At Iris Mission Africa we pride ourselves for believing in the power of partnership which has led us to helping various Non-Profits document their activities. As enshrined in our core objectives, we help such organizations boost their promotion capabilities that eventually convert into partnerships or sponsors.
It has never been easy to pursue a call especially one that involves transforming lives but last weekend marked an important chapter in our training programs when Mr. Saltray Lubega was invited to speak to the youth ministers at Jesus Celebration Center.
Thru our i-witness program which was designed to enable ministers to use Media and Technology to enhance the preaching of the gospel, we always reach out to various ministries in need of this crucial component of evangelism in the church today.
While listening to Darren Walker, the Ford Foundation President, I heard him make one of the most profound statements of our time: "The greatest threat to our civilization is Hopelessness."
I couldn't agree more! There are lots of people who have forfeited their potential and resorted to several unfulfilling practices like drugs, prostitution, theft and many other vices because they have lost hope in the future.
When God told Moses to deliver the Children of Israel from Egypt, he (Moses) never knew the magnitude of the work ahead, but every step of the way, God gave him a new measure of grace to accomplish the task at hand. Likewise, when Iris Mission Africa embarked on the journey to empower our communities in the fight against poverty, little did we know that it meant sleeping away from our homes, spending days sharing our experiences with families that needed more understanding of the works of God.
I may not be a mother, but I know the pangs of bringing forth. The pain of bringing something to life is overwhelming but fortunately, the joy that comes after is incomparable.
I felt one of the greatest pains after our whatsapp chat with Christine, our Kumi District coordinator which added to our already overwhelming list of requests for skills training as shown in the snapshot.