You may have heard of the African Children's Choir. They have performed on American Idol, The Ellen Degeneres Show, for the Queen of England, and other notable venues. They are a group of 26 children (mostly orphans) who tour the US and world performing to raise awareness and money to help care for and educate the orphans back in Uganda.
The African Children's Choir now calls the Triangle home. King's Park International Church purchased about 6 acres and a house out on Jordan Lake for the children to use as their home base when they are not touring. The house is called "Mirembe" which means "peace" in their native language of Uganda.
The newest group of children just arrived this past Thursday. Friday night, we took dinner out to the kids. The children are so loving. They ran up to us when we arrived and showered us with hugs calling us Auntie and Uncle. We were able to play, talk, laugh and eat with them. We also had the privilege to stay late and worship and pray with them, after they were in their pajamas. It was the MOST amazing time. I felt so close to God and to our unknown children we are adopting from Ethiopia. It was difficult to hold back the tears of joy and love.
Again, on Saturday we went back out for dinner and a welcome party with a much larger group of people.
It was apparent on Friday that the children need an new pajama wardrobe. So, our ministry is having a pajama drive for the children. PJ's for Mirembe! There are approximately 14 girls and 14 boys sizes 7-10. If you would like to purchase some new pajamas (no gowns please) to donate, contact me for drop off.
For more information about the African Childrens Choir or Mirembe House, check out their website at www.africanchildrenschoir.com or www.friendsofmirembe.org
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It's my fist time on your blog. I'm a fellow red letter campaign blogger so I wanted to say Hi!
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