Three months ago and on the other side of the globe, a 2-year-old African orphan named Vivian died of bacterial meningitis. While the news might not seem so out of the ordinary considering the continent’s state of affairs, Vivian’s death was a blow to two local residents who had met and come to love the [...]

The Nightlight team has been in Uganda for 3 days, and I am just now getting around to updating the blog. We have had 3 very busy days and last night, we had a black out in the evening. There are so many wonderful stories to share of God’s grace and love and, I’m certain [...]

Before you adopt a child—any child—it is only natural to consider what the response of friends and family will be. After all, this is one of the steps in the adoption process—telling others.

Adopting a child from another country who is HIV positive requires no special visa beyond the usual IR-3 or IR-4 visas. However, you will want to be prepared for the adoption, getting through the process of bringing a child home, and the care of a such a child. We will next discuss the day-to-day issues of raising an HIV+ child.

Uganda is known as the Pearl of Africa, and we have certainly found the pearl of Uganda. Heart of a Child Uganda is the NGO that runs Tender Hearts Baby’s Home.  The directors are Kenneth and Cathy.  Each time that I have traveled and gotten to know Kenneth and Cathy better, I am so thankful [...]

First, let me apologize for taking so long to send a new update.  November was a hectic month. I wanted to let everyone know that the gazebo (started by the mission team) has been completed, as well as, more progress made on the playground.  (Please see pictures below.) We still need to add swings but [...]

It is difficult to find words to express the experience of Nightlight’s first Uganda Mission Trip.  We took a team of 22 people and each person had a story about how God lead them to be on the trip and confirmed his direction many times.  There were many stories regarding fundraising miracles, details working out, [...]

Today was a humbling day.  We visited the Nairungu slum area of Kampala with Manna Ministries.  We broke into groups of 5 and went along with the Manna Ministry leaders and translators.  We had 2 women accept Christ while we were ministering to them.  Many of these families live in homes large enough only for [...]

Today was a big day.   It is amazing what you can accomplish with a team of 20 to 30 people.  We worked at the babies home building the gazebo and painting for many hours.  Our team is tired but doing great.  We will be back working tomorrow bright and early.  We also plan to visit [...]

If you have never been to Africa, you may not know that everything takes longer here.

Thanks to everyone who donated toward our team members’ expenses and also toward the babies home.  We have raised enough money for all team members to travel and to complete all of the projects we had in mind for the babies home.  We have also received multiple donations, such as, baby formula, medical supplies, vacation [...]

We have had our first official adoptive family matched with a child in our baby’s home in Uganda!

Nightlight Christian Adoptions has put together a video with photos from our last mission trip to Uganda. It tells a great story about the people of Uganda and is very compelling. Please feel free to use this video in your church and community events to raise support for Tender Hearts Babies Home.

The following post is by Kathryn Deiters from Nightlight’s CA office, which served in an advisory role to Calvary Community Church, which organized this Uganda tour. Ten beautiful children from Uganda just left America after 2 weeks of summer fun with families in Southern California. Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village brought the children over [...]

Testimony of Bones Anthony, a Ugandan Christian orphaned as an infant. When my twin brother and I were 3 months old, our mother came home very drunk and wanting to commit suicide. She took the pair of us, her youngest kids, and headed for the river. Fortunately, other people followed her and rescued us.