into tears. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sharing such heart breaking
stories with the children together with their parents was a very hard moment
and situation for me as a mother and I believe that you certainly agree with me.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">Adele added that, much as she knew how hard it was to be
on the streets but had nothing to do apart from sending each of her children to
different locations along Kampala streets to beg for money. This money helped
her to buy some food for her children and sometimes could even send some to her
parents and other relatives way back at home to help them buy some food as well
for they lack food in the villages and only have to buy food brought from other
areas of Uganda.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">With this walk of life, Adele one day somehow got
connected to the indigenous partner organization through a good Samaritan that has supported her to
go back to her home in Karamoja. She is indeed determined to settle back at her
home and has hope in that she will be supported with some
Income Generating Activities that will help her raise some income to continue
feeding her children even when the partner organization has left.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Adele is very
excited with the programme of placing her children<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>in Boarding schools by the partner organization where she believes that her
children will be able to have daily meals with safe places to stay in addition to
getting formal education. She however seemed worried of as to how she was to
continue taking care of her children especially during holidays when all of
them are back from school.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">When Sweet Sleep inquired about the sleeping conditions
of Adele’s family upon their return at home, Adele explained that her family
will be sleeping on the dried skins of cows and was happy that she had<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>managed to buy two bed sheets that
were to serve as blankets. She added that it can be a big blessing for her
family if one day they are able to get a mat and mosquito net as there are many
mosquitoes in the area where they stay. Adele is a catholic and had a small
Bible which she had managed to buy while still on the streets of Kampala.
Sharing such heart breaking stories with the children and their parents was not
easy for me as a mother and to date I just can’t imagine how these families are
doing since we left Karamoja but I pray God blesses them as they once again
stand on their own."</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THE JOURNEY: DAY 1</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">"It is upon
this background that one of Sweet Sleep’s staff was prompted to make a
visionary trip together with a team of 6 members from [the indigenous partner organization]. The team
was to minister alongside with Sweet Sleep during what was referred
to as the second phase of their repatriation exercise in Karamoja region.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was around 2:30am on the windy morning of
16<sup>th</sup> February 2013 when I set off on a Boda Boda in the company of
my husband and headed to one of the bus terminals in Kampala in order to join the
team together with the 21 children and 7
adults/guardians/parents who were to be returned back to their homes in
Karamoja. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Upon my
arrival at the bus terminal, I found that the team had
already arrived and was warmly welcomed by Diana Ssemyalo the head of Social
work department at the partner organization. I was quickly introduced to the other members of staff, to the children and we immediately started
loading all of our belongings on the only old bus that was yet to leave for
Karamoja a few minutes later. Among the 21 children who were to be returned to
Karamoja, 13 of them were in school going age while the rest were still too
young for school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Loading all belongings and getting ready for the journey
while some children were already struggling with sleep immediately after boarding
the bus.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Amidst a lot
of excitement, I continued to work hand in hand with the team
and to ensure that every belonging for us and the children was put on the bus.
Among the items that we traveled with were mainly resettlement packages for
the children which were provided by the partner organization and these included exercise
books, food stuffs, hoes, pangas, cups, soap, plates and cooking oil just to
mention a few among others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After
spending a while at the bus terminal putting everything together, more people
kept on boarding the bus since we had used public transport until it was full
to capacity. In a day, there is only one bus that travels to Karamoja and this
explains why people are always over packed together with their belongings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At this
point, it required one to have a lot of patience and to completely understand
what God has called him or her to do as children started crying because of
different reasons. Some of them wanted something to eat or drink while others
needed to go for short calls. A lot of care and love was required from each of
us to be demonstrated to these children as mixed feelings could be easily read
on the faces of both the children and their guardians.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"></span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Some of the caretakers of the children could be seen in deep
thoughts while some children were happy to be on the bus and excited with the
journey.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was at
around 4:30am that we embarked on this breathtaking journey to the land of
Karamoja. Karamoja region is located in the North East of Uganda and is
bordered by Kenya to the East and Sudan to the North with a population of about
1,017,400 according to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2008 population
programmes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">After
traveling for a while, the children started singing songs and rhymes that they
had learned at the indigenous partner organization during their rehabilitation process and to date I
can still hear their lovely voices singing the song “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">LONDON’S BRIDGE IS BREAKING DOWN</b>” especially as the bus approached
and crossed the Owen Falls Dam Bridge at Jinja in the East of Uganda.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The singing
proved that the children’s minds had been well prepared for this moment and
some songs appealed to one’s emotions on how some people are neglecting to take
care of their children and also urged parents to embrace love and forgiveness. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At Jinja we
had our first stop over in order to refill gas which was followed by another
stopover in Iganga town where some children wanted to have some break amidst a
lot of complaints coming from other people on the bus for they were so much
being inconvenienced by the noise of the children. With nothing much to do for
the children apart from proceeding with the journey, the bus arrived at Mbale
where all the children got off to ease themselves. It was at Mbale that the bus
had by mistake left some of the children together with some of us who had gone
to help the children out. We had to chase the bus and thanks to the driver who
eventually recognized that he had left some passengers behind and stopped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As the clock
ticked towards 10:50am, we reached Kumi district and we started serving some
food stuffs to the children which included packed Chapatis since they had
indeed travelled a very big distance without much to eat. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We continued with the journey and eventually passed
a beautiful lake at around 11:56 am which I came to know as lake <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Awoja and it is located in Weri village along
Soroti road. By this time, most of the children were now asleep and those awake
were looking with exhausted faces.</span></div>
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arrival at Soroti, more trouble cropped up as more people were found waiting
for this very bus to take them from Soroti “Bus park” to Karamoja. As the bus
became more and more loaded, a lot of heat intensified in the bus because it
was mid-day and very hot outside. The heat could not be bearable by the
children and they started crying for water. With the help of the driver, we
managed to squeeze ourselves out of the bus so as to get some drinking water
for the children but the water could not do much as the children continued to
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through Soroti was totally a different experience and at some point I believed
that God had spent some time indirectly preparing me for this kind of
