Hope Harvest Uganda https://hopeharvestuganda.com/ An Orphanage with Hope Thu, 29 Sep 2022 02:06:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://hopeharvestuganda.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5-41-Logo-for-website-150x100.png Hope Harvest Uganda https://hopeharvestuganda.com/ 32 32 April Dunn https://hopeharvestuganda.com/team/april-dunn/ https://hopeharvestuganda.com/team/april-dunn/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 01:35:56 +0000 https://hopeharvestuganda.com/?p=2816 April Dunn Web Designer – Hope Harvest Uganda Hi, my name is April.   Pastor Festo reached out to me a few years ago.   Honestly, I was watching him and talking to him by instant messenger through Facebook.   He has such a sweet ministering spirit and is very passionate not only for the children but for people. I didn’t tell him that I build websites. He had no idea. After a couple of years, I found out he was in the process of having a website built by a wonderful gentleman, but due to his job requirements it was difficult for him to finalize the site and they desperately needed a website. One day, I was driving to work, and I felt the Lord tell me, “I want you to build this website“. I wanted to make sure that I heard him correctly and clearly because I didn’t want to interfere with any other work. Through this time, I have grown to know Pastor Festo, even more, and I can tell you this. He remains constant, and he worries about nothing, as he totally and completely trusts the Lord in everything; what faith that is?! As you review this site, I encourage you to read and feel, as well as see his heart for the children, read their story, read about the mission and vision statements, and his goals to expand Hope Harvest Uganda to help these beautiful children to have a life, a future, and a hope.   I encourage you to find it in your heart to be a part of this vision and become involved or send donations to help and we invite prayers, too.   You can click below to the donation page or contact Pastor Festo directly. I’m sure he would love to hear from you. Pastor Festo Donate Here

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April Dunn, Web Designer.

April Dunn

Web Designer - Hope Harvest Uganda

Hi, my name is April.

 

Pastor Festo reached out to me a few years ago.

 

Honestly, I was watching him and talking to him by instant messenger through Facebook.

 

He has such a sweet ministering spirit and is very passionate not only for the children but for people.


I didn’t tell him that I build websites. He had no idea. After a couple of years, I found out he was in the process of having a website built by a wonderful gentleman, but due to his job requirements it was difficult for him to finalize the site and they desperately needed a website.


One day, I was driving to work, and I felt the Lord tell me, “I want you to build this website“. I wanted to make sure that I heard him correctly and clearly because I didn’t want to interfere with any other work.


Through this time, I have grown to know Pastor Festo, even more, and I can tell you this. He remains constant, and he worries about nothing, as he totally and completely trusts the Lord in everything; what faith that is?!


As you review this site, I encourage you to read and feel, as well as see his heart for the children, read their story, read about the mission and vision statements, and his goals to expand Hope Harvest Uganda to help these beautiful children to have a life, a future, and a hope.

 

I encourage you to find it in your heart to be a part of this vision and become involved or send donations to help and we invite prayers, too.

 

You can click below to the donation page or contact Pastor Festo directly. I’m sure he would love to hear from you.

Pastor Festo
Donate Here

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]]> https://hopeharvestuganda.com/team/april-dunn/feed/ 0 Kari Mogen https://hopeharvestuganda.com/team/kari-mogen/ https://hopeharvestuganda.com/team/kari-mogen/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 01:30:05 +0000 https://hopeharvestuganda.com/?p=2805 Kari Mogen Treasurer-Hope Harvest Uganda Hi, my name is Kari Mogen. I help HHU exist in the United States.   I was able to help Pastor Festo set the charity up housed in the United States as a not-for-profit ministry.   I handle the finances donated and distribute to the charity, on an as-needed basis per the request of the charity; in addition, I make sure that all their paperwork is legal and up to date according to the laws based here in the states.     

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Kari Mogen, Treasurer

Kari Mogen

Treasurer-Hope Harvest Uganda

Hi, my name is Kari Mogen. I help HHU exist in the United States.

 

I was able to help Pastor Festo set the charity up housed in the United States as a not-for-profit ministry.

 

I handle the finances donated and distribute to the charity, on an as-needed basis per the request of the charity; in addition, I make sure that all their paperwork is legal and up to date according to the laws based here in the states.     

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]]> https://hopeharvestuganda.com/team/kari-mogen/feed/ 0 Tonya Mikels https://hopeharvestuganda.com/team/tonya-mikels/ https://hopeharvestuganda.com/team/tonya-mikels/#respond Thu, 29 Sep 2022 01:21:23 +0000 https://hopeharvestuganda.com/?p=2794 Tonya Mikels President – Hope Harvest Uganda 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.

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Tonya Mikels, President

Tonya Mikels

President - Hope Harvest Uganda

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.

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Pastor Festo, Founder

Pastor Festo Innocent

Founder-Hope Harvest Uganda

Hello, I want to introduce myself to you.

 

I’m the Founder of Hope Harvest Uganda.  I was born on 11/10/1983 in a village called Butaswa in Kamuli District Eastern Uganda.

 

My full name is Waiswa Festo Innocent. Moses and Monica Dhikusooka are my parents; they are poor peasants. We are 8 children, 3 boys, and 5 girls. Out of the 8 children, I was able to get some level of education.  Education came as a struggle and suffering as a result of family poverty.

 

In 2001, I accepted the Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ into my life; and it was then He opened the door for me to gain more education where a pastor took me in and supported me to get a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, which I obtained in 2008.

 

I am also a professional, Social Worker with a diploma in Social Work practice. As my last employer, I have worked with various organizations, including the Uganda Red Cross Society.

 

God called me in 2012 to begin a church ministry, and it is then my working with Red Cross Society ended. I have been in full-time ministry and am currently overseeing two churches, Amazing Grace Church, Kamuli, and Amazing Grace Church in Buyende; both of which I am the Lead Pastor and overseer.  I am an ordained pastor through, “Born Again Faith Uganda”.

 

In 2015, God spoke to me to begin a charity organization in the name of, ‘child line ministry, Uganda’, which later became Hope Harvest Uganda in late 2016.

 

Today, currently am working with Hope Harvest Uganda as the Director. In addition, we have 3 volunteers that assist with Hope Harvest Uganda.

 

As of 2019, I am mobilizing support for the orphans and vulnerable children, who are going through a hard life in education as I have gone through. My mission and passion are to see them get an education and to have a good life and be successful.

 

One of my main goals is to have an orphanage school in place to help and support these young, vulnerable children.  I went through it, and I know what it means being an orphan, or or coming from a poor vulnerable family which can’t provide the basic necessities of life. I am an example.  I am currently married to a wonderful woman, Namukaya Annet and we have 3 kids. She is an excellent singer and worship leader at the church, Amazing Grace Church Kamuli.

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