Mission Moroto Stories: Fun, Jesus Praising, Statistics
Even though we live here every day and are always in awe of what God is doing here, it is still humbling and amazing to work out some of the statistics of all the good that is happening here, of all that God is doing through you, our donors and sponsors…
We often mention the glorious stats about 24 village churches and over 1800 baptisms to date, but here are some other shocking stats for your enjoyment and God’s praise.
Mission Moroto currently has 352 orphans, 110 of whom are preschoolers. Supernaturally, Rebekah knows almost every name and can recite every child’s story. She has detailed records for each child. She oversees 98 staff members. Staff members consist of Manager, Guard, Guidance Counselor, Social Worker, Nurse, Assistant Nurse, 8 Cooks, 6 House Moms, 6 Laundresses, 11 Elementary School Teachers, 13 Pastors, 24 Jesus & Porridge Teachers, and 24 Jesus & Porridge Cooks. The 48 Jesus and Porridge workers feed and teach over 2000 village children 3 days a week. This requires 30 – 200 pound bags of maize flour a month.
To feed and care for the orphanage alone each month it requires 12 – 200 pound bags of beans, 12 – 200 pound bags of rice, 25 – 200 pound bags of maize flour, 10 – 1 quart containers of cooking oil, 6 – 100 pound bags of sugar, 116 containers of skin lotion, 6 cases of bar soap, 12 cases of laundry soap, 3 packages of salt, 168 heads of cabbage, 224 onions, 900 tomatoes, 200 pounds of beef, 15 cans of baby formula, 900 diapers, 32 tubes of toothpaste, 15 gallons of gasoline at $8 a gallon (for the motorcycles to go to each of the 24 village Jesus & Porridge programs and churches). She makes trips to the capitol city 2 or 3 times a year to buy a truck load of lightly used clothing to keep the children well clothed. Not to mention the cases of Malaria medicine & antibiotics we go through a month. Rebekah has multiple disabled children that have regular doctor visits, surgeries, and trips 12 hours away to hospitals in the capitol.
By God’s grace and a beautiful anointing, Rebekah has built relationships with all the best Christian suppliers in our region and beyond and she gets the best deals. Because our region is semi-arid, very little can be grown here so Rebekah has it trucked in from parts of Uganda that are very fertile and get plenty of rain. She keeps all of this in her head, and by God’s sweet grace, though we are only about 1/2 sponsored, we have always had just enough, just in time, over these last 5 years. She has made friends with all of the government officials in the local and state offices, has completed hundreds and hundreds of required documents and our operation is 100% legal. Our school is on track to be the best scoring school in the state (district). She has fended off thieves, enemies, con artists, and more. She has built 14 dormitories, a 1200 seat auditorium, a 300 seat dining hall, a 12 classroom school, drilled 5 wells, and more while being violently ill 75% of the time. Only Jesus can do this. His vision, His calling, His love, His favor. To Him alone be praise, honor, and glory!!! www.missionmoroto.org #missionmorotostories