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MISSIONSLocation:Kampala, Uganda, EastAfrica.Facts:One in five has HIV/AIDS.One in 10 has no parents.Three-fourths of thepopulation is below theage of 30.The Mission:Revolutionize a nation . . .one youthat a time.and sex. Without guidance, these kids are left tofigure out life on their own.” That’s where Mattand Angela’s Living Water Ministry comes in. Usingtheir book Walk Pure and two other booksthey’ve written, the Catinellas are reaching intohigh schools across Uganda. But they’re not doingit alone.“Our heart is to raise up indigenous leadersto reach their own people,” said Matt. Workingwith local churches and universities, Matt andAngela are training young people between ages20 and 30. For 10 weeks, students attend Bibleschool and learn faith foundations. “We teachthem about healing, who they are in Christ, righteousness,and the believer’s authority, and weget them filled with the Holy Spirit,” Matt said.Students are then trained for another 10 weeks toteach the Walk Pure curriculum in high schools.They learn public speaking, counseling, administration,and classroom management for groupsof 300 students. After graduating, these trainedyoung people are planted in high schools wherethey become mentors to the students—many ofwhom have very hard lives.“A lot of students have been molested or theyhave AIDS,” Matt noted. “They barely have thefees to be in school. There are so many things thatthey carry around with them and harbor in theirhearts as they go to school.” The Catinellas wantmentors to spend at least 10 weeks with studentsso relationships can be built and the mentors canspeak into their lives.The results speak for themselves. One younggirl, Daphne, discovered that her mother hadAIDS. “She was devastated,” Angela recalled. “Shethought, ‘What am I going to do? I want to finishschool. Is my