WE MADE IT TO AMERICA

Boys helping daddy change oil

We made it to America. The transition has been smooth and the boys are doing well.

Mitchell Update

The highlights of the past few months have been moving into our new home, which was completed at the end of April, and spending four days at Musana Camps with our Pacific family. It was exciting to watch our kids enjoy each other, the beauty of God’s creation, practice swimming in Lake Victoria, laugh hard, play hard, hike, sing, and delve into the word of God!
The rest of this News Letter will be a photo collage of our time there and, upon request; this and subsequent news letters will introduce you to our family members and help you get to know our Pacific family better. As many of you know, New Hope Kasana Children’s Centre is all about family. Well here’s ours… at least the immediate family:) Our family is made up crucial members. Our family father is Uncle Rukundo William (front right in orange & a blue hat). Rukundo is not married, but co-parents with Aunt Christine, (front, near center in a purple). To date, we have 21 children. Uncles and Aunties (like ourselves) assist the family parents, and love on these children! That’s the reason we are here! As a child, Uncle Rukundo was in one of the original families. He is now 32 years old, and has been a family father for 8 years, YES he became a father to 20+ kids at age 24! Auntie Christine, has been parenting in Pacific family for 5 years, and has two of her biological grandchildren with her in our family. Auntie Marian (middle row, left in pink) has been an Auntie for Pacific family for 12 years now, and heads our sponsorship program. Auntie Jenny (front, on the rock, in blue) is our newest acquired Auntie who serves as a nurse in our clinic, and the Jackson family Nathan, Kendra and 2 kiddos John & Hannah (in the back row) are working at Musana Camps. The other Uncle and Aunties (attached to different Kasana family groups) are the Boufard family (on the far left & kids scattered throughout the group) who are leading the Musana Camps team, & two short term camp staff members.

This will be our last news letter from Uganda as we leave for furlough in just a couple of weeks. We have mixed emotions as we pack and prepare to leave. It seems to have taken a full three years to see freedom of relationship with many of our Pacific Family kids, and leaving for an extended period makes us wonder how challenging it might be to get back to this point when we return! We are, however, very aware that our Father spares no expense when it comes to the lives of his children (Is. 43:1-7) and we are sure He has just the right people in place for this season of their lives and ours!
What a loving God!
With love from The Mitchell’s!
Address for online Donations www.newhopeuganda.org
Or
New Hope Uganda
PO Box 154
Belle Fourche, SD 57717-0154