TO OUR DEAR FRIENDS OF MCM ~ 

Many blessings to you all at this magical time of year! I am writing in April and the weather is finally breaking with tulips, daffodils, the smell of the earth, the budding of trees and the singing of birds…Oh! What a wonderful blessing Spring is!

 In addition to the gift of Spring and soon Summer let me share with you three more amazing“Gifts.” These three darling young ladies all share the first name of “Gift.” In addition, they share the gift from God of extraordinarily high IQ combined with discipline, hard work ethic and gentle, humble, kind characters. Gift Ayebazibwe,  Gift Pleasant and Gift Namanya are all young women in different stages of their University experience. Gift A is completing her freshman year in Physics and Math Education. Gift P is finishing her senior year in Accounting and Business and Gift N. completed Nursing, passed boards and is now working and awaiting graduation. All three girls have been on the MCM program since 2017 and all three girls’ fathers are either deceased or absent. Life has not been easy for them. Yet in all of our interactions, each has truly been a gift to Ivan and I…such blessings! 

Children are children no matter what continent you are on. They are immature, inexperienced, naive and in their teen years, attempting to navigate massive physical, hormonal and emotional changes. This is not easy to do with both parents present, so much harder when you are an orphan. Add to that – lack of resources, lack of food, lack of safety and protection, lack of clothing or feminine protection or even soap to clean. Then add lack of light to study by, lack of textbooks, lack of school supplies, school uniforms, shoes and most of all school tuition fees. Honestly it is a miracle these students make any progress in school at all! 

And yet…God hears these kids and miraculously, through many of you, communicates to them they matter to Him. Through your generosity our Gifts have received so many gifts! To watch them bloom, to see their academic gifts surface and grow, to watch as they struggle faithfully, one day at a time leaning into His care and Love, truly it is amazing grace, a divine gift. 

We are so grateful to all of you! Our three Gifts are so grateful! And ALL the rest of over 300 MCM students attending school and learning how deeply God loves them cannot Thank you enough! Actually, YOU are OUR gifts from God! 

Feeling overwhelmingly blessed ~ 

“mum michele”

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