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Shared Blessings is a grass roots, all volunteer, non-profit organization. It began officially in January, 1998 as an outreach program of Family Connections Adoptions. It started as a sponsorship program for orphans at Dorcas Orphanage Home in Mbale, Uganda. I first heard about this orphanage in the spring of 1997 through a Ugandan clergyman, Stephen Mungoma, a dynamic preacher who was in southern California studying for his doctorate at the time. Stephen was speaking at churches in our area and my husband Tom, also a clergyman, brought him to my office at Family Connections Adoptions. Our hearts were moved when Stephen told us about a group of Christian mothers in Mbale who felt they must do something about the increasing number of ragged and hungry orphans living on the roads. Under the leadership of Elizabeth Madaba, the ladies stepped out in faith and began the work of caring for dozens of orphans, relying on prayer for their supply. They named their orphanage Dorcas Home based

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