In late July, we lost our dear friend, Margaret, who was the founder and director of the Mityana Orphanage School. Though small in stature, Margaret had a huge heart for children and an iron will to see that they were taken care of. Over a thousand people came to the orphanage to pay respects to […]
Becky's Journey
Our Wonderful Friend, Teresa
Many friends in US followed the story of our friend Teresa who lived in a village near Nama. Early in 2009, when we met Teresa, we discovered what appeared to be a terrible wound on her heel. Many of the young men of IAM took care of cleaning the wound and bandaging it each week […]
Extreme Makeover!! Mityana Orphanage August 2010
The pictures speak for themselves! What a joy for IAM to bring this wonderful blessing to the children at Mityana Orphanage a few months ago. A generous donation was made to renovate the old chicken coop into a large dining hall with outside covered pavilion. The project began when Bernie Boudreaux from Austin, Texas who […]
Picture Explanation
The following posts show pictures of the dining conditions for the orphans prior to their new dining hall. The first picture is of the old chick coop, which was renovated for the dining hall. A large covered pavilion was added to the front. The pictures following show the utensils the children were using and how […]
Before Pictures—Dining Conditions
After Pictures of New Dining–Taken August 2010!
“Freely You Received—Freely Give”
The children at Mityana Orphanage have been blessed these past two years through many gifts which have improved their living conditions—a renovated kitchen, new mattresses, sheets, blankets, clothes for all , and most recently the wonderful new dining hall/pavilion with tables, benches, new plates and cups. Surely ,they have Freely Received! What a thrill in […]
Seeing the Needs
On Saturday, we went to the man’s house to see how we could help him. When we arrived at his house, he was sitting on the ground. He had no chair; he was sleeping with on bits of torn foam using small pieces of thin blankets for covering. Inside the tiny house was a burning […]