RAINING HOPE - UGANDA
Happy 15th Anniversary!
Godfrey our Manager
To our Dear Friends, Sponsors and Partners:
Special greetings to you, all our dear friends, sponsors and partners. We are so thankful to God for this our 15th anniversary of Raining Hope Ministries. It wouldn’t have been possible without all your love and support towards the ministry over the years.
In a special way, I would like to extend my sincere thankfulness to all of you for the great work that you have done and continue to do for the good of the ministry. There are many children that are still broken, hurting and confused and without hope on our side of the world. Yet, God has used you to bring hope to those that are with us here at Raining Hope.
You have impacted this world by adding a better page in the lives of those we care for through Raining Hope Ministries. Your kindness and support have bought smiles on many faces and hope to the hopeless.
Thank you for helping our students realize their dreams and have a meaningful life full of hope. They have been taken care of in all aspects through your support. We have those who have graduated from university and higher institutions of learning. This year we shall have three more students formally graduate and one next year in January.
We help meet their basic needs from food to medication to clothing and much more. We empower them with life skills and help them know God and even serve in the church ministry according to their purpose and call.
There is just so much that has been done as a family. Yet, all this can only be possible through your support and prayers. We have faced new policies that the government bought up for the good of charity organizations and the children we help. This came with so much need on our side to comply with their new policies. You didn’t hesitate to stand with us to ensure that we do meet the compliance needs to remain open. Our hearts are so filled with praise to God and thankfulness for all your kindness and love towards the Raining Hope family.
Thank you for trusting Mum Kisakye Eydie and standing with the vision that is endowed on her by the Lord. She many times mentions your love and kindness and how much you stand by our side.
We love you and continually pray for you that the Lord will satisfy you with long life.
Happy 15th Anniversary!
Godfrey
Raining Hope provides food, clothing, shelter, healthcare
and education for 15 students & staff in Uganda.
The students are shown the love of Jesus Christ
and taught to share that love with others.
The students at Raining Hope have been rescued from a life without hope,
without love and without guidance. They have been given an opportunity
to become well-loved, well-trained and well-educated servants of God.
They are focused students who are thankful for
the opportunity to get a good education.
They are joy-filled followers of Jesus who take
seriously the opportunity to impact others' lives for God.
They are worshipers who live for God's glory.
They are servants, who take nothing for granted
and are passionate about sharing God's love with others
in tangible ways.
Raining Hope is making a life-long investment to raise up a generation of people
who will be used by God to change Uganda and the world.
Greetings from the Raining Hope Family. Praise King Jesus.
My name is Joel. I am 24 years old and studied Electrical Installation Systems in achievement of a National Certificate. I will have my official Graduation Ceremony in October 2024.
Truly, before Raining Hope and Living Hope, my life was a mess in that I had not yet known Christ. I used to follow my own desires doing wrong acts and having unpure thoughts towards people. But, as time went on, LOVE found me on the way and I joined Living Hope by then. I tried to pick myself up and after some time, I engaged in prayers and knowing Christ. I also learned a bit of the traditional local drums which I used to play during fellowships.
It really means a lot to me to be a part of Raining Hope. Through it I was able to grow spiritually and understand God’s love on the cross as well as attain an education until now. And, as a testimony, I want to thank God for using you all to help us all. Even as a ministry right now, I am playing international drum sets in church that were provided by donors of Raining Hope. And, I am so thankful for all your support and kind hearts you have shown to us all since we were young until now. It is our daily prayer that the Lord God may bless you abundantly and fulfill your heart’s desires.
Oh, Happy Day, Happy Month, Happy 15th Anniversary to the Raining Hope family since September 2009 until now.
We really thank God for how far He has brought us that we are celebrating 15 years of Raining Hope. For sure, God is faithful to all those who trust and love Him.
I personally want to thank you soooooo much for all that you have done and what you are still doing for the good of the ministry and family of Raining Hope. May God richly bless you with overflow.
Happy 15th Anniversary to the Raining Hope family. We wish you the very best as we altogether celebrate 15 years of God’s favor and kindness upon all of us. The Lord bless you and keep you and make His face shine before you and be gracious to you to all your generations.
