They are Precious in His Sight

Our church was beyond blessed to host The African Children's Choir last week. These sweet little angels were at Heritage from Tuesday until Friday. Our youth had a pizza party with the kids and had the chance to get some loving in on these adorable children. In case you don't know, the African Children's Choir is an organization that has been around since the early 80s. The seek out the poorest, most vulnerable children in Uganda. Most of these children are not orphans, but their families realize taken part in the choir will offer them a better life. The children, ranging in age from 7-11, tour the US for a year. The do their schooling on the road with their teacher and chaperones. The are the most well behaved children I have ever met. Incredible. Once their year long tour is complete, the children return to Uganda where they are able to continue their education through the university level. The main goal of the choir is to raise up Christian young men and women, provide for their basic needs and education, and then release them to change Uganda and Africa from the inside out. They do not focus on their sob stories, which they all have, but instead on the HOPE they have in Jesus. They all have high goals that they want to achieve in life from being the president of Uganda, to teachers, to preachers, and so on. It was a blessing to be around this group!!! Now on to a few sweet pictures of the precious little blessings...

Such joy!!!!!
We were able to host the bus driver at our house while the choir was here. It was super and Ella Kate LOVED getting to see the bus all week. These pictures are from when we were waiting on the bus to arrive. She talked about that bus all week and called Rachel, the bus driver, "Bus." Flattering.