# @childrensrelief on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/By1WSZPDsSY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11988021-childrensrelief-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-06-18T02:00:27.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Children’s Relief Int’l (@childrensrelief) — https://gondola.cc/childrensrelief

## Caption

Have you heard about our new project in Uganda? Meet our international partners, Martin and Rita!⠀ ⠀
Pastor Martin grew up in South Sudan (at the time, Sudan). His father left just after he was born. At four years old, he lost his mother. When the civil war broke out, his older brother and sister died. The government forced Martin to become a child soldier. He spent two years on the frontlines before he escaped. In Egypt, a Canadian church led him to Christ and awarded him a scholarship to Victory Bible Institute. He met his wife, Rita, in Cairo. She shared his calling—to serve displaced and abused South Sudanese women and children.⠀ ⠀
When Egypt became unsafe for refugees, the couple fled. In Israel, Martin met a friend of Alan and Melody Pierratt, the founders of CRI. When Martin explained his calling, the friend put him in contact with CRI. In 2010, we partnered with Martin and Rita to begin the Children of Light Mission. When war broke out again, they moved to Uganda. ⠀ ⠀
As our international partners over the Children of Light Project, Martin and Rita care for women and child refugees on the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement and in Kampala. Their vision is for people of different tribes to live in peaceful coexistence through the example of Christ.⠀ ⠀
Want to sponsor the children in our Children of Light program? http://j.mp/2LHIz8C #childrenoflight #childrensrelief #missions #travel #world

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childrensrelief, missions, travel, world, childrenoflight

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