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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:12:40 -0500

Rwanda: A Reflection at Manhattan Cafe in Portland, OR was...

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:13:10 -0400

Rwanda: A Reflection at Manhattan Cafe in Portland, OR was enjoyable for everyone who attended. Thank you for a wonderful evening!

Katushabe Peace lives with her mother. Her father became ill...

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:52:53 -0400

Katushabe Peace lives with her mother. Her father became ill when she was very young and died. Now her mother struggles to make money inside their refugee camp, Kageyo. Since getting food is extremely hard, Peace and her family do not eat often. Her mother tries very hard to keep Peace in school so that she can get an education and a way to make money. Peace is now in grade 6 and she worries about how she will get enough support to go to high school next year. After being educated, she hopes God will help her become a government minister so that she can help her community and provide for her family.

Look who showed up to the Africa New Life Radio-Thon….Phil...

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:38:28 -0400

Look who showed up to the Africa New Life Radio-Thon….Phil Stacy!

More than 7,000 children sleep on the streets of Kigali,...

Tue, 26 May 2009 13:16:00 -0400

More than 7,000 children sleep on the streets of Kigali, Rwanda. Only a few hundred receive meals, safe water and medical care from Africa New Life. You can change the life of a street child for only $15.52!

Get more information at http://www.anlm.org/streetchildrenproject/ today!

A Baby in Kayonza

Fri, 22 May 2009 18:45:20 -0400

Africa New Life is pleased to announce that Rebecca (and her husband, Robert), ANLM’s Child Sponsorship Coordinator, welcomed their little baby boy into the world yesterday! Everyone is happy, healthy and safe.

Nisima Cyabitama is four years old.* The child was born in...

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:20:00 -0400

Nisima Cyabitama is four years old.* The child was born in exile – in Tanzania in 1995. She now lives with her family in a re-settlement camp in Rwanda called Kageyo. Both parents are alive, but the family is very poor. Neither of her parentts have a job and neither completed primary schooling. They now struggle to provide for their large family: five girls and three boys ranging in age from 2 1/2 to 15 years old. Because of the extreme poverty in Kageyo, Nisima and her siblings are hungry most of the time, often going to bed on an empty stomach.

Nisima dreams of becoming a doctor and helping children who are in pain. She wants to be able to provide for her entire family. Nisima currently attends preschool in a neighboring school.

There are hundreds of children like Nisima living in extreme poverty whos families struggle to afford school tuition. Help break the cycle of poverty today! To sponsor a child like Nisima who lives in Kageyo, please e-mail children@africanewlife.org.

*Picture is of four-year-old Nisima, her father, David, and older sister, Annet.

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Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:44:27 -0400

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A Sifa Update from Florence Mugisha

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:12:00 -0400

I am still in the U.S. and am taking care for Sifa, one of the sponsored children of ANLM, who just had her jaw surgery in Washington, D.C. after not opening her mouth for over 5 years.

Tomorrow marks one month away from the rest of my family (Charles and the two boys headed back home in February). The truth is that I really miss my family but I do thank God I can help with Sifa.

God has been amazingly great to Sifa despite her difficult past. She’s lost both of her parents and has been cared for by an elderly grandmother who really struggled to take care of her.

Last year Sifa had very very severe infection and could’ve died if God had not intervened by sending a mission team from USA, Immanuel Bible Church from DC. Thank God for mission teams.

We praise God for successful surgery and continued healing for Sifa and for protecting her from losing her life during all the years she lived in pain.

Two days ago she had her dental appointment and the results were amazing, we all expected her to lose all or most of her teeth. But the doctor said was that she didn’t have any decay!

Sifa is now able to attend school and does speech therapy to help her completely heal.

Again I do not know what could have happened to Sifa if she wasn’t been able to be sponsored and be able to meet with Doctor Susan and the team from IBC.

Thank God for child sponsorship!

Thank you all for your prayers and support to Sifa.

Please pray for Sifa’s total recovery,and pray for a safe journey home to Kigali, Rwanda on the April 10th.

We give God all the praise and we thank Him for using His peopleto take care of Sifa.

We all can’t wait to be home.

-Florence Mugisha

View Pictures of Sifa...

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:30:38 -0500

…by going to http://www.caringbridge.org/cb/photoMainView.do

She is recovering nicely!

Sifa on Mend!

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:29:00 -0500

Sifa is on the mend!

We will go home tomorrow.

This morning about 9AM she turned the corner in her recovery. She asked for a milk shake. ;) She drank it with a straw! Now we can work on taking pain medication orally instead of through the IV. It has been very hard for her to try to drink since surgery. In addition to learning to open and close her mouth and swallowing is discovering her tongue and all of the ways it can move when you can open your mouth.

Thank you soooooooo much for each of you who have prayed for her, read her site, followed her story and shared it with friends. So many people have given in so many ways to make this day possible. From the surgeons, to the meals, to the nurses and techs, the ICS school family, Immanuel Bible Church, the children who made cards and the list goes on and on. Praise the Lord and thank you so much! It took a very big team for such a little girl.

WHAT A BLESSING TO WATCH GOD WORK!

Sifa is treated like a celebrity here at INOVA Fairfax Hospital! Thank you all so much for the way you have taken care of this little girl with medical care she could have never even imagined!