experience and within me I prayed to God to provide us with all the strength
and courage as we continued to pass through this strange land. With all this at
the back of my mind, some children intensified crying while others started
wetting their pants and the kind of odor within the over packed bus was indeed
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further away from Soroti, I felt myself engulfed by a lot of sadness as the
land we continued journeying through was so dry, flat and very sparsely
populated when you compare it to that land elsewhere in the areas that I have
ever been to. While moving through this land, one could easily observe that
people were not having the best life at all for most of them had faces that
portrayed sadness. The common languages that I had them speaking were Swahili
and Nakaramojong. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this point, I took
the courage to ask one of the staff where we were and that is
when I was made aware that we were already in Karamoja region and the bus was
heading to its destination in Moroto town where the bus park was.</span></div>
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that transport is a problem as people could be seen walking distances. There
are no taxis in this region apart from lorries and some pickups that are always
used to transport both people and animals especially cows. On the side of
trading centres and markets, they are very distant from one another with very
few commodities that can be used in daily life.</span><br />
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which was its destination but unfortunately we had no car to help transport us
together with our belongings from there to the next destination where we were
to be accommodated during the rest of our time in Karamoja. We had to wait
until 8:40pm when all of a sudden some members of staff from the Community
Development Centre organized and hired a fork lifter like truck that helped us
to carry most of our belongings. Since the truck could not carry us together with
our belongings, we had to walk with the children for about 30 minutes until we
reached at the Community Development Centre where we were to be accommodated
during our time in Karamoja.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: text1;">The
Community Development Centre is a community based organization that
collaborates with the indigenous partner organization during the tracing of families for returnees
and resettling them. There are dormitories built at the Community Centre that
help with accommodating different teams of their partners that come to minister
within Karamoja. The Centre has other various facilities like conference rooms
and other recreation facilities that can be used by the children before uniting
them with their facilities." </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Please join us tomorrow for Day 2 of Josephine's Journal.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"> </span></b></h4>
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AcThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15998922844624024597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-66224486927673830412013-05-12T13:00:00.000-05:002013-05-12T13:00:01.785-05:00Karamoja: Before the Trip<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Part 2 of 3</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Purpose Behind the Mission</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">When Josephine told Jen and Madelene that she had the opportunity to go into the Karamoja region and see what needs Sweet Sleep could help meet, both Jen and Madelene told her, "Yes! Go!" In her five day journey into the Karamoja Josephine had these goals:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Get more acquainted with the work of the indigenous partner organization that was in charge of the repatriation exercise (placing people back into their families)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Capture stories, photos, and conduct interviews with the children being repatriated with an aim of finding out why they leave their homes in Karamoja to come and stay on the streets of Kampala</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Find out how the children got/get to Kampala and how they are identified</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Find out what was to be done for the families whose children were to be resettled back into their respective families.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Using this opportunity to conduct a needs assessment and a feasibility study on the possibilities of Sweet Sleep's work in the Karamoja region in addition to finding out the sleeping conditions of the returnees."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">This repatriation exercise would involve placing 7 adults and 21 children back into their families in the Karamoja region after being taken off of the streets of Kampala and rehabilitated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So where is the Karamoja and who are the Karimojong? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.karamoja.com/karamoja.html" target="_blank">The Region</a> | <a href="http://www.karamoja.com/karimojong.html" target="_blank">The People</a> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Map of Karamoja Region</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The Karamoja is in North East Uganda. This region is harsh, receives
little rain, and is populated by around a million people with the
Karimojong being more than a third of the population. The Karimojong are
a very traditional people group and are very resistant to change.
"After all, in a desert-like land, the Karimojong have survived for
centuries, and sometimes survival is all that matters." (<a href="http://www.karamoja.com/karamoja.html" target="_blank">Karamoja: The Region</a>)
The Karimojong are cattle herders. Cattle is very important to their
nomadic way of life and can be the source of many conflicts with other
people groups, i.e. getting enough water for the cattle and enough
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Please join us tomorrow as we take the first of a five day journey with Josephine's Journal.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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AcThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15998922844624024597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-72664305627818905812013-04-25T11:44:00.000-05:002013-04-26T12:44:28.727-05:00What We Have Been Doing in Uganda<h4>
<i>Part 1 of 3</i></h4>
Uganda is a country that has been torn apart. People groups, North & South regions, and the LRA have all been factors into how Uganda is today. How the Government is run, how the people groups interact together, and just how the people survive. To create a better life, children will strap themselves to the bottom of Greyhound buses to ride to Kampala to become street beggars. Some don't even make it to Kampala. But those that do, a life of cyclical poverty begins. All they know is how to live on the streets, to become hard, but to never forget their family back home and send them the money they are able to collect. They become street children. They do have a family back home, but they may not be able to go back home or even know how. Their family may not have been able to provide for the child so they said that they had to go to Kampala so that they could provide for themselves.<br />
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This is what Josephine - Sweet Sleep's National Director for Uganda - saw when she was able to go on a 5 day journey with an indigenous partner organization. Josephine was able to see how the organization takes street children and street families that have been displaced in cities and bring them back to their families to restore the community. And we would like to take you on that journey. Beginning May 12th, we will go on a 6 day journey through Josephine's Journal. We will see the desperation and need for going to larger cities to provide a better life and then the hope and restoration of these children and families by going back to their communities. On May 12th, we will have an Introduction Post to this journey so that we can explain a bit more about how Sweet Sleep can help, and also a quick explanation of the region that Josephine journeyed in - Karamoja. Then May 13th through May 17th, we will release a daily post from Josephine of what she saw on her 5 day journey, along with prayer requests from that day.<br />
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We are so thankful that God has given Sweet Sleep an opportunity to grow into other regions in Uganda. Please be praying for our continued ministry in Uganda, for the leadership and guidance of Sweet Sleep staff in Uganda, and that God reveals His good, pleasing, and perfect will in ours and your impact on orphans. AcThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15998922844624024597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-32015584337241735732013-04-11T11:40:00.000-05:002013-04-11T11:40:00.560-05:00What We Have Been Doing In Moldova<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">"What <strike>We Have</strike> <span style="color: red;">God Has</span> Been Doing In Moldova" Much Better! In reading the reports from Ion Groza, our Sweet Sleep In-Country Staff Member in Moldova, it is very evident that God is up to BIG things in Moldova.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">In case you have not been keeping up with Moldovan news, they are underway on the deinstitutionalization (DI, for short) of orphanages so that Moldova can join the EU. DI is a very long word meaning they are closing the orphanages. This created a couple of questions, such as </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;"> </span><br />