I want to thank God greatly for all these years and also for you all. Thank you so much for the support both financially and spiritually and may God continue to bless you and fill your hearts.
We love you all and wish you the best 15th Anniversary Celebrations. God bless you and keep you all.
Yours Sincerely,
Joel
Greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
My name is Nakato Sophia. I am 23 years old. I am very thankful to God for His love and protection over us and having joined me to the Raining Hope family.
I had a very hard life before joining Raining Hope. I was not in school. Feeding (having food to eat) was a problem among other basic needs. But, gracefully, I met with the Raining Hope family which was a Living Hope then and my life changed completely.
My health was attended to. I was taken to school. All my basic needs were attended to even up to now. I am really thankful to all our sponsors that have sponsored my education. I have studied primary, secondary and institute level.
I studied Fashion and Design and my graduation is in October this year. I am truly blessed to be a part of the Raining Hope family.
I can’t fail to thank my God-given sponsors having stood with me from my childhood until now. I am really humbled and I wish you all a Happy 15th Anniversary.
I thank God for having connected me to this family because I have learned more about Christianity.
My walk with God started with the Raining Hope family. I am really thankful to you our sponsors. May the good Lord bless you more and more.
I love you all. Happy 15th Anniversary to all our lovely sponsors.
I love you soooo much.
God bless you. Sophia
My name is Henry and I have just clocked 26 years old this October.
My life truly before Raining Hope wasn’t a life that you would wish someone to be in. It was a life without any hope, not sure about what may happen tomorrow. It was like life was not defined to the point that you just live any way you can. It was a life without no sense of direction. Indeed it wasn’t good. We suffered days without eating. The day you eat you thank God because everything was scarce at home. Living in a shelter made of mud meant when it rains, most of the rain water just enters in our house.
When the rain entered, we would not sleep that night. By the grace of God, He took us out of that situation where we were suffering. He chose me and my family to also acquire a new identity and a new life when He joined us together with Raining Hope Ministries. It really meant a lot to me as a person and at first I thought I was dreaming.
When I was a child I never expected to acquire anything because I was struggling to get things even at my young age. That’s why I am so grateful to have been joined together with Raining Hope Ministries.
To all our sponsors, I really don’t know how to thank you enough because you have been a backbone of this ministry right from the start. You always gave generously to see that we here have an opportunity to also realize our dreams.
We had no hope in life. I really want to thank you all so so much for your efforts and loyalty towards Raining Hope. It’s my prayer that the good Lord continue opening more doors of provision and may He intervene in each and every time.
We really bless the Lord for you and together we want to thank God for how far He has brought us. We can’t deny the fact that it has been God leading us all along the way. We really appreciate His hand upon this ministry because through the valleys and hills He has never forsaken us.
“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have,” because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’” Hebrews 13:5.
Thank you, Lord. That’s why together we say, “Happy 15th Anniversary to Raining Hope Ministries.”
I am so privileged the Lord has entrusted me with His work in ministry. I am the youth leader in the church, sound technician, choir leader associate and also an instrumentalist “guitarist”. I bless the Lord for all.
Love you all, Henry
My name is Hilary and I am 29 years old. I have a diploma of theology and by God’s grace, I am using it to serve the Kingdom of God. Currently, I am serving at Raining Hope Ministries and when I am not there, I am working as a shop attendant. I am married to a young woman of God called Florence. Together, we now have a five month old baby boy called David. Both of them are a blessing to my life.
My life before joining Raining Hope was at the stake. The world and its problems had weighed down on me and made life not worth living. I hardly had self-esteem or even had pity on myself. I was out on the streets at a very tender age. While there, I cared less of what could happen to me but only sought how to survive. The conditions on the streets could endanger my life but putting myself out there was the best decision then. This came about by me failing to put up with my stepmother because of the torments I used to receive from her. My future was doomed when I dropped out of school and this happened to be my fate.
