Aggie's Baby Home http://www.ugandalove.org giving babies a hope, a home, and a future Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:19:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2011 Tax Receipts http://www.ugandalove.org/2012/01/2011-tax-receipts/ http://www.ugandalove.org/2012/01/2011-tax-receipts/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:42:31 +0000 admin http://www.ugandalove.org/?p=838 Thank you for your tax deductible donations to Torchgrab Ministries in 2011 on behalf of Aggie’s Baby Home. Donation receipts have been mailed. Please contact us at claudia@torchgrab.org if you have any questions. Thank you.

]]> http://www.ugandalove.org/2012/01/2011-tax-receipts/feed/ 0 Thank YOU! http://www.ugandalove.org/2012/01/thank-you/ http://www.ugandalove.org/2012/01/thank-you/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:24:31 +0000 admin http://www.ugandalove.org/?p=811 Aggie’s Baby Home which opened it’s doors in 2010; finished it’s first full-year of operation in 2011 helping a total of twenty-eight orphaned and homeless children. We are pleased to report that nine babies went home with their new (adopted) families in 2011. We had four babies resettled with their biological families, while six other babies are currently matched and anxiously awaiting their 2012 adoption court dates! Six of our babies are not adoptable and sadly, three other precious children died and went home to be with Jesus.

We are also very grateful to be able to employ a staff of eleven including – 6 loving mothers, a cook, 2 part-time laundry helpers, a full-time cleaning woman and a 24/7 security person. We may be a small baby home but we are proud of the staff to baby ratio and the tender care they have provided for our precious babies.

Finally, we are tremendously grateful for all the people who so generously supported this ministry in 2011 -including both monthly and one-time donors; people who donating goods when they visited the baby home; people who donated hours working at the baby home; and most especially for those who prayed for us. You are the hands and feet of our Lord Jesus to His most highly regarded people on earth – the orphan.

While we fell short of the actual budget each month, the Lord always seemed to provide through many one-time donations and the on-going support of the Maestas family. THANK-YOU!

As we look forward, we are uncertain at this time what 2012 looks like but we pray that we would continue to be able to work for such a worthy cause. Please continue to keep us in your prayers.

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Thank you so much for your interest in Aggie’s Baby Home and the children and babies in our care.

Due to a current hold on accepting any new babies into our home, we are unable to accept any adoption applications from international families at this time. This may change in the near future so please do not hesitate to contact us again in a few months to see if the need for adoptive homes overseas is yet again a reality for some of the children in our care.

Even if we cannot accept your application for adoption at this time there are other ways that you may be of help to the children living at Aggie’s Baby Home. Aggie’s Baby Home welcomes any financial assistance that you may be able to offer the home and our children, especially those that are not available for adoption. The home will always have a great need for your continual prayers, caring volunteers and supplies to help run the home on a day to day basis as well.

Thank you again for caring about the children of Uganda and Aggie’s Baby Home. We hope to be able to work with you in the near future.

]]> http://www.ugandalove.org/2012/01/adoption-up-date/feed/ 0 25 Babies NOW Saved! http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/09/25-babies-now-saved/ http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/09/25-babies-now-saved/#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:57:10 +0000 admin http://www.ugandalove.org/?p=761 Currently, we have 21 beds/cribs filled. We recently added two newborns both abandoned in the night in addition to two toddler brothers left by the side of the road with all their belongings in a bag. The stories of most of our babies are tragic but we are over-joyed to be able to help provide them with safety, love and a FUTURE.

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]]> http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/04/radio-interview/feed/ 0 Youth Choir Donates! http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/04/youth-choir-donates/ http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/04/youth-choir-donates/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:19:26 +0000 admin http://www.ugandalove.org/?p=724 March 2011 – Another example of the how people can get involved in ABH.

Choir Fire for Kids and Youth is a Christian choral program from the Denver, Colorado area that donates a portion of each member’s tuition each semester. In today’s culture, it’s sometimes hard to communicate to young people how important it is to get involved in something bigger than oneself. But that’s just what the performers in Choir Fire do at every performance as they sing about the orphans around the world and at Aggie’s Baby Home. Thank you Choir Fire!

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When families adopt internationally, they often have to wait on the local government to process the final paperwork including VISA's and passports before a family can take their new baby home.  That was the case with Chris and Anna M.  While waiting for their final court date, our first FOREVER FAMILY spent many hours helping care for and love the babies at the baby home.  This video was made during their stay at ABH.

 

 

 

As you can see in this video,  our children are happy.    With the right food, health-care and love, our once not so healthy babies are thriving!!  We are very thankful for the hard-work that Agnes and the entire staff (and many volunteers) have done.  What a difference!! Praise God for He is faithful.

 

]]> http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/03/lights-camera-action/feed/ 0 What a difference a uniform makes! http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/03/what-a-difference-a-uniform-makes/ http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/03/what-a-difference-a-uniform-makes/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.ugandalove.org/?p=668 At first we didn’t understand why Agnes requested that the “mothers” at the baby home have medical scrubs or some kind of uniform. But when Paula M. visited Uganda in January she realized that it wasn’t just to protect their clothes from spit-up; when you wear a uniform in Uganda it gives a person a sense of pride and status. No matter where you are, having a job gives a person a purpose. A uniform says to the world- “Look at me, I have a job” and “I can provide for my family.” etc.

This picture shows some of our wonderful staff at Aggie’s Baby Home. These lovely ladies work hard, day and night (for most of them, their shifts are 24/7, 6 days a week). You can see from their smiles that they love their new colorful (maid’s) uniforms. We also had a donation of beautiful hand-sewn aprons for them to wear.  Thank you Paula and Sharon for your donation of love!

]]> http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/03/what-a-difference-a-uniform-makes/feed/ 0 Building Update March 2011 http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/03/building-update-march-2011/ http://www.ugandalove.org/2011/03/building-update-march-2011/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2011 23:18:44 +0000 admin http://www.ugandalove.org/?p=647 Just like any business or home, the baby home requires on-going improvements to make it the best possible home for our children to live in.  Here is our current list of planned projects:

Guest House and Laundry Facility:  $35k

Playground: $1k UPDATE: PRESCHOOL RAISES $1,000 MARCH 2011! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Outdoor Water Run-off Drainage system: $TBD

Fencing around playground:  $TBD

Furnishings for Guest House: $TBD

Hot-Water Heaters (2):  $TBD

Appliances for Laundry:  $TBD

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