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;"> Where will the orphans go when the orphanages close? </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">Where will the beds go when the orphanages close?</span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">Ion has started to take the steps necessary to answer these two questions "that the church of tomorrow can grow through this ministry". In regards to Question #2, he is talking to local authorities to see if they will cooperate with this ministry of making sure that the child continues to have their bed, instead of the bed becoming government property. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">Ion was also able to meet with the Vice Minister of Ministry of
Education, Mr. Igor Grosu, in late January about having the beds follow
the children when the orphanages are shut down. Mr. Grosu has accepted
the vision, and also given Ion the ability to participate in the
meetings dealing with the policies involved with child integration into
families! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">With the help of the Baptist Union, Ion have created a three step process to answer Question #1: </span></div>
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<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">Inform church leaders and churches about the need of orphans being taken in for a vacation, foster care, or even adoption. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">Connect Christian families and children so that they can develop a "harmonious relationship". </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">Integrate the children into their new families. </span></li>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">So in answering Question #1, Ion is answering with another question: Why not end the cycle and create forever families? In January, Ion and Bishop Miron presented this ministry to 45 ministers in Moldova. In February, they presented to over 300 ministers! At every meeting questionnaires were distributed so that families could begin the process of receiving more information about being a part of the orphans ministry. Many families have already said that they would like to engage in this ministry and some have even said that they know they would like to adopt! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">"We hope and pray that many believers will open their hearts to these children and will receive them in their homes in order to have an impact in the lives of these children by bringing them to Christ and giving them hope and a future." -<i>February Report</i>, Ion Groza</span></div>
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Please Pray</h4>
1. Some Christian families who have already adopted children need new beds for their children.<br />
2. Praise that child integration has already been readily accepted by believers in Moldova!<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: RU;">3. Pray for the organization of the meeting for all the families who would like to engage in orphan ministry. </span></div>
4. Pray that local authorities and government officials agree to collaborate and continue to support orphan ministry. <br />
5. Pray that the legal process is smooth so that the families and children are able to find their forever families.AcThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15998922844624024597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-14766146012610154512013-03-28T10:58:00.000-05:002013-03-28T19:00:06.892-05:00What We Have Been Doing in Haiti<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;">As some of you have seen on our Facebook page, Haiti has been havi<span style="font-size: small;">ng a lot of celebration for new beds coming! Here at Sweet Sleep we thought that <span style="font-size: small;">you would like to know what we have been up to in Haiti:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> A couple of weeks ago 105 beds were deli<span style="font-size: small;">vere<span style="font-size: small;">d BY BOAT to the orphans on the island of La Gonave, Haiti by <span style="font-size: small;">Sandy Lake Wesleyan Church! The orphans are at the <a href="http://okipe.org/mme/" target="_blank">Okipe [Oh-kEE-pAy] Co-Op which is headed by Mme Soliette</a>, who for the past 6 years has been caring for over <span style="font-size: small;">70 children. Okipe provi<span style="font-size: small;">des "hope for their future through loving care, food, clean water, shelter, clothing, and physical/spiritual/<span style="font-size: small;">vocational training."</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> We also recently provided 16 beds for <a href="http://www.source-of-life-ministries.org/mission.html" target="_blank">Source of Life Ministries</a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">!</span> The orphans at Source of Life are provided with <span style="font-size: small;">"a Christ-centered spiritual foundation, a good education and life-sustaining food, medical and emotional support<span style="font-size: small;">."</span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Please be praying for both Okipe Co-Op and Source of Life <span style="font-size: small;">Ministries to continue<span style="font-size: small;"> to be able to care for <span style="font-size: small;">the fatherless<span style="font-size: small;">. Pray for strength <span style="font-size: small;">for their leaders and that the children they care for are soon placed into loving homes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Speaking of a loving home, we have some great news! Ron<span style="font-size: small;">, our <span style="font-size: small;">Sweet Sleep Staff Member in Haiti, recently adopted a four year old girl into his family! Please be praying for Ron and his family<span style="font-size: small;"> as they integrate this little girl into their world</span>.</span></span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> All of this is part of our 13in13 Movement where Sweet Sleep will provide beds, nets, and Bibles to 13,<span style="font-size: small;">00<span style="font-size: small;">0 children around the world this year! Our total so <span style="font-size: small;">far this year will be announced March 31st, so be sure to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sweetsleep" target="_blank">like our Facebook page</a> or<a href="https://twitter.com/SweetSleep" target="_blank"> follow us on Twitter</a></span> if you want to be the first to know<span style="font-size: small;">!</span> It is a very big goal and maybe even a little crazy, but God l<span style="font-size: small;">oves</span> it when we give Him a chance to REALLY show Hi<span style="font-size: small;">s power!</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Want to be a part of our 13in13 Movement? Head over to <a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/getinvolved/donation.aspx" target="_blank">our DONATE page</a> to help out a child in need!</span></span></div>
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Did you know 1 in 5 childhood deaths are due to malaria? But
that a single net can prevent malaria and help a child to sleep sweetly
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Both of these facts are what prompted Amanda and Erin to
join together to teach their children about doing the “hard things.” As Erin
says, “Serving, giving, making a difference for those who are in need.” They
wanted their children to know to truly count their blessings, but to also bless
others with the gifts God had given. So Amanda, Erin, and their kids researched
our Nickels for Nets program, downloaded the resources, and made goals to raise
money for the nets. They even created their own resources, like this poster
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Together and in unity with other friends/readers, they
raised $166.31! WHOA!! Way to go!! That’s enough for 20 nets! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here are links to <a href="http://ohamanda.com/?p=13810">Amanda's</a> and <a href="http://homewiththeboys.net/nickels-for-nets-join-our-monthly-mission/">Erin's</a> blog posts about their experience with Nickels for Nets if you would like more information! If you would like to see Nickels for Nets resources then <a href="http://sweetsleep.org/getinvolved/nickelsfornets.html">click this link</a>!</span></div>
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The great thing about nets is especially seen in God’s work
with us in Uganda. 90% of the childhood deaths due to malaria are in Africa.
