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Music Lovers Fundraiser T-shirt

My daughter was about 10 and we were talking about music.  She said, "Music is like a sport for your soul."  I thought that is very profound and that would be great on a t-shirt.  So why not incorporate this with a fundraising opportunity?!  Manna Global Goods Ministry http://mannaglobalgoods.com/ helps support a group of girls in Uganda through an organization called The Gift of a Girl Foundation.  We have donated funds for the girls educational fees.  Also, we have provided Mosquito nets for them since Malaria is a big problem there.  We are hoping to raise more funds so we can continue fund their schooling and their needs. 

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Life for a girl in Uganda

I want to show you a picture of one of the girls in The Gift of a Girl program in Uganda.  We were able to donate mosquito nets for the girls a while back.  As you can see for this girl and her family they all sleep on a rug under the net.  We have found that in all the homes the whole family which can be at least 5 people sleep under this net to protect themselves.  We will be trying to raise some money for another mosquito net for each girl/family since we see the importance to them.  We have been told that the Malaria cases have drastically been reduced since they received the nets.

  Please consider helping us in future fundraising events or by purchasing some of the hand crafted items that we sell.

  Thank you,

Ruth 

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My will or Thy will?

I have been struggling since I came back from my trip to the Philippines.  I was sure I was seeing doors open and thought God was calling me to possibly quit my job do the ministry eventually full time and find a part-time job for steady income.  I started researching this and asking advice on what direction I could take this ministry and what would that involve.  I thought I had my decision made.  

So on another front I have a full time job currently.  I had been hoping a position would be created for a certain support position.  I was sure it would happen.  After a long time period I gave up on this position which made the above option even all that more enticing.  

So hear I am all excited ready to plow ahead and overwhelmed on what that means and suddenly three things happen.  My daughter tells me she is getting married and I am going to be a Grandma!  What?  This was not in my plans.  

Then I seem to be wore out, tired, sore, and one thing after another seems to be happening far as my physical health goes.  

Last, that job....the one that I thought would never happen, it got handed to me on a silver platter.  

So rather than question what is happening, I decided to embrace everything and feel God is telling me now just might not be the right time to plow ahead with this ministry.  Do I know for sure?  No, I don't.  I didn't feel God talking to me in a cloud, showing me the light in a dream, or anything else.  

I think he may be just telling me now is not yet the right time.  I am going to be a Grandma and need to focus on my daughter and new grandchild when that happens.  My physical health and mental well being also are telling me I am stretched myself too thin.  Also feel I have to give this new position that I wanted a try.  

If you don't know already know me, I tend to do all I can to help and rarely say "no."  However, I think God is trying to tell me that what I am doing right now is enough for his kingdom and to keep the pace and maybe even find a way to give up the torch on some things and concentrate more on others. 

Where this road leads I am not sure.  God will hopefully keep showing me the way with little hints here and there.  Manna Global Goods will continue doing what it does and look for more opportunities to help women out of sex trafficking and disadvantaged children!