I Need Your Help!

I have recently been touched by a ministry that I want to share with you. Angels of East Africa is a ministry group that works in several areas around the world and has been in existence since 1998. The main goal of Angels of East Africa is to rescue children, here in the United States, and around the world in places like Sudan, Africa. The mission statement of Angels of East Africa is to go and reach the needy around the world when the opportunity arises starting with saving children. Angels of East Africa believes that children should never be caught in the middle of war, drug activity, abduction, or any thing that would put them in harms way. They believe in going in first hand to rescue children by establishing orphanages, children’s villages, nurseries and primary schools, libraries, and health clinics in South Sudan and Uganda.

I have recently felt God calling me to be a part of this ministry to help the needy children in East Africa. Jesus said “Let the little children Come” (Matthew 19:14). God is calling me to be apart of this mission trip to bring the little children to Him. For a long time I have had a pulling toward the children of Africa but have not found the right trip to go on. A friend of mine came back from a trip with A.E.A and God has not stopped pushing me to go on this trip in January.

In January, I will be joining Angels of East Africa for a two week mission trip to the Children’s Village in Nimule, New Sudan. The Children’s Village is a village for orphans located in South Sudan dedicated to the rescue, restoration, and enablement of children caught in the crossfire of the rebel atrocities in the area. Founded by an unorthodox American pastor from Pennsylvania named Sam Childers, the organization has been operating for a decade, saving the lives of hundreds of children and renewing hope in a region where it had all but vanished. Specifically and most notoriously, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA), led by the spiritist warlord Joseph Kony, is culpable for the heinous crimes that plague the region. The threat of attack at the orphanage is a daily reality, but Sam Childers and his team refuse to let the LRA terrorize the children they have worked so hard to rescue and protect. Children’s Village is the only orphanage in South Sudan that refuses to move or retreat amidst increased rebel attacks or incidents of war. The more than 200 children at the property found their path to shelter in many different ways. Some were brought to the property after they lost their parents to disease. Others walked hours or even days from recently attacked villages, passing out literally as they approached the orphanage gate. Most of the children, however, were rescued by the soldiers and staff from Children’s Village after witnessing the murder of their parents or being abducted by rebel groups. Every child’s story is a bit different, but a common thread binds them all; after experiencing what could only be described as hell on earth, they are eventually rescued by the soldiers and staff at Children’s Village. In a valiant effort that places even their own lives on the line, this devoted staff experiences life every day with these children in order to resurrect hope in their hearts.The reason I am writing this letter is to ask you to help me as I begin my journey to Africa. Can you please pray for Africa, especially the children there and for my upcoming journey? Also, the cost of the trip is $4,500 and while this is minimal compared to the experience and lessons that God will show me, I cannot do this own my own. Would be please prayerfully consider sponsoring me on this trip? No gift is too small to help me on the journey to Africa God is calling me to.

Thank you for your time and your prayers. God is moving mightily in Africa, and I’m excited to be a part of the ministry of Angels of East Africa. I look forward to sharing with you the stories of lives that were touched in Africa by God through me because of your willingness to give.

Please email me at mhampel82@gmail.com or if you are willing to help.