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God has been opening so many doors for Refuge lately. Since we've returned from Africa, Mandy and I can hardly keep up with the blessings He's pouring out on the ministry. One of our main focus for Hope Refuge is to build the buildings. It costs between $12,000-$14,000 to build one building and that includes cement floors; right now they are sitting on dirt floors in some of their buildings. We were sitting around a merry go round in Mandy's back yard one Saturday when the brick project, or what we are calling the Tafaali project, came to mind. (Tafaali means brick in Lugandan) For a donation of $100, people will receive a brick that represents their donation. It only takes 140 bricks to build one building! Seems easy right! But we had no bricks. Since that day, we have had over 500 bricks donated to us with more on the way! When there's a need, He supplies it.
we are already planning our projects for the next mission trip and are counting down the days and months: only 9 months to go! If you are interested in other Refuge projects, please contact me at Refuge127@yahoo.com.

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