Beauty and poverty, opportunities and challenges, dreams and needs…Uganda. It is for her children that we work to build a school…and thus to Build Hope in Kids.

What about runners that stay in one spot... and sport lots of colors... or even flowers?

We're talking about TABLE runners - - and you can find them on Page 4 of our online Quilt Sale catalog! As of now, 108 quilted & crocheted items have been donated to the BHIK-U sale; 37 items remain. One or more of them might be the perfect Christmas gift for someone on your list!

You can see & order them at www.tinyurl.com/ugandaquilts.

Are you a fan of winter sports? How about slapshots, penalty boxes, and ice? You don't need to be a tried-and-true hockey fan to join the fun!

BHIK-U is selling advance tickets to the Jan. 21st Peoria Rivermen game. We'd love to fill the Civic Center Arena seats to watch the Rivermen take on the Quad City Storm!

We've had fundraisers outdoors in the summer heat; here's your opportunity to support Father Julius and the school and not get sunburn or heat stroke. (You'll want to dress warmly, since you'll be cooled by a large, flat, oblong ice box.)

Feel free to share the mini-flyer below with friends and family - - let's have some winter fun!

At this time of the year many families gather to share a meal (or maybe a feast) and give thanks for our Faith, our country, our many blessings.

I looked at the Catholic Mass prayers for Thanksgiving Day, and had to smile at the reading from the Book of Daniel, "... Frost and chill, bless the Lord... Ice and snow, bless the Lord..." Ahh, yes, a reminder that the trees now losing their blazing gold and crimson will eventually be blanketed in white. 

Further on, the "Prayer over the Offerings" begins, "God our Father, from whose hand we have received generous gifts so that we might learn to share your blessings in gratitude..."   This prayer suggests that sharing our blessings is the real lesson of God's generosity, and the way to show Him our gratitude. 

Well, obviously you have learned that lesson - - YOU have shared your blessings with your generous donations and sponsorships for children and the school in Uganda. Well done, all you students of the Lord!

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