Jamie Rosser, a 20-year-old from Peachtree City, spent a month in Uganda

this summer as part of a ministry provided by one of her professors at

Covenant College, Dr. Henry Krabbendam, called the Africa Christian Training

Institute. Krabbendam has been going to Africa for more than 20 years and

the trip had such an impact on Rosser that she plans on returning next

year and then possibly doing full-time mission work in Africa after college.

Her trip didn't start off great as she got sick and was confined

to bed for several days.

"It was frustrating," said Rosser, who stared up at the mosquito

net above her while her friends were out evangelizing in the villages. "I

was thinking of ways that I could help."

After leaving her sick bed, Rosser found out how she could help when she

met Sarah Lubega, owner and operator of the Ranch on Jesus Orphanage and

Primary School in Mutungo, Uganda. Lubega's story and her students

left a big impression on Rosser, who decided to hold an enormous yard sale

at her church in Peachtree City, with all of the proceeds benefitting Lubega

and her orphange and school.

Lubega, now 26, was an orphan herself. At the age of 23, she began to

open her home to needy children in her community. The orphanage now includes

a day school that provides free education, which is a rarity in Uganda,

to 123 children. The orphanage and the school are in great need though.

There is limited food for the children, few textbooks and school supplies

and the children in the orphanage do not have beds to sleep on.

"I saw the need," said Rosser. "I saw the cement floor

in the orphanage where dozens of little ones sleep. I saw their bare feet

and empty pockets, but I also heard them sing to me. The opportunities

to spread the love of Christ are endless. I would be willfully disobedient

to ignore them."

Upon returning to the states, Rosser began planning the yard sale, which

will take place at Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church Aug. 13-14 from 9

a.m.-1 p.m. There are already two rooms filled with materials to be sold

at the yard sale and monetary donations will also be accepted at the yard

sale.

"It's kind of ironic to have a yard sale to raise money, because

we are selling extra stuff and they really don't have anything extra," said

Rosser. "I John 3:17 says that 'if anyone has material possessions

and sees a brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of

God be in him?'"