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Faithfully Yours
Universal Chastity Education
He
lping People Live Healthy Lives
E-Newsletter May 2016 Vol. 11 No. 1
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Youth were "Fished out for the Lord" in Kasese, Uganda
Ugandans reach out-of-school youth and 'unreached peoples'
The team began by calling for open discussions. We asked them questions about why they left school, challenges, and many other things. The youth were very open and shared with us. One of them said she began to have sex at a young age because of peer group influence. She said that it was her friends' style of living, and she followed it. Eventually, she said she lost all of her focus and left school. However, what moved us is that after the session, she vowed that she was a new creation, she made a commitment to chastity (abstain until a faithful marriage), and promised to change her peer group.
Another girl aged 15 said she was brought up by a single mother and that her mother is financially crippled. So whenever her daughter asked her for items like body lotion, sanitary pads, clothes, and school fees she tells her she has nothing. For this girl, she said she became a prostitute to pay for things. This young girl drew much inspiration from Scovia.
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UCE missionaries of chastity swarm across Kilombero, Tanzania: 11,105 commit to chastity in February
There were many success stories from the outreach. Below are several of the highlights.
At the end of the outreach at Kilamsa secondary school, the students were given a chance to share their thoughts. One girl stood up and said, "We are very grateful for this education which you have given us. We have made our commitment to wait and to study hard in order to raise our academic performance. We will live a chaste life from now on. Thank you very much." The academic master then stood and said, "Certainly, today is a day of blessing in our school because this education is very vital for this generation. I will make sure we have established a UCE Chastity Club as soon as possible." At Kilamsa of the 220 gathered students 164 made commitments to chastity.
At Kwashungu Secondary School, the headmaster, Mr. Msafiri Chindengwike shared some of the challenges facing his students. He said, "Some girls have engaged in sexual relationships with adults who help them financially. This has led to a serious problems where students fail to concentrate on their studies. The school has tried to take legal action against some adults, but the results were not good, because families of the students negotiate and compromise with them. Last year we had two students who were found to be pregnant." After delivering the outreach: a message of forgiveness, hope, love, second chances, and God's plan for our lives regarding our sexuality, chastity, the students asked many questions.
Students were then given a chance to choose chastity, they shouted "we want to abstain in order to achieve our goals!" 353 of the 440 students at the school chose to commit to chastity. The headmaster then wound up the outreach by saying, "I am a teacher by professional but I cannot provide this kind of education as clearly as the UCE team does. So we take this opportunity to welcome you to our school as many times as you can come. We wish you a safe journey."
At Kibaoni Secondary School the team found that the UCE message had preceded them. One girl had committed to chastity at the UCE Easter conference in Ifunda, Iringa in 2014. She assisted the UCE team by showing all of her peers her chastity commitment and giving a witness to chastity. She said that as a student, "I have chosen abstinence as my way of life." Her teachers shared that, "she is a very good student with good behavior." The UCE team congratulated her on being a good role model of chastity. She helped to encourage 298 of her 350 gathered peers to commit to chastity.
Read the full story
here.
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Seven commit to chastity in Florence, CO
UCE reached out to youth, sharing the message at this lovely Colorado mountain parish. Congratulations to all!
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UCE holds Agape Meal in Westcliffe, CO
Attendees were powerfully moved by what they heard. You can read all of the "Stories from Africa: Lessons on Overcoming Adversity", and see accompanying photos
here.
Story 1: Ni Muce Mwitahira "Go Back Home Thereafter"(Video produced by UCE Burundi and famous songwriter, Musumari)
Story 2: "The Night Ride" by Andrew Dernovsek
Story 3: "A God of Second Chance" by Scovia Masika
Story 4: "Courage" by Florianne
Story 5: "Perseverance" by Fr. Onesiphore
Story 6: "The Power of Prayer" by Herman Nguki
Story 7: "A Light on the Mountain" by Isaac Lema
Story 8: "Joy" by Dixon and Prim (video testimony)
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SAVE THE DATE
: July 30th, 2016
Enjoy a sizzling summer sunset overlooking the Pueblo Reservoir at the
Bluegrass & Braai
UCE Fundraiser
by the popular Southern Colorado band,
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Universal Chastity Education, Inc. (UCE) is an educational organization established in 2004 and determined to be a public charity, exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Its promotes through education sexual abstinence until marriage and marital fidelity as healthy lifestyles free from sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS. UCE operates in rural Uganda. and launched in Burundi in 2007 and Tanzania in 2009 and in the USA in 2012.
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UCE website
updates monthly with posts, pictures and videos from UCE in Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania and the USA. Check it out today at
www.uceglobal.org
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