Broadcaster Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson was born in Uganda, and still feels an attachment to its people.

She recently returned from making a documentary titled Uganda Extreme Home Makeover. She is hoping to raise support for building an entire village in the country.

She told BCCN about the makeover:

MARIA, who received the home, was a very beautiful         60 year old woman with the most incredible spirit.

Yet she had endured many years as one desperate, poor woman, of no reputation, living in the jungles of Africa – with no running water or electricity, and losing hope for a bearable life.

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She was wondering how she could continue to care for the three kids entrusted to her, or how she would keep living with the rain that would flood her entire mud structure.  

Maria had cried out to God year after year, to be rescued.

God moved people on a different continent to build a brand new brick house for her; she was blessed beyond all that she could ask or think.

Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson will be conducting a fundraiser October 2, featuring Canucks assistant coach Ryan Walter as one of the keynote speakers. For more details of Maria’s story, go to: ugandaextremehomemakeover.com

August 2010