Prayer letter KACHEP

Greetings in the name of the Lord. Thanks go to the Lord who has made us to go through the old year and begin a good new year 2013 Let me share how the KACHEP Ethnovet products have changed the lives of the rural women. KACHEP is producing Neem products, and one of them is the Neem oil. This multipurpose tree was planted by early missionaries, and we have planted thousands of trees in various villages. Hand production of neem oil by hand is time intensive. Women gather, sort and dry seeds which they crush to make Neem oil. The seeds are collected from the ground, sorted, outer flesh removed, seed pit split, pulled apart and ground using special local stones. The oil is then squeezed and packaged. More than five women are involved in this activity gathering twice a week at KACHEP office. The Neem leader Anna Lojalu has grandchildren who were attacked by scabies all over their skin, giving them painful, itchy and contagious wounds. However she never had money to take them to the nearest health center. Anna Lojalu informed Joshua on how scabies had attacked her family, and Joshua advised her to use Neem oil which she was making.  Anna Lojalu used this oil for three weeks, and it helped to transform the skins of her grandchildren in the Manyattas. Now, many other women who saw how well Neem oil worked are coming to office all the time looking for oil. Anna has now embarked seriously to produce Neem oil and tell other people about its healing properties.  This has become her means of livelihood. She sells it and gets money to buy food and pay school fees for some of her grandchildren. She is now training more women on producing the Neem oil and most community members have liked the project. We thank our friends who have been supporting this project so much. May the Lord bless you! Prayer requests Sustainable funding of the Neem project God’s provision for the staff after June (as CVM support ends), and a smooth transition to Uttermost Ministries (see below) We thank you all for the support Pray for Chairman Loumo John who just survived a car accident in Moroto God bless you, Mukisa A note from Jean Grade:  Christian Veterinary Mission is phasing out its support of KACHEP at the end of June.  For this reason, I (Jean) am pleased to introduce Uttermost Ministries who has stepped forward to cover KACHEP funding channels. Uttermost Ministries is part of my home church (Our Father’s House, 501(c) 3) in Chili, WI.  Paul Elmhorst, its founder, has visited KACHEP twice. What does this mean?  You can still support KACHEP financially for tax donations.  Uttermost Ministries will help to send out regular prayer letter updates and hold the team financially and spiritually accountable. This is a key to sustainability and for me to become less as others become more. I have been convicted lately that I am just a table server.  Some water, others plant –I want to be mindful to step back and let the Lord work. He’s in the kitchen, planning the menu, seasoning it all –I have been blessed to be His table server. Thanks for joining us in the meal. To set up your support; or any questions you may have –contact Paul and Mary Elmhorst at pmelmhorst@tds.net  or (715) 937-4004 I’ll be in Uganda by Easter and had hoped in June to return stateside with Mukisa and Mr Loumo, unfortunately, the US Embassy denied their visas. This frustrated them and us who had worked so hard to ‘make it happen’. Immediately, I feared what might evolve/dissolve if they wouldn’t come to the states to meet Uttermost Ministries team and set up working terms, to meet supporters, develop grant writing skill from someone other than me… thankfully, Uttermost Ministries is committed to KACHEP, won’t you join them, too? Now, I am just trying to step back, cease striving and let God be God (and other members in the body). I have peace in letting go, trusting the Lord whom we serve to complete the work He has started. Waiting for the banquet, Jean   Looking for a video grapher join me in May to make a video of KACHEP’s work. Interested? Pray for wisdom Anna Lojalu –front, next to Jean. Behind her is Nalem Rose, another KACHEP field worker, who was tragically killed a couple of months ago when a gang of warriors starting shooting in her village after wounding KACHEP's guard

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