Folks-
My wife and I sponsor a child in Uganda through a woman named Geri. Geri is a retired Canadian teacher but she became good friends with my mom and dad while she lived in Florida.
Geri has almost singlehandedly transformed a small village in Uganda by building a school, getting wells dug, gardens planted, livestock purchased and children sponsored. This is a pure grass roots effort- no formal organization.
The child that Mary and I sponsor is Yusef Kalire. We received the following email from Geri yesterday. The man Ivan she mentions lives in the village and assists in her work. It is a horrendous situation. I would ask that you pray over this.
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Hi Mary and Todd
I was wondering if you can pray for Yusef Kalire and his sister Rachel. The father went crazy and beat up the woman who was living with him. She was a good woman who tried to care for Kalire and Rachel as well as her own daughter.
Kalire and Rachel's father is known in the village as a night dancer. A person who robs graves and eats flesh. Rumour has it his children might be possessed. As awful as this sounds there is witchcraft and other evil things in Uganda.
I wanted the children to come to our shelter but there is a fear.
This little excerpt is from Ivan
'In reality, we need a person like a pastor to wash away a bad spirit on these children before coming to the shelter.
Don't for get that they dance at night and the father is a cannibalism. This evil do affect other children just in case they sleep together."
So prayers and prayer warriors are needed.
Blessings,
Geri