When Sweet Sleep is able to give beds to an orphanage we know that kids will be
sleeping sweetly with their new bed, Bible, and mosquito net. But, what you may
not know, is that there are kids who come out of HIDING to get registered for a
bed! These kids usually are HIV/AIDS positive. When the kids come out of
hiding, Sweet Sleep registers them with our partner Health Alert who is able to
give them the medicine that they need for HIV/AIDS and they also receive A NET.
In the past two years we have had over 1,000 children come out of hiding to be
registered! That’s a lot of life saving nets! This wouldn’t be possible without
the obedience and heart of people like Amanda, Erin, their kids, and YOU.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">One Net = $8<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">What were you going
to do with your change today? Why not create a lasting change for a child in
need? Head over to <a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/getinvolved/donation.aspx">our DONATE page</a> and be sure to put “Nets” in the comment box
when you make your gift!</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>"While the circumstances are different, the need's not different. We're both involved with at-risk children. Whether it's in another country or children in middle Tennessee--same story the world over, children getting lost int he shuffle." Tom Ward, President and CEO of Oasis Center, shared his heart yesterday as Sweet Sleep helped to provide 24 mattresses to the two transitional living shelters: Emergency Youth Shelter (13-17) and Harwell Lofts (18-21). </i></div>
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This partnership is a special one due to the nature of these children's living situation--it's very similar to our work done in Gulu, Uganda, helping children resettle into a safe place with a place (bed) to call their own.<br />
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The children coming to these shelters at Oasis are searching for a place to come and feel safe, to re-establish themselves, and simply rest. When Sweet Sleep heard of a need for 12 beds in each shelter, we reached out our friends, and YOU made this possible! Thanks to your sweet gifts, 24 teens and young adults will have a new bed to rest, revive themselves, and escape the circumstances that have led them to Oasis.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">some of the brand new mattresses!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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94% of the families are reunited after they do the 2 week program at the Emergency Youth Shelter, which is a very encouraging statistic! We long for children to be brought into "Forever Families," and in this case, going home to their very own family is such a blessing. The bed distribution at Oasis brings Sweet Sleep's domestic bed count to over 600--meaning over 600 children are now sleeping sweetly in middle Tennessee (through local partnerships like DCS and Oasis) thanks to you!<br />
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Tom shared, "The more dollars I can move into directly impacting a young person's life the better I am. Beds, anytime we get a contribution like this, it helps us take dollars from simple day to day things and move it into direct services. They have allowed us to put the money we would have used for the mattresses into really doing more street outreach and finding more young people that want to transition their life."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The whole crew!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Oasis Center is up to some amazing things, and Sweet Sleep was so humbled to be a part of their incredible work serving youth in the area. "The biggest challenge for us is obviously demand," Tom said. "The fact is that we can't take every youngster that we want to serve at the transitional living shelter, we have a waiting list. We need beds."<br />
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As we look ahead to kick off our 13in13 Movement, set to launch February 1, the Lord has shown His faithfulness as He leads us to serve His children both internationally and domestically. Keep a lookout for our launch of 13in13 Movement on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sweetsleep">facebook </a>& <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sweetsleep">twitter</a>! <br />
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For more information on Oasis Center, please visit <a href="http://www.oasiscenter.org/">http://www.oasiscenter.org/</a><br />
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<i>Please begin praying how you can partner with Sweet Sleep in providing beds to orphaned and abandoned children globally! </i></div>
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<i>Thank you for your gifts. We are truly humbled by them. </i></div>
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To make a gift, please <a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/getinvolved/donation.aspx">click here>>>></a></div>
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January 2013 is an incredibly exciting place to arrive; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the celebration of our 10<sup>th</sup> year of
ministry begins! Our Board and global staff are so thankful for you. Your
faithful involvement, prayers and financial support of our ministry has allowed
Sweet Sleep to touch the lives of tens of thousands of people around the world.
Thank you.<br />
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January is often a time of reflection. We pause to rejoice,
however we also pause to remember Haiti. Three years have now passed since the
devastating earthquake---lives lost, buildings reduced to rubble. Through the
destruction and loss, we are mindful of how God takes events like these and
makes His name known: countless orphans and hurting have been reached with the
gospel and the gift of a bed at a time of chaos, hurt and loss has brought
physical and spiritual rest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Looking through the calendar pages, I see such incredible
ministry needs, opportunities and plans. Look for more on our “13 in 13” movement
next month. In May I’m excited to announce Sweet Sleep will be hosting our
anniversary celebration on May 9<sup>th</sup>, so save the date! Also, in the
coming months, Sweet Sleep will be announcing new global ministry opportunities.
