By Rosemary | Grandmother
This report is from Jaja Rosemary, one of the grandmothers you help support through the Bridges for Children project in Uganda. Three of her grandchildren attend school because of you!
I come from the northern region of Uganda. I came here because of the war after the death of my husband, and some of my children. I had to run here for rescue.
Things were not going on well. My grandchildren were not going to school. My own children were not going to school. So one day in the morning I sent one of them to go and buy for them some small something to take some tea.
That is when they met Sister Rose. And Sister Rose pitied my grand child, who was crying seeing other children going to school, when for them they were not going to school. And yet we were just staying next to the primary school. So, Rose requested the young girl to bring her home where she stays, and she found me. She started talking to me and asking me my own story. And she said, “It is okay. Lets pray about it.”
Then after some time she came and said, “We are requesting you to give us these children to take them to school."
Oh - I jumped onto my legs! At least I became happy, because - that was always my cry, because my own children didn’t go to school and my grandchildren were now not going even to school. So I really thank the Calvary Temple Church - Bridges for Children, who have helped me and taken my children to school.
So, I’ve really benefitted from that because Bridges for Children - like especially Rose, she’s very much concerned. She wants to know about my health. Because most of the time I’m down with diabetes. And when I’m down with diabetes, the children suffer. They don’t have food.
I used to be okay when my husband was there. Sometimes I ask myself when I get help from people I say, “Now, why do people help me?” Then I sometimes I remember when I was in the village with my husband. I would not even see widows and orphans just suffering. Because my husband was very hard-working and he was a policeman. We used to have a very big land, and we would cultivate, so we had food.
So, sometime people tell me in the way, when I go to the village, they say, “God is helping you, because you used to help people.” And I thank God for that.
Sometimes...they give me some little funds to go to the hospital. Go and buy food. Because really it is a struggle. Like today - since morning we have not eaten. I’m trying to make something, so that we eat. We take lunch/supper [combined]. Especially when they’re at home [between school terms].
It is doing a great, great, great work. Because now, like when the children are at school I don’t worry because of what the children are going to eat for breakfast and lunch.
We’d like to thank God for you people on the other side who have been supporting these people to let them be able to support us. We are really very grateful. Because it is not easy to help. Even if you are so rich, or you are poor, it is not easy to help. It comes from the bottom of your heart to see that you help somebody. Me, now I have seen it.
THANK YOU!
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