Serving our World is a ministry to Thailand and Indonesia lead
by Mike and Gwen Thomforde. In 2005, a major project to build an
orphanage/community center in Thailand called the Good Life Home &
Center was built with significant support from Life Church. This
building will house 50 orphaned children and it will also be used to
train, educate and support the local community. For more information or to contact them click here.
It has been our privilege to partner with Evelyn Komuntale, the founder of Outreach to Africa. Evie is a former African princess from Uganda who has a burden on her heart to minister to the people in her homeland. Current projects are educating orphans, a medical center in Western Uganda and a diagnostic center. Future projects are building a school for orphans, a Vocational Training Institute and their own hospital.
Evie's Outreach to Africa is a non-profit 501(c)3
organization based in Irvine, California USA and also registered as a
non-governmental (NGO) organization in Uganda, East Africa.
What makes Outreach to Africa unique, is that it was started by
Africans for Africans. This personal perspective, along with
international partners, gives us the ability to develop effective,
cultural and community specific solutions to various issues.
Outreach to Africa is a testament to the "difference" a few people can
make if they get a vision and pursue it. We started with two people in
1996, sponsoring AIDS orphans and taking supplies to poor individuals
in Western Uganda. Today, we are holistically touching whole
communities in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
You can donate to Evelyn & OTA at the Life Church Online Giving section by clicking here.
PAUL DEVLIN ACADEMY
(OTA Secondary Day & Boarding school)
Geme Village, 7 miles from Fort Portal, Western Uganda
With the help of OTA supporters 8 class rooms and a dining hall have been built. We are beginning to acquire furnishings for this beautiful facility. I must admit, that when I look at the new rooms, the best comparison I can draw is ‘moving day’ – but with NOTHING TO MOVE!
Empty class rooms – imagine them being filled with desks and chairs.
Empty kitchen - I imagine the cookware, pot and pans, the mixing bowls, cooking utensils, serving ware, mixing equipment – oh so much fresh space to equip.
Empty dining/multi-purpose hall- I imagine neatly arranged rows of tables and seats, sets of serving plates, and place settings of dishes.
Empty dormitories (when built) – imagine the bunk beds with colorful bedding, and mosquito nets…
The first phase of our school is finished. We expect to open the day school on February 9nd 2009, while we continue building our second phase.
Once finished, the school will accommodate 320 students. Most of the children have been orphaned by AIDS and the ravages of war. Some come from very poor families where education is an unreachable dream. We have the opportunity to help them attain their dreams through education.
When complete, our school will serve as a home for these precious children. We will have dorm parents who will be involved in the care and nurturing of our boys and girls. During school holidays, we will encourage the students to go and visit their relatives because we want to maximize the family ties which can be developed and solidify those which can be made complete.
Please continue to partner with us in any way possible to make this dream come true. See the attached list of the immediate needs, and let your imagination run to realize what we may not have listed and help us get it before the kids get here. Just imagine your child in a new outfit, books and pencils in his/or her hand, anxious to start their first day at school. Here in America this is more common. But to these it’s usually just a dream.
Finally, please don’t hesitate to contact us for further details. Join us in this exciting work. Live and leave a legacy!
Missions 
It has been our privilege to partner with Evelyn Komuntale, the founder of Outreach to Africa. Evie is a former African princess from Uganda who has a burden on her heart to minister to the people in her homeland. Current projects are educating orphans, a medical center in Western Uganda and a diagnostic center. Future projects are building a school for orphans, a Vocational Training Institute and their own hospital.
With the help of OTA supporters 8 class rooms and a dining hall have been built. We are beginning to acquire furnishings for this beautiful facility. I must admit, that when I look at the new rooms, the best comparison I can draw is ‘moving day’ – but with NOTHING TO MOVE! 