Make sure you “like” us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sweetsleep">Facebook </a>or “follow” us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sweetsleep">Twitter </a>or are subscribed
to our <a href="http://sweetsleep.blogspot.com/">blog </a>so that you can stay current on all the important things you’ll
want to know and pray about. </div>
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<br /></div>
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Through all of the things ahead in 2013, isn’t it freeing to
know that God is at the forefront of our lives and certainly, Sweet Sleep, as
He guides us to the children He wants to reach through Sweet Sleep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for making the plans, ideas, and
dreams into something tangible through your gifts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am grateful for each of you!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Sweetly,</div>
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Jen</div>
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<br /></div>
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PS: Have you thought about what your VBS mission focus will be this year? Why not check out one of our programs and see if something like Nickels-for-Nets or Build-a-Bed would be fitting for this year's VBS! Please visit our <a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/getinvolved/resources.html">website </a>for more information about these two programs! </div>
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Hello, my name is Hannah Farley.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I am 9 years old and I wanted to share
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Last year our family made a lot of life changing
decisions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of them have been very
hard and uncomfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this time
we found ourselves complaining and during our complaining we were reminded
about all the blessings we have and some people in other countries don’t have
those blessings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even though there are
things that we want we still have so much and we need to focus on giving that’s
why we are blessed, to be a blessing.</div>
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One night I was complaining about not having my own room but
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bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And some of them have dirty beds
made out of mats and they need mosquito nets to go over their beds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And so I was thinking about that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I thought that maybe I could help
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My goal is 1,000 nets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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I am going to raise money myself by having a lemonade stand,
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With my mom’s help I have created a Facebook group called
Imagine to help advertise my project. I have also contacted Sweet Sleep, the
organization hat provides the nets and through them I will be able to provide
information and collection boxes for each family that wants to help me
reach<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my goal.</div>
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More information for this organization can be found at <a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/">www.sweetsleep.org</a>.</div>
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I hope you can help me save lives by giving money to Sweet
Sleep’s “Nickels for Nets”</div>
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You can give directly on their website or you can turn your
money into me and with my parent’s help I will send in all the money I
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Sincerely,</div>
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Hannah Farley</div>
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Trussville, AL</div>
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<i> To directly help Hannah fulfill her goal of 1,000 nets, please click the link below and write "Hannah's Nets" in the comment box!</i></div>
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<a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/donate">www.sweetsleep.org/donate</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Upcoming Mission
Journeys 2013</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">La
Gonave, Haiti <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>March 8 – 16<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span> <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sandy
Lake Wesleyan Church Closed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Gulu,
Uganda <span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>June 7 – 16<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Open</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kampala,
Uganda <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>June 14 – 23<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Open</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Uganda
<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>June 7 – 23<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Back to back experience (Both
locations) Open* </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Moldova
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Uganda
<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Summer 2013<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Kingsport, TN Closed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Kitgum,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ethiopia<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Fall 2013<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Open*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Uganda
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sweet Sleep
offers the option to join an “open journey” or form your very own “custom journey”
with friends, family, and church groups.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you have a group of 8 or more and would like to begin the process of
planning your very own “custom” Sweet Sleep mission journey or would like to
join an “open journey,” first visit our website, click on the trip tab, and download
an application. For further questions please contact our Global Ministry
Director, Madelene Metcalf at </span><a href="mailto:madelene@sweetsleep.org"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">madelene@sweetsleep.org</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-48114214346433040512013-01-07T14:09:00.001-06:002013-01-15T12:19:57.286-06:00Sweet Sleep in 2013Wondering how you can be a part of serving orphaned and abandoned children through the provision of beds by joining Sweet Sleep! Here are some simple and easy ways that you can join us as we strive to fulfill our goal of 13,000 beds to orphans in 2013!<br />
<ol>
<li>Use one of our <i>programs</i>: Nickels for Nets, Build-a-Bed, Insomnia, Under the Stars (<a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/getinvolved/index.html">click here>>></a>)</li>
<li>Involved your women's ministry by using our brand new program: Beads4Beds (email <a href="mailto:gary@sweetsleep.org">gary@sweetsleep.org</a> for more information) </li>
<li> Join a<i> mission journey</i>! Be on the lookout for upcoming 2013 trips. Visit our <a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/trips/index.html">website </a>click on the tab that says "download application", and begin praying where the Lord will send you! (email <a href="mailto:madelene@sweetsleep.org">madelene@sweetsleep.org</a> if after filling out your application you have further questions)</li>
<li><i>Give the Gift </i>of Sweet Sleep: in honor/memory of a loved one, for a birthday, anniversary, or a simple thank you of some sort!</li>
<li><i>Volunteer </i>for Sweet Sleep in the office, conferences, local bed distributions, etc. (email <a href="mailto:Shayla@sweetsleep.org">Shayla@sweetsleep.org</a> if you are interested in volunteering)</li>
<li><i>Praying </i>for Sweet Sleep (email <a href="mailto:stephanie@sweetsleep.org">stephanie@sweetsleep.org</a> to be added to the prayer news)</li>
<li>Simple <i>Fundraising</i>: get creative and gather friends together to serve through something as simple as a lemonade stand, bake sale, chilli cook-off, consigning old things, etc.</li>
