There are still so many child soldiers, the monster still forces the children to kill all their family members so that they are left with no one to look up to. if you refuse to kill your family, he kills you and your family.

The warlords also rape women and children, they cut off people’s sitting arrangements, noses, mouths, ears and also plucks out eyeballs. This may seem unbelievable but it is true. Continue to pray for beloved country and let your support continue to flow in.
For God and our country.

I looked for you on Facebook, but there are about 10-12 Diane Loewen’s and I wasn’t sure which one was you! You can search by my email (rainstar76@yahoo.com) or by my name if you’re interested in being friends.

I too “attempted” to stray from the Lord for several years. I say attempted because I know that God never really let me go! I am praying for your daughter and you as well. The fact that she still has such a passion for the children of Uganda tells me that the Lord is still working in her heart! I specifically asked for a child in Uganda to sponsor. I couldn’t watch the documentary “Invisible children”, but my 17 year old son did. He also wrote a paper about these invisible children for his history class this year. I hope to be able to go to Uganda and visit my beautiful little girl one day soon.

Your comment really touched my heart. I will be praying for your daughter. I’m sorry to hear that she’s strayed away from the Lord, but as we know, our God is jealous. Our God is a pursuer. And with all my heart, I believe that He will continue to pursue her! I know many staff members of Invisible Children who have a committed relationship with Christ. I pray that she will have the opportunity to interact with these people. Thank you also for being an advocate and making a difference in the lives of children in Uganda!

Sorry the link to my photos didn’t work. I am not aware of any on line videos from the trip. Barbara M: Is there a way to get your email address so I could send you some of my pics and videos? Are you on Facebook?

The child I visited is 19 years old and I have been sponsoring him for about 12 years. I was on the waiting list and joined the group at the last minute, so he didn’t even know I was coming. Surprise may have been the understatement of the year! Yes, you are right, it was a life changing experience. Our letters have become more frequent and just a little more personnel, but I understand his letters a lot better now that I’ve witnessed his shy personality.

Now I’m in school to get my library degree and I’m finding that my passion is education, literacy, and opportunities for ALL, particularly those in rural and underdeveloped areas.

I’m not sure what I’m going to DO with this passion yet as I’m just discovering it and am still only in my first semester of grad school, but I know I’ve always, even from childhood, had a heart for India, particularly those in poverty there.

So maybe I’ll end up doing something there or working with a library or organization here that partners with libraries and such there.

Three of my sponsored kids (well 1 is a correspondence only child but the other two are fully sponsored) are in India, but the more I learn about some of the other countries the rest of my sponsored children are in, the more those countries grow in my heart too! So who knows, maybe I’ll end up working for an international library or something.

But now that I know my passion and know what makes me happy and gives me a sense of doing something to better the world, I don’t want to stop pursuing it!