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Grace Pickhaver's fundraiser for 99 Balloons :: Uganda 2016

Grace Pickhaver's fundraiser for 99 Balloons :: Uganda 2016

Jinja, Eastern Region, Uganda
$3,362
Amount Raised

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Hi family and friends!!

 I have recently been given the opportunity to travel to Jinja, Uganda in Africa with 99 Balloons’ Global Partners. 99 Balloons exists to help others engage children with special needs both locally and globally. In addition to experiencing the story of disability in Uganda, I will be working alongside the nurses on the team as they provide training, direct care, and assistance for kids with disabilities. My team and I will also organize a weeklong day camp for kids with disabilities and assist local staff with various needs.  We will be working with a ministry that provides care for over 20 orphans living with a disability, as well as a community care program that provides resources and services for over 50 families experiencing disabilities.

 The reason I was drawn to this ministry and this trip is all because of Jesus. Jesus gave me a passion in high school to care for people at their lowest of lows, their times of vulnerability and weakness, their times of pain. He also gave me a passion for Africa and it’s beautiful people. I am so blessed to say that I will be starting an incredible nursing program at the University of Arkansas this August and I can’t wait to let the Lord use my education to further His Kingdom. I’m also looking forward to using my experiences from working at Camp War Eagle last summer to love on those kids in a fun and exciting way. It has been a dream of mine to travel to Africa, specifically Uganda (funny how the Lord works), to show people His sweet love and mercy through helping them with my nursing background. And I’m so overjoyed to say that this is my first opportunity to do just that.

 So friends, I’m sending you this message to ask for your help in complete humility and faith. The total cost for this trip is $2,835. That number can be intimidating, but I am putting no limit on my God. Whether it’s financial help, or a commitment to pray for me and my journey, I just ask for your help.

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  • $3,362 One-time Goal
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99 Balloons 1K
Fayetteville, AR, US
Building inclusive communities so that every person with disability and their family ca...
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Grace Pickhaver
Fayetteville, AR

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Jinja, Eastern Region, Uganda

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Funded - December 13, 2015
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Grace Pickhaver's fundraiser for 99 Balloons :: Ugan...

by Grace Pickhaver 100 Lives Impacted Jinja, Eastern Region, Uganda

Hi family and friends!!  I have recently been given the opportunity to travel to Jinja, Uganda in Africa with 99 Balloons’ Global Partners. 99 ...

$3,362 One-time Donations
  • $3,362 One-time Goal
  • $0 Still Needed
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