<li>"<i>Like</i>" us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sweetsleep">Facebook</a>, follow our <a href="http://www.sweetsleep.blogspot.com/">Blog</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sweetsleep">Twitter</a>, or <a href="http://instagram.com/sweet_sleep/">Instagram </a>to be kept in the loop of what's going on, how to get involved, and to share posts as you advocate for the orphan!</li>
<li><i>Intern </i>at Sweet Sleep! (email <a href="mailto:stephanie@sweetsleep.org">stephanie@sweetsleep.org</a> for current needs in this area as we are flexible and want to learn about you and your strengths)</li>
<li>Engage your company by becoming a corporate donor (<a href="mailto:dustin@sweetsleep.org">shayla@sweetsleep.org</a>)</li>
</ol>
Thank you for helping Sweet Sleep provide over 20,000 beds to orphans globally over the past 10 years! We can't wait for you to begin this journey of celebrating 10 years of ministry and hopefully many more to look forward to. Without your gifts, prayers, creativity, and hope for Sweet Sleep, none of this would be possible! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-59154142287261557872012-12-21T10:02:00.001-06:002013-01-16T08:58:19.886-06:00Kids serving Kids<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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December 13, 2012</div>
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Dear Sweet Sleep,</div>
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<br /></div>
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We are thrilled to able to send you the enclosed
check for $2,643.00 towards the purchase of mosquito nets for children around
the world.</div>
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<br /></div>
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During our Fall Semester here at First Hurst, our
3 year olds-6<sup>th</sup> graders participate in Missions Programs: Mission
Friends (for preschoolers), Girls in Grace (for 1-6<sup>th</sup> grade girls)
and BiG DawGs (for 1-6<sup>th</sup> grade boys).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our desire is to disciple kids in their walk
with Christ, and to help them discover the unique gifts and talents God has
given them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then teach them of local
and global missions and encourage them to begin using those gifts to serve God
by serving others. </div>
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Each year, we have an event to help raise funds
for missions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After attending Centrikid
Camp last year, and learning about Sweet Sleep, we knew that this was something
we wanted our kids to participate in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We promoted the Nickels for Nets program and the kids were very excited
about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our grade school aged kids
asked people to sponsor them in one of two events:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Walking or running laps around the park or
shooting hoops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our preschoolers
participated by bringing a nickel to class each week, and then walking with us
at the Nickels for Nets event.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On
October 28, our kids completed their mission by walking and shooting
hoops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They then collected their pledges
which were enough to provide almost 320 nets!</div>
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We hope that you are blessed by the efforts of our
kids, but we pray that the money will bless the lives of those kids who receive
the mosquito nets!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>May they hear the
gospel message and may their lives be impacted for eternity! </div>
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Thanks for your ministry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you for the opportunity to partner with
you in blessing kids around the world!</div>
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To God be the glory!</div>
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God bless,</div>
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Deni Morrow</div>
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Children’s Pastor</div>
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FBC Hurst</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-58157733852901181322012-12-19T10:35:00.001-06:002012-12-19T11:05:18.956-06:00A Valuable Gift?As Christmas sneaks up, peeking around the corner, it can be too easy to lose sight of the caliber of that special day we all celebrate. Do we choose to look at this "holiday" as one to fill up stocking, boxes, and endless wrapping paper with gifts of some form value? Do we choose to stress over a gift to fill some form of expectation from a loved one? What form of value do these gifts hold that we give?<br />
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Thinking back to this day thousands of years ago, to this child--the Messiah, the gifts that were brought and the reason for those gifts--this was the Son of God! The gifts were brought in honor and in celebration of this life that would change this world we live in forever. These gifts were brought with love, respect, and humbleness toward this child. <br />
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This Christmas would you commit to giving a different kind of gift. One of a different kind of value than are culture finds valuable. One that will change a life and humble you and loved ones.<br />
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Here at Sweet Sleep, we long to provide not only a bed for every head, but with each bed comes a bible bringing them the Word of God. Your gifts to Sweet Sleep hold great value and purpose and thanks to you, children's lives are changed forever--giving them a bed to call their own and the Holy Bible, holding more value than any other present can contain.<br />
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By Giving the Gift of Sweet Sleep this Christmas in honor of a loved one, you are not only changing the life of a child, but you are helping to educate and open the eyes of family and friends to the mission of Sweet Sleep. Your gift can be of any amount you'd like and in honor of as many loved ones as you'd like. Each card comes with an enclosed magnet so that your recipient(s) will have a reminder of your gift to place somewhere special. We are so grateful for your gifts and for your willingness to share the mission of Sweet Sleep with others.<br />
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The only way that Sweet Sleep continues to provide beds to the world's orphaned and abandoned children, is through your generous gifts. Why not Give the Gift of Sweet Sleep this Christmas and have your boxes, wrapping paper, and stocking filled with a gift of love, joy, hope, peace, and most importantly rest for a child in need. So simple and life-changing.<br />
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<a href="http://bit.ly/nSEtFp">Give the Gift>>> </a><br />
<br />
-the Sweet Sleep team<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-57569405641976771132012-12-18T09:03:00.001-06:002012-12-18T09:27:13.251-06:00What A Night!<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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On Friday, September, 28, 20 students and 5 adults,
gathered for a night under the stars. The only items we allowed students to
bring were a Bible, a flashlight, and a sheet. Students could not bring cell
phones, blankets/comforters, pillows, or other electronic devices. A member of
our church provided the boxes.
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To get the night started, we watched a video, provided by
Sweet Sleep, explaining what the night was about. Then we proceeded to play a
couple of games, in hopes the students would expend their energy -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we played Elimination Dodgeballl and had a
Pillow Dueling (ironic, since they could not have pillows; believe me, they
were locked away after the game was over). After game time, walked
around the outside of the church to the other side of the church to pick up our
boxes. Each one of us took our boxes to the back parking lot of the church; our
final destination. Before we settled down for the evening, we had a time of
worship, individual quiet time, and snacks.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For snacks, the
students had to walk around the outside of the church again. When we arrived at
our destination, we feasted on saltine crackers, peanut butter, and tap water.
