I hope you read my last blog for some comic relief because now I’m going to hit you with our actual ministry this month.
(Borrowed this adorable pic of Ugandan Village children from google images.)
It’s real, it’s happening today, and most of the world believes it is just a gruesome ritual of the past but it’s NOT and you need to know what’s happening in your world. Without awareness there can be no change but thanks to Kyampisi, partners like us and other ministries slowly but surely awareness is growing.
(Alan age 10. Scar where he was chopped with a machete when kidnappers attempted to behead him)
We are working with a ministry called Kyampisi Childcare Ministries. They have a plethora of ministries but their main focus is ending child sacrifice. The ministry works with other ministries to go undercover to cults and witch doctors to find children and save them. In the home I live in this month we have 3 children who are rescued children and there are other children who have been returned to their parents.
I want to tell you every child’s story but for time’s sake I’ll choose just one.
Her name is Hope.
She was kidnapped when she was 18 months old. Her hands and feet were tied behind her back for almost 2 years. Part of her tongue was cut out. Her blood was drained repeatedly throughout the years and her organs were most likely tampered with. All this for witch craft and good luck. She is 7 years old but she doesn’t appear to be a day over 3 or 4. She is severely traumatized and brain damaged. She was not born with brain damage but due to what was done to her she appears at 1st glance to have cerebral palsy. Here at Kyampisi she is loved, receives physical therapy and is being rehabilitated. She has come a LONG way and we praise God that she was saved.
However, there are still many other children being sacrificed and treated like animals. Other children have had their organs taken out, holes drilled through their brains, limbs cut off, genitals cut off, decapitated and many other unimaginable atrocities.
Every child has a different story but in the end they are all the same. They were kidnapped and taken to be used as a sacrifice. Those who sacrifice children believe that children are pure and sacrificing them will bring them prosperity and wealth.
Kyampisi has made a documentary where you can see the stories of other children I live with. BBC also did a short video report on Child Sacrifice here in Kyampisi, Uganda. I posted the links below for you to watch. They are currently working on another video that they get to present to the United Nations this year. The prayer is that the U.N. will be moved to take action. I’m not completely sure what that action is hoped to look like but I imagine it means getting a lot more people undercover to find children and sacrificers. It will also likely help get laws in place that make the punishment for such crimes harsh enough that people will be less likely to even consider doing such things.
So you’re wondering how you can help? How can you change lives?
Hope is in great need of support to continue therapy and 10 year old Alan, who you saw in the video, is in need of help purchasing a plane ticket in order to get brain surgery. Please e-mail [email protected] if you would like to become a monthly supporter or even send one time support for Hope or Alan. Thank You
