Patrick

One of the young men that we met that impressed me was Patrick. He first met us at the airport in Entebbe and drove us to Kampala then Mbarara and Kabale. Patrick is the man on the opposite end to Curtis.

Patrick grew up in the village of Kishange which is about an hour from Kabale. Below are pictures of the village.

When he was about 14 the Rowandan rebels invaded his village and his family had to flee to the jungles to survive. When they finally return to their village his mother died and he found it impossible to live with his father. He left the village and ended up on the streets of Kabale.

Someone took an interest in him and sponsored him to go to school. While he was in his final year of school he felt deeply burdened by the invisible children in the refuge camps in the north. Joseph Koni had killed the parents and kept the children with very little food and clothing and nothing else. Patrick and his friends felt the Lord was leading them to collect supplies and take them to the refuge camp. The story of how he got the materials and how they finally got a bus and enough money for gasoline to take the trip is amazing and he has written about it in a little booklet.

When they drove north to the refuge camps they had no idea if Joseph Koni and the rebels would kill them but they felt God's leading upon their lives. Their trip was successful and they were able to give those children hope as well as food, clothing and school supplies. Upon return to Kabale he was able to complete university and then enrolled in the Abide program (I will write about that next). Upon completion he felt lead by the Lord to help street kids such as he had been. Patrick rented a place and has 16 boys staying at the Shepherd Centre. You can read about the Shepherd Centre in earlier blog entries.

Patrick was extremely generous with his time and what he had. It is my desire to support him and his ministry. He is like a modern day George Mueller running his centre by faith. We learned that before we left he ended up in the hospital with Malaria. Below are some pictures of Patrick and me.

Here is Patrick in a suit that we brought from BFM Chatham. Thank you for your support.

Here is a couple of pictures of Patrick. Please pray for this remarkable young man. He is now 29 years old and is taking care of 16 homeless boys. You can tell that they love him and they know that they are loved by him. His burden is to have more room so that he can help more boys.