May God Bless You Day. :)

Sifa's Surgery

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:26:42 -0500

Sifa, the 11-year-old girl whose been in the U.S. awaiting critical surgery, is in recovery today. This morning doctors succesfully unlocked her jaw.

Because of the infection in her mouth, some of her teeth were decayed. Doctors were able to pull two of them while they were working on her jaw.

Please pray for Sifa as she will be very sore and swollen. She will begin physical therapy in the coming weeks. Sifa should be out of the hospital tomorrow.

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Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:30:16 -0500

Mission Trips for 2009

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:03:49 -0500

Are you interested in going to Rwanda in 2009?

Join Africa New Life Ministries for an informational meeting about 2009 mission trips on Sunday, January 18th.

Where: Christian Supply
10209 SE Division St
Portland, OR

When: Sunday, January 18, 2009 from 4:00-6:00 p.m.

What: This informational meeting will lay the groundwork for the 2009 ANLM Mission Trips from Portland, answer questions and give you the next steps to join a team!

Trips for 2009 include:

June 4-18: Rock Rwanda led by Gunnar Simonsen, General Manager for Chrisitian Supply. This trip will be an extension of the Rock Rwanda Movement that has sprung up in Portland around Africa New Life. Music will be a big feature of this trip along with serving the needy on three ministry fronts.

June 18-29: Rwanda is Open for Business led by Tony and Serena Morones . If you are interested in learning how you can do business in Rwanda and lift up the nation at the same time this is the trip for you.

June 18-July 2: General Service Team led by Dave Crosswhite. This team will build clean water systems in Kigali, serve refugee families in Kageyo and spend significant time with the thousands of street kids, single moms and sponsored children Africa New Life serves everyday.

July 3-20: Medical Mission led by Gary Tribbett and Compassion Connect. This team will meet medical needs, working with local churches and Africa New Life in preparation for Kigali CityFest with Andrew Palau. Both medical and support people are needed.

Please RSVP to Brooke Gray by e-mail: brooke@africanewlife.org

If you have questions, you may e-mail Brooke at brooke@africanewlife.org or call 503.906.1590 ext. 1212.

See you there!

World AIDS Day is today. Please pray for those suffering from...

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:32:00 -0500

World AIDS Day is today. Please pray for those suffering from HIV/AIDS in Rwanda, especially. They need our prayers, our support and our love. Many children have lost parents to the deadly pandemic. Thousands are still HIV-positive. Thank you for your prayers for Rwanda!

To learn more go to www.worldaidsday.org.

Sifa is a special girl with immense medical needs. She was...

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:29:17 -0500

Sifa is a special girl with immense medical needs. She was brought to the U.S. by Immanuel Bible Church for surgery on her jaw. To learn more about Sifa and to read her story, click here.

One Woman’s Testimony from the New Life Family...

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:31:00 -0400

One Woman’s Testimony from the New Life Family Center:

Venancia is a struggling young widow with a small child. After the 1994 chidlren, she was left to care for her brother’s and sister’s 3 children, as well. She and her family live in a dirt-floored mud house near the Dream Center. Before coming to New Life Family Center, Venancia’s life was very unrewarding, as all her time was spent striving to get food. She was hopeless. In 2002, she married, but her husband got ill and died in 2005. Soon after his death, she also got ill and discovered that she had HIV-AIDS. It is assumed that her late husband died from HIV-AIDS. Through this hopelessness, though, she discovered Christ, made Him her personal savior and is now an active member of New Life Bible Church! Because someone like you cared enough to sponsor her, Venancia now is a part of the Dream. Now, she is making a small garden to help provide food for her family. She is able to sell some of the things that she has learned to make in the tailoring class. And, a friend of hers has two sewing machines and sometimes lets her use one to supplement her earnings. Venancia is excited to begin her internship and show the knowledge and ability that she has gained in the program. She is also nervous that a customer may bring her something she doesn’t know how to make; she knows that she has a lot more to learn. Once finished with the program Venancia is looking forward to providing for her family. Please pray that she will do well in her internship and will be able to find a job after graduating from the program!

Mission Rwanda: 2009

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:58:25 -0400

Next year more than 100 people will join Africa New Life Ministries in Rwanda. Musicians, businesspeople, doctors, nurses, students, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters will come together for one reason: serving Rwanda.

God will do amazing things in Rwanda next summer. Already, the Kigali Palau Festival is scheduled. And, a Season of Service was already established to surround the festival.

Join ANLM in Rwanda for this Season of Service next summer. Trips are already scheduled and teams are filling quickly.

If you are interested in getting more information about how you can join a team, please e-mail brooke@africanewlife.org.

If you would like to support ANLM’s short-term teams next year, please consider send donations to the U.S. office with a note for “Summer Teams 2009”.

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Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:28:41 -0400

Welcome Alan Hotchkiss to ANLM!

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:28:00 -0400

Today marks Alan Hotchikiss’s first day as the new Africa New Life Ministries’ Executive Director. Before joining ANLM, Alan served as the National Church and Community Partnership Director for the Luis Palau Association.

Alan is married to Lisa; they have two little girls: Laura & Pamela.