My name is Tonya Mikels.

I am a registered nurse at a local emergency room. I am married to Tony and we have 4 children, and 3 grandchildren; 2 dogs, 4 cats, 14 chickens, and 2 beehives.

We are very active in our church community and a great family of worshippers of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

I have been with Hope Harvest- Uganda now going on 3 years. While reading messages from Pastor Festo about the children, I knew I needed to get involved. Little did I know that I would be placed into the role of “President of HHU”.

As President of HHU, I have such a love for these children. I can only hope by helping HHU, and those involved thousands of miles away that we can come together with one vision, and mission and attain a goal to help these children not only acquire a gainful education but also encompass medical care, healthy food to eat, clothes and shoes, school supplies and clean water to drink. My goal with HHU is to reach others about this monumental need.  With help from others, I know that we can do this and then God can do the rest.