Uganda: The Jacksons arrive at Agape!

Glen Jackson, a member of the SIFAT board of directors, and his wife Marie are currently in Uganda for a month visiting Agape Total Childcare Center. Glen and Marie have gone on short-term mission trips to serve at SIFAT graduate William Nsubuga’s project for the past two years and are leading a team this summer. They will be sharing their experiences with us as they experience life in Mukono! Click here to read more about SIFAT’s work in Uganda.

Glen Jackson and William Nsubuga discuss details for the construction project at Agape Total Childcare Center in June 2012.

Hello, everyone! We are here!!! It has been a great day already–seeing the children and William. We have already had a meeting with the children. There are around 32 new students attending Agape Christian Academy.

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Learn & Serve: “48: A Slum Experience” Retreat!

January 19-21, 2013, eighty participants and thirty-four staff stepped into the life of over one billion people on the planet at “48: A Slum Experience”. This intense retreat allows high school participants, adult leaders, and college-aged staff to experience life in an urban slum environment.

Participants and staff of the 2013 “48: A Slum Experience” retreat celebrate gaining a new awareness of slum life around the world.

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Learn & Serve: Spring 2013 Around the World Field Trips

Happy 2013! Learn & Serve is excited to begin celebrating another year and looks forward to hosting many groups this coming spring! Spring is a great time to bring a group to SIFAT to engage in the multiple programs Learn & Serve has to offer.  While Learn & Serve offers overnight retreats, an interactive day trip called Around the World is also offered that is especially appropriate for public, private, and home-school groups, as well as families and scout troops.

A participant crosses a model Andean rope bridge in our Global Village during an Around the World rotation.

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Reminder for End-of-year Giving

We know many of our supporters want to get one last donation to us for credit for the 2012 tax year. Remember, your online donation must be made before midnight on Dec. 31, and any checks mailed to SIFAT must be postmarked by Dec. 31. If you want to designate your gift in honor/memory of someone, please include a name and address to whom we can send an acknowledgment card. If you would like your donation applied to a specific project, please put the project name on the memo line of your check or in the special instructions section online.

Thank you for your continued support! Without your financial gifts, SIFAT could not exist.