We spared no expense when it came to snacks! After snack time, we all walked
back to "camp" to settle down for the evening. By this time, it was
about Midnight.</div>
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Sleeping on a cardboard box, and only having a sheet,
when it was cold was a challenge. Throughout the night, I kept waking up, as I
was sliding off of my box. I must have slept better than I thought because I
had students who would come up to me and ask if they could go to the restroom -
we did let them go to the bathroom inside the church; however, from what others
have said,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did not wake up to
acknowledge these students. At one point I woke up - I think it was about 3 am
- and it was foggy and the dew was getting heavy as it was falling on my sheet.
I was excited to see 6:00 am come. </div>
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After we awoke, at least those who slept thru the night,
we had our morning quiet time. We concluded with a time of debriefing for the
purpose of seeing what the students' experience was like and how did God use
this in their lives. We did not serve breakfast!</div>
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This was a great event for our students. It gave them a
dose of reality. This night enabled them to see how a vast majority of children
live each day throughout the world. It challenged them to think about the
comforts and conveniences they have compared to what little, if any, comforts
and conveniences most children have throughout the world. It enabled them to
see how blessed they were and how could be a blessing to others!</div>
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As a result of this event, our students raised about
$1100 and our church is going to match what our students raised. As a result,
over 40 children in northern Uganda will receive bed kits.</div>
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Thank you Sweet Sleep for giving our students this
opportunity! What a night to remember!</div>
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Dwayne Abrahamson</div>
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Red House Baptist Church</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-28571652684643033042012-12-17T15:38:00.000-06:002012-12-20T16:36:57.631-06:00Board Steps up 18%<div _mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center;">
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<span _mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The
Sweet Sleep Board of Directors recently made their pledges for the
year, raising their level of commitment by 18% over the previous year. </span><br />
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<span _mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Board Chair, David Ward says: " We have such a great Board who is
working hard to explain this ministry. Every Board member is committed
to "giving" and "getting." They each give personally, and then use their
time, talents, and influence to encourage others to support orphans
around the world." </span><br />
<span _mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span>
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<span _mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Would
you consider stepping up your commitment to be an even stronger supporter of orphaned and abandoned children in 2013? If you would like to learn
more about Sweet Sleep or would be willing to introduce us to your
church staff, Sunday School class, civic group, business contacts, friends, or colleagues, let us know by calling Shayla
(ext.22), Dustin (ext.23), or any of our leadership team at (615) 730-7671. </span><br />
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<span _mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Won't you join our Board by "stepping it up" in 2013? YOU make a difference in a child's life!</span><b><span _mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-52524382528615195102012-12-13T15:52:00.002-06:002012-12-18T15:51:05.917-06:00Give the Gift<div _mce_style="text-align: center;" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span _mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Give the Gift</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span _mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Did
you know that a bed can literally change the life of a child? Having a
place to rest their head helps to not only improve their quailty of
sleep, but help them focus better in school, keep them off the
floor (where diseases may be more easily contracted), and helps them
physically by providing support for their bodies. </span><b><span _mce_style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span _mce_style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span _mce_style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">By Giving the Gift of Sweet Sleep this Christmas in honor of a loved one</span>, <span _mce_style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">you
give the gift of a bed, bible, and life-saving mosquito net to an
orphaned or abandoned child in the recipients' name. The recipient will
then receive the card( pictured) along with a magnet enclosed to
remember that your gift has changed a life! </span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>$8</b> provides a mosquito net to orphans in Africa or Haiti.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>$10</b> provides a Bible to an orphan in his or her language.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>$50</b> provides a bed and bedding for orphan resettlement kits in northern Uganda.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>$125</b> provides a healthy, comfortable new Sweet Sleep bed for a child in Africa.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>$167</b> provides a complete Sweet Sleep bed for an orphan in Haiti.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>$200</b> provides a comfy Sweet Sleep bed for a Moldovan orphan.</span></span></li>
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<span _mce_style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sweetsleep.org/getinvolved/donation.aspx"> Give the Gift here>>></a></span></span></span><br />
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<span _mce_style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank you for giving the gift of Sweet Sleep a<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> loved one<span style="font-size: x-small;"> this Christmas!<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Lives are being changed thanks to generous gifts like yours<span style="font-size: x-small;">, and you are helping to share the mission of Sweet Sleep by Giving the Gift! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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writing to you from Uganda as Madelene, our Global Ministry
Director,and I begin rounding up our very own journey! What a
wonderful and humbling time it has been to learn more about how Sweet
Sleep can better serve and expand God's kingdom through something as
simple as a bed! I want to thank you for making expansion and growth
possible through your gifts of prayer and giving! You are such a key
part of our story and we are so grateful for your support and
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our
journey began November 27th as we took off to Ethiopia. The Lord
blessed us with the incredible opportunity to talk with the <a _mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4843402564794&set=a.2580197506082.2144772.1288749488&type=1&theater" href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4843402564794&set=a.2580197506082.2144772.1288749488&type=1&theater" rel="president" title="president">president </a>of Ethiopia and learn more of how Sweet Sleep can best serve his country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">December 1st was <a _mce_href="http://aids.gov/news-and-events/awareness-days/world-aids-day/" href="http://aids.gov/news-and-events/awareness-days/world-aids-day/" rel="world aids day" title="world aids day">World Aids Day.</a> <span class="userContent">There are an estimated 2 million people </span><span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent">living in Ethiopia with HIV/AIDS (54.5% are women women and 96,000 are children under 15)</span></span><span class="userContent">.