When I joined Raining Hope, life started making sense again. If I were to be a patient, I qualified to be put under the intensive care unit because my life needed a lot of alignment. I needed to be rehabilitated to change how I see things and interpret life and its course. This was made possible first by accepting Jesus Christ to be my personal Lord and Savior. This was followed by going back to school. The rest of the things in-between then and now is what I can call testimonies. I studied, graduated, got married, and now working and being a father happily serving the purposes of Christ.
Thanks to all you our dear sponsors. You people have really sacrificed a lot on our behalf and this is why we can sing today that life is worth living. God has used you tremendously in our lives more than you can imagine.
Supporting us has been putting your lives on the battle front because our victory is attributed to your kindness as you have been compelled by the love of Christ. Not forgetting your love and support towards Mama Kisakye, ooh my goodness!! What can I say? This gets me emotional. She has kept on going because of your love and support towards this cause.
Thanks for always standing with her.
Through your support, God is raising a generation. May God bless you together with your families. May he answer your desired prayers and keep you safe.
Happy 15th Anniversary, dear sponsors. We love you dearly.
Hilary, Florence & David
Greetings to our beloved Raining Hope sponsors. Here in Uganda we are doing fine.
I am Difasi. My life before Raining Hope was really not good at all. I couldn’t get an education and didn’t know much about God. My spiritual life was down.
After joining Raining Hope, I finally went to school and now I am finally going to graduate. I am receiving a certificate in Tour Guiding and Driving. That was my dream since childhood.
I want to take this opportunity to thank the Raining Hope sponsors for your endless prayers and support of us. May God bless you abundantly and provide you with what your hearts desire the most.
I want to wish you a Happy 15th Anniversary, Raining Hope sponsors!
Difasi
Greetings in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ. I am doing well back home. Hope you are all well.
My name is Vivian and I am 23 years old. I want to thank God for His goodness, love and protection towards our lives. I once again thank God for blessing me with the Raining Hope Ministry family.
Before Raining Hope, life was hard since my parents were not working and it wasn’t easy for my dad as a fisherman to provide for his family. Most good schools in Uganda are expensive.
When I joined Raining Hope, life became better. I was able to study from primary level to higher institution where I was able to realize my dreams and graduate from hotel management/bakery. Raining Hope has helped me to grow spiritually and physically. Raining Hope has helped me know God more.
As we celebrate our 15th Anniversary, I want to take a moment to give a huge thank you to all our sponsors for the love, care, support and encouraging words that you have been giving to me. I thank you for the prayers that you prayed for me when I used to be sick. I am who I am today because of the sacrifices you made for me.
I am working at a local hotel in the bakery department. God is doing great things in my life. Happy 15th Anniversary! I love you all. You are all in my prayers!
Love, Vivian
Greetings from Uganda and the Raining Hope family. I hope you are doing well. Back to us, we are fine.
I am Joanne and I am 21 years old. I am so grateful to be a part of the Raining Hope family.
Being the first born in my family, everyone was looking at me and they all had their hopes in me. My parents are “illiterate” and they don’t know English that well. They look at me as their route to success. They tried so much to invest in my education with hopes of me being successful and be in a position to help them.
Even though they were trying so hard to see that I go to school, things were not working out because the little they did earn was being spent on other basic needs such as food, health, shelter and others.
By God’s grace, I became a part of the Raining Hope family. My life started to change. I started giving myself to God’s service. I devoted myself to reading books and working hard to make my parents proud and bring joy to Mama Kisakye. At this point I have reached the end of my secondary school. By God’s grace, I am remaining with only one term and call it done. I am so thankful to the Lord for where I am now.
Raining Hope to me is home. It is a place where my story is written from. It is the place that gives me identity in Christ and the hand of God in my life and to my family. Being a part of the Raining Hope family has been my greatest opportunity in my life and I don’t take it for granted. Through Raining Hope Ministries I have learned so much about praising the Lord and worshipping Him. The Lord has also used me to touch many lives.
Our sponsors, I wish you a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. It is now 15 years of Raining Hope. Thank you for your support. I pray that the Lord shall continue to bless you and also answer the desires of your heart.
We are so blessed to have you in our lives. Thank you so much. May the good Lord bless you abundantly even beyond your expectations.
