Help HELP Help

So, as many of you have probably heard by now, I am currently working to raise money for our HELP team fundraiser. Yes I said fundraiser, but please don't tune me out just yet. I really hate asking for money, but I love the people of Uganda way more than I hate asking for money. So for these two weeks I am setting my pride aside and doing whatever I can to raise the funds needed to help these incredible organizations.

I have already talked a little about the projects that we are raising money for in previous blog posts, and I wrote the description on our indiegogo site, so I won't take the time to write all the details on here now. But to summarize, we are raising money to finish construction on the new, four-room school building for PDI, and to build 5 new latrines and a clean water system for the Liahona Education Center (the school owned by Stephen and Sarah Butali).

While this fundraiser is technically our team fundraiser, it has kind of become my baby. The two projects that we are raising money for are two projects that I am a co-lead on, and obviously care a lot about. Because of that, I have also been put in charge of co-leading all of our team's fundraising efforts (hence me putting together the indiegogo site). I wish I could adequately express how important these projects are to me. When I first arrived in Uganda, things moved a little slowly for me because I was trying to find something that I was passionate about to really put all of my efforts into. I have found my passion in these two schools and the construction that we want to do for them. I have given my heart completely to the Zaales and the Butalis and all of the sweet children that they are already giving so much help to. I care so much about these people and desperately want to do anything I can to help them. Lucky for me, I have found a way to give them the help they need. Unlucky for me, I can't give them that help by myself. It would truly be a dream come true for me to see us raise all the money we needed and complete these construction projects before I leave in a month (is that really all I have left??). I have already seen so much gratitude from these incredible people for the smallest things that we have done, and I can't wait to see how happy they would be if we gave them these things that they so desperately need.

The people that I have met here have helped and taught me so much, and now it's my turn to give back to them. Any help you can give to make these projects possible, I would be more grateful for than I can even express. Whether it's giving even the smallest amount of money, or sharing this story with others who can give; anything helps.

Check out our indiegogo site at http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-help-help-schools-in-uganda/x/774192?c=home to learn more and to donate. We only have a week left to raise $3,200!! (P.S. I came up with the name for our site....I'm pretty clever)

Thanks so much for all of your love and support! I am so blessed!