We attended an AIDS conference to learn more about caring for this
extremely vulnerable population. Would you join me in prayer for the
fight against the AIDS epidemic in Ethiopia?</span> For more photos and stories from our time in Ethiopia<a _mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151347478154808.533973.22742369807&type=3" href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151347478154808.533973.22742369807&type=3" rel="ethiopia" title="ethiopia"> click here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Next on our journey was <a _mce_href="http://www.sweetsleep.blogspot.com/2012/12/day-1-in-uganda.html" href="http://www.sweetsleep.blogspot.com/2012/12/day-1-in-uganda.html" rel="ugands" title="uganda">Uganda</a> where we landed a few short days ago! To kick things off, Josephine, Madelene and I were interviewed on the radio show, "<span class="messageBody"><span class="userContent">Women's Voice" on The Alpha FM, speaking to their 1.5 million listeners and raise awareness and advocate for the orphan.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span class="userContent"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A few days back I stood in what used to be an IDP camp for 15,000 people from the Northern Uganda area of Kitgum, Uganda as Sweet Sleep gave beds, Bibles,
mosquito nets and water to 100 children. As I handed a little one a mosquito net, I was overcome
with gratitude for what God has called me to do for the last ten years.
Thank you for making it possible to share this kind of love with the
most needy and vulnerable. I am forever humbled and grateful and
eternally blessed because of what we do together.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">See more of our journey through updates from the Sweet Sleep <a _mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/sweetsleep" href="http://www.facebook.com/sweetsleep" rel="facebook" title="facebook">Facebook</a>, <a _mce_href="http://sweetsleep.blogspot.com" href="http://sweetsleep.blogspot.com/" rel="blog" title="blog">Blog </a>& <a _mce_href="http://www.twitter.com/sweetsleep" href="http://www.twitter.com/sweetsleep" rel="twitter" title="twitter">Twitter</a>! </span></div>
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this Christmas in honor of a loved one, you are changing the life of a
child by providing them with a safe place to rest their head at night.
Wishing each of you a very blessed Christmas!</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-71759522386721343472012-12-06T12:12:00.001-06:002012-12-06T12:12:34.073-06:00Overwhelming Thanks<span class="userContent"></span><br />
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I stood in what used to be an IDP (internally displaced people) camp for 15,000 people from the
northern Uganda area of Kitgum, Uganda as Sweet Sleep gave beds, Bibles,
mosquito nets and water to 100 children who are single or double
orphans living with aunts, uncles,
brothers, sisters or grandmothers. As I shook the hands of each man,
woman and child and handed a little one a mosquito net, I was overcome
with gratitude for what God has called me to do for the last ten years.
Thank you for making it possible to share this kind of love with the
most needy and vulnerable. I am forever humbled and grateful and
eternally blessed because of what we do together.</div>
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<span class="userContentSecondary fcg"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-77995039255968332632012-12-06T12:09:00.002-06:002012-12-06T12:09:57.771-06:00Sisters in Christ<span class="userContent">Today we spent in deep, deep ministry and
fellowship with our Ugandan staff. These two women have shaped the
understanding of service and love and compassion for hundreds of team
members who have come to this country with Sweet Sleep. Their hearts
are pure and their desire to serve God with excellence guides everything
they do and say. They have grabbed the hearts of all who have had the
blessing to meet them. It is a privelege and honor to sit with and pray
over my sisters who, though they live 8,000 miles away, God brought
together with me. I love you <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100000126224666" href="http://www.facebook.com/josephine.ssebambulide">Josephine Ssebambulide</a> and <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=100002370396385" href="http://www.facebook.com/aumajennifer.odong" id="js_6">Auma Jennifer Odong</a>.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent">-Madelene </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-63565992309952475802012-12-04T14:26:00.002-06:002012-12-04T14:27:18.897-06:00Day 1 in Uganda<span class="userContent">Ground breaking first day in Uganda. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent">-Madelene </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13695792.post-13958723291548273092012-11-23T12:06:00.002-06:002012-12-06T17:26:52.710-06:00A Special Thanksgiving Hello Friends,<br />
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This week in Gulu has been an amazing blessing. As you've been able to read, we have had the opportunity to bless so many children (and their care-givers) with a few items that ultimately played a part in bringing them hope. With many songs, skits, and exhortation with Scripture this team has been a true blessing to these sweet and needy people. But we were not the only ones handing out blessings on Thursday. <br />
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Jennifer and Jospehine had organized an amazing Thanksgiving dinner for us. They invited the Health Alert Team and a few of the children that have been served by Sweet Sleep in the past. They poured out blessings to us with gifts, their finest food, amazing words of encouragement and prayers. <br />
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I once shared a thanksgiving meal with unexpected families members when I was in the 5th grade. I was in the hospital for a lengthy period of time and my mom and dad were faithfully enduring (probably with more pain than I was in) that holiday season. The medical staff and new friends became a brief Thanksgiving family to my family. This year, my wife and two children were doing their thanksgiving with family back in Texas... without me. It brings me so much joy to rush back to Texas to my wife and family (and extended family) to tell them the news of my our new family members. Thanksgiving in Gulu was a serendipitous blessing. <br />
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I actually held it all together until Josephine suggest we sing Amazing Grace to close out our night. I held Chris' hand with my left hand and in my right hand was the hand of a young boy who had recently been given a bed. Between both of them was an undeserving sinner who was not only saved by amazing grace, but continues to be sustained by it. I was holding hands with two servants that love Jesus Christ and have chosen to spend their days singing and acting on that love. <br />
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Sweet Sleep is truly one of the greatest ministries that I've been a part of. I do not think I have met two more courageous, compassionate, and hope-filled people than Josephine and Jennifer. The work in Uganda will be bearing fruit for generations. To experience this and "taste" just some of this "fruit" has truly been a special thanksgiving for me. <br />
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Thank YOU for reading and supporting this work!<br />
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Embracing and Exalting the majesty of God in all things for the joy all people,<br />
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