Providing Hope and Healing: Our Journey to Uganda

Uganda Mission Post #1:  

Ann and Mary Bartlinski arrived in Uganda and hit the ground running! The heart of these ladies is so beautiful! We are here Lord, use us.

It was a very emotional first day on the ground for Ann and Mary. After attending Mass Sunday morning and listening to a relatable homily about serving others, they proceeded to the hospital with our incredible partners and delivered all of the supplies for the babies - formula, clothing, and two medical grade baby scales. 

Ann said the moms and foster moms were so very grateful for your gifts, blessing them and crying with gratitude. They spent time hugging some of the babies we've stood in the gap for and had lunch with Frank and Lily Grace - a young boy and baby girl you may remember helping, along with their incredible foster moms. Ann took them OHFO necklaces, which they loved. 

She said the people there are so loving, and the foster moms are truly Heaven-sent. Their gratitude is so genuine.

Ann's words to all of us on this side of the world, "They have hope now that you are helping them. Hope can move mountains." There is so much to do there, and many children need assistance.

Ann and Mary have already seen things that shouldn't be - like little "Josiah", a three-year-old who had a surgery on Christmas Eve and now desperately needs prayers for survival and healing. 

Josiah is in critical condition, as you can see, and arrangements are being made to transfer him to a larger hospital that will hopefully be able to provide the life-sustaining medical care he needs. Please pray for his full recovery.

Please pray for his full recovery.

Hope Lives Here, friends. Thank you for wrapping yourselves so tightly around this mission - what an honor to serve the most vulnerable.