Jan Lehmann

I can't remember what year it was, but we were visiting my husband's brother Jerry at his farm in New York state, at the same time as Pastor Dongo was there. It was a real pleasure to meet him, we had heard so much about him when Jerry was in Uganda. Kelly Kreps, a neighbor, came over and they were talking about possibly setting up a sponsorship program for the increasing number of AIDS orphans being taken in by families in Kabagala Pentecostal Church. Kelly wrote out a check, handed it to Pastor Dongo, and said, "Here's a sponsorship for one child." There was no thought of a school yet, but God Cares was launched in that moment.

Florence Dongo and Jerry Lehmann