My Next Big Adventure

Parental CareMinistries (PCM) exists to help poor and orphaned children of Uganda by meeting their physical, emotional, and spiritual needs in Christian schools. Currently, PCM has six school campuses in southwest Uganda, and they also equip 50+ pastors to spread the Gospel throughout Uganda.

I first learned of Parental Care Ministries at a Mothers of Preschoolers meeting when they came to speak about their ministry. Our group and my family donated to some of PCM’s projects, and we financially contributed to a friend joining PCM on a mission trip. A bit more than a year ago, Will wrote a letter asking Santa Claus to deliver chickens to orphans in Uganda. When PCM sent my son photos of the children in Uganda receiving chickens, I was ecastatic! Soon after that, our family decided to sponsor 13-year old Ssalli, one of the students at a PCM campus. Our experiences with PCM continued to be positive, so when I realized God was prompting me to apply for a mission trip, PCM was one of the first groups I approached.

I will be part of a team of 20-25 people going to Uganda, June 16^th through 27^th, this summer. On this trip, PCM will be partnering with Children’s Emergency Relief International (CERI), a health and human services organization dedicated to the long-term care of orphans, vulnerable children, youth and their families in crisis throughout the world. CERI will be bringing its shoe mission expertise to all six PCM campuses. Children in this impoverished area desperately need shoes to prevent foot disease and injury. I am excited to be part of the team that will travel to each school and minister to each individual child while sizing their feet and placing new socks and shoes on each of the 1500+ PCM school children.  

There are several ways for you to help our team. First, and foremost, please pray for our team. Pray for all the details to come together, pray that we can share God’s love with the children in Uganda, pray for our families who will be without us for twelve days (that is a long time for my husband and four young children), pray for our safety and health as we travel to, and in, a third-world country, and pray that our stories reach the hearts of others.

I am also seeking financial contributions for the hundreds of pairs of shoes ($25 per pair) and for my travel expenses (approximately $3000). If you are interested in contributing to either, please make a check out to Parental Care Ministries, put the purpose (shoes/travel) in the memo section, and send the check directly to me. PCM is an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, your contribution is tax deductible, and PCM sends yearly contribution statements each January. If you would like to learn more about PCM, visit the website and blog at www.pcmonline.org. To learn more about CERI, visit www.CERIkids.org.

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