With love and joy,
Joanne
Praise God! I hope you are doing well. Back to me, I am doing fine.
My name is Maria. I am 22 years old. I really want to thank God for this great opportunity to write to you again. I also want to thank God for my life because before Raining Hope, I was really nothing (nobody) because I didn’t know whether I would join school because my dad had died and my mom was jobless. We were at the point of having nothing to eat.
But, then I joined Raining Hope Ministries where I got saved by accepting Jesus as my Savior. My life began to change slowly by slowly. I joined school, started receiving love, care and basic needs such as food, shelter and education among other things. I joined the church ministry where Uncle Godfrey fed me with Godly information that helped me on this journey as a child and youth.
And a big thanks to Mom Kisakye. I really appreciate the love and care towards my life. She has been an inspiration to me. She is a mom who never gives up on her children. I am proud of her as a woman of God and thankful to be a part of her genealogy. Through Raining Hope Ministries, I have learned to know more about God by reading the Bible. I love listening to praise and worship songs because they really do so much in my life and never leave me the same.
To our sponsors, it’s now 15 years of the Raining Hope family and I want to take this gratitude to wish you a HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! I pray that God will continue providing, protecting, guiding and blessing you in each and everything you do for us.
Thanks for loving, caring and supporting the Raining Hope family!
With Lots of Love,
Maria!
I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
My name is Daniel and I am 19 years old. Before I joined Raining Hope, my life with my family was not good because we didn’t know Christ so well and we were struggling in terms of finances, basic needs and also health wise. But, when I joined Raining Hope, my story changed.
It means a lot to me to be able to join the Raining Hope family. I remember the memory verse Mama Kisakye gave us in Jeremiah 29:11. This tells us that God has a plan for us, to prosper us and to give us a brighter future. I was so encouraged by this verse in a way that when I feel hopeless sometimes I refer to this verse to encourage me.
I want to thank you for your support towards the Raining Hope family. Surely, you have been with us through tough times and happy times. You have been able to support us through paying our fees and much more. Your efforts are surely appreciated and I hope God blesses you abundantly for your hard work and sacrifices.
I wish you a HAPPY 15TH ANNIVERSARY as we thank God for how far He has brought us. I am the pianist in church and I love serving God and worshiping Him through this instrument. It has really been a blessing to many people and to me personally. I have received testimonies from people that they are really blessed through this ministry to God.
I love you and I’m praying for you.
Love,
Daniel
Hello Dear Sponsors:
Praise the Lord, Jesus Christ. I hope this letter finds you and your families well.
This is Sylvia from Raining Hope. I am 29 years old. I am glad to write to you and testify of the goodness of God to me and the entire family of Raining Hope.
My life before joining Raining Hope was a hopeless journey and I was uncertain about my future. I never had hopes of studying and pursuing my dreams as a result of being abandoned by my father as a young girl.
But, after I joined Raining Hope, the whole story changed. My hopes of going back to school came true. I managed to get shelter, food and medication. Raining Hope has been my base for spiritual growth and my relationship with God.
By the grace of God, I managed to graduate with a first class diploma in Journalism which was a dream come true. That happened because of you, our dear sponsors. I am grateful to God for using each and every one of you in my journey of life.
I am currently working and God has sustained me at my place of work. This means a lot to me seeing how far the Lord has brought me through your great support and love for the past years.
I also have the chance to serve in church. By the grace of God, I lead the worship team and the young group of girls at church. My leadership in these departments has made my love or God grow wider and deeper for ministry.
With a grateful heart, I want to thank Mum Kisakye for always standing with us throughout this journey. This gesture has proven to me how God can touch people to be a blessing to others.
I appreciate you, all our sponsors for loving and supporting us. I pray God continues to use you more to be a blessing to the hopeless. I love you all and thank God for the great family you are. Be blessed!
Love,
Sylvia
Dear Sponsors:
Warm greetings to you all in the name of our Lord Jesus. I hope you are all doing well.
It is such a great pleasure to write to you and share with you my testimony. I am Joan.
My life before Raining Hope was really bad because I did not have school fees and I sat at home for five years because my parents could not afford paying for my school. Not only that but I was also not born again. So my life had no direction.
