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Taking on a big project is not a problem for Alex Bennett, 20-year-oldsophomore at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, who has a burdenfor orphans, street kids, and students. Alex is also daughter of VickiBennett, HOF board member, and husband Todd. Joining her in the

endeavor is Stephen’s College (Columbia, MO) sophomore, Brittany

Morgan, who is embarking on her first mission trip.

Alex is heading up a Children’s Camp for Abba House kids, kids at the

school they attend, street kids (who have been befriended by Stacie Shawand friend AmyRose who are in Uganda right now), and any child in thecommunity who wants to come. We anticipate around 400 children will be attending the camp, which runs from May 14

through 17th. The camp theme is “Life of Jesus.” Alex says, “We will be taking the children through the Gospels andhighlighting the Lord’s ministry. We hope this will be a guide for their own ministries. We are believing that the kids are

the next Christian leaders of Uganda and throughout the world. They will be forerunners for Him and His purposes. It isour hope that this camp will be an influential time in which the Lord marks them as His own. Our camp verses areMatthew 5:13-16. We believe that these ones are the salt and light of the world. Besides two Bible teachings a day, we

will be playing games and sports with one another, doing crafts and singing.”

Alex has been to Uganda two times

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once at age 15 with her mom, and the second time with HOF founder, John

Gross, in 2005. Uganda has changed Alex’s life forever. She says, “I will never forget the selfless acts of the Ugandan

people. They demonstrated the genuine love of Christ, and this exhorted me to further service.

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Alex, on left, when in Uganda on a previous trip.

Dressed in redshirts provided by our mission partners,Central Texas OrphanMission Alliance(CTOMA), eightmembers of themedical mission team,departed from KansasCity for UgandaTuesday morning, May12, 2009. They will be joined by 3 fromTexas, 3 from Egypt and 11 from Uganda. The teamconsists of 3 doctors, 3 nurses, 2 medical technologists,1 medical student, 2 HIV/AIDS foundation volunteers, 2 AIDS social workers, 7 translators, and 4 other volunteers.Many on the team will play a dual role. Several of them

will be working with the Uganda Children’s Camp from

May 14 to 17. Also during the camp, the medicalpersonnel will be seeing children who requiremedical attention. On Monday, May 18, the entireteam of 24 will leave on a 7-hour trip to Busia,Uganda where they will set up a medical clinic.The team has been told to expect around 150-200 pregnant women each day in addition to manyother women, children, and men. This will be thefirst time most of the people have been to a medicaldoctor. Thepeople of thisvillage liveand diewithout any medicalattention. Manyconditions they maydie from (i.e.diarrhea and malaria)are easily treatable.

Kansas City members of the Uganda Medical Missionteam ready to serve. First row

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John Gross, Vicki Bennett,Dr. James Carl. Back row

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Linda Waydona, Alex Bennett,Barb Lee, Brittany Morgan, and Christina Munford Over $20,000 of medical supplies accompanied the team. This is only part of the boxed supplies.