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Letter From The Director

Jay Dangers (New Hope Uganda Ministries Director)

Dear Family and Friends of the Mitchells,

Greetings from New Hope Uganda! I trust you are all well! On behalf of the New Hope family, I would like to thank you for your support of Caleb and Alair. By faithfully supporting and caring for them, you are supporting the work and the children here, and we are so grateful for that!

Caleb and Alair have come to help with a new and very special project- developing a camp facility that will be used by children from New Hope Uganda and many others from around the country. In preparation for this, not long after they arrived, Caleb and Alair began attending the New Hope Institute of Childcare and Family. NHICF is a five-month training course conducted here at New Hope that offers intensive training on caring for fatherless and abandoned children, on serving in a foreign culture, on counseling, worldview, and so much more. In addition to attending NHICF, Caleb and Alair have spent their time investing in the children in Pacific family- spending evenings with them, working in the gardens with them, and more. They have also begun working hard to learn Luganda, and Caleb has made many Ugandan’s days by using every Luganda word he has learned as he visits with them! On the weekends, the Mitchells have been an immense help to the Baby House staff by caring for baby Nicholas. Rumor has it he might be with them more than just weekends in the future!

Thank you for your faithful support of Caleb and Alair! Faithful and sufficient funds are an immense blessing to anyone out on the “field,” and do much towards alleviating stress. Please do pray that the Lord will continue to provide the remaining monthly and start up funds they need. We pray that the Lord will bless you all richly for the sacrifices you make that enable the Mitchells to serve with us here!

Life can be very difficult out here- with constant challenges, cultural differences, uncertainties, and the never-ending work of raising children. Please do continue to pray for Caleb and Alair, that God will give them strength and wisdom for all that they will encounter as they continue the work with the camp. As you are able, I know the occasional email, letter, package, or even phone call would be a great encouragement as well! As you also know, Caleb and Alair came back to the U.S. recently, as Alair’s mom has been very ill. Please do lift them up in prayer during this very difficult time.

As a way to better care for our foreign staff we have held two Foreign Staff Retreats in the last two years. We would like to continue this as an annual event. Although we would love to pay for each member’s time, New Hope Uganda does not have the funds available, so we have asked each individual or family to pay for their own way. If you are looking for an extra way to bless the Mitchells, please consider contributing towards this annual retreat for them. Thank you!

Indeed we believe that the part you play as you serve by sending the Mitchells is vitally important- and is of equal value to that of those of us on foreign soil’s “front lines.” As David told his men in 1 Samuel 30:24,“…as his part is who goes down to the battle, so shall his part be who stays by the supplies; they shall share alike.” I Samuel 30:24 Also, as the writer of Hebrews writes, we are confident on your behalf that “God is not unjust; He will not forget your work and the love you have shown Him as you have helped His people and continue to help them.” Hebrews 6:10

As the Lord notices your service in this way, we too say thank you for the role you have played here at New Hope through your continued support for and care of Caleb and Alair. They are a blessing, and we are thankful to have them as part of the Kasana family. May the Lord bless each of you richly!

In Christ,

Jay Dangers
New Hope Uganda, Director