When I joined Raining Hope, my life change for the better. I was able to go back to school and my once shattered dreams came back to life again. I became a born again believer and I was joined to the whole big family of believers. Now my life has direction.
I graduated as a Social Worker and I want to extend my appreciation to all our sponsors. You made this happen. Thank you for your unwavering support through all the past 15 years plus.
I didn’t have a meaningful life, but now I do.
I do translate in church as the interpreter. I serve as a treasurer and I am the young adult leader. I really love what God is doing in the lives of these young people. I am humbled to be a part of what God is doing.
Thank you once more and I love you!
Happy 15th Anniversary!
Love, Joan
Dear Sponsors:
I really want to take this opportunity to greet you all our Raining Hope sponsors. I am really glad to write to you again our beloved ones. My name is Zuluta. I am 20 years old and I am so grateful to be a part of the Raining Hope home and at the same time the ministry.
I really have testimonies to share with you my sponsors. I have studied all my classes since the beginning until now. I am in my first year at university pursuing a Bachelor’s in Business Administration. I was so badly off before Raining Hope because I used to stay with my mother and she wasn’t financially stable. So we used to struggle in everything.
But, when I joined Raining Hope, my life really changed. I am really happy where I am right now. In the same mood, I want to appreciate you for the support you have given to me since my childhood. I am really happy to have you all in my life. I really want to thank God for the love and support you have given to me as a person.
In 2015, Raining Hope Ministries, Uganda established a church ministry. I am a part of the ministry and serve with the Raining Hope choir that is led by my older sister, Sylvia.
My prayer request is for God to give me real wisdom so that I may be like Solomon one day.
I wish you all a Happy Anniversary!
Love you and take care my dear sponsors.
Love, Zuluta
Meet Godfrey - Raining Hope Manager
My name is Godfrey, born on December 24,1984. Both my parents passed on when I was at age 9. It was such a hard time for me as child. I stayed with my step mother who tortured me both physically and psychologically.
Because of too much suffering, I retreated to the streets begging for leftover foods and sleeping with friends in unfinished buildings. This kind of life saw me with bad youth groups that were notorious and doing unlawful things.
It was in that kind of state that the Lord called me to salvation when I was 15 years of age. I joined Cornerstone Baptist Church where I was groomed in the Word of God.
It is there that I met a wonderful mother, Eydie Kisakye who had come from California on a mission’s trip. Mum Eydie helped me in many ways even seeing me through my wedding with Irene who is my wife to taking care of us. God put our hearts together as we share many things in common as far as ministry is concerned.
I have a heart for the orphans and other less privileged children and youth. It’s a heart that God put upon me based on what I suffered. I want to see many heads of suffering children and youths lifted up in triumphal hope and dreams restored the very thing Mum Eydie Kisakye is living for. No wonder God binds our hearts around the same desire he put in both of us.
It is in this Spirit that God chose to make me part of Raining Hope as manager through Mum Kisakye. Since then, there has been an awakening in the lives of many here in Uganda. Our children and young adults are going to school, joining institutions, are healthy and their dreams are coming true.
My life and family have been changed over the years as I am part of this noble cause that the Lord is doing in Raining Hope. My dream is to reconcile men to God through the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and to help many live in a real relationship with God. It is always my prayer to be a faithful preacher. I have seen this happen over time even as I serve with Raining Hope.
God grows me daily as I lead and take care of his people. It is such a noble task and great opportunity to serve others and be part of God’s activity in them.
I therefore, in a special way want to thank my Mum Kisakye for the unwavering love and care that she renders unto us as we mark our 10th anniversary. I thank all the friends, and partners for the great support of love over time. May God richly bless you all for making me who I am today and becoming every day.
When our time here on the earth is done, our works of kindness will follow us. It is such a noble task to live one entire life for rebuilding lives and restoring hope. Thank you all for your kindness and generosity. We hold you all with the highest regard.
Happy 10TH Anniversary
With love, Godfrey
Meet Our Staff
Mama Eydie Kisakye
Executive Director
Godfrey
Raining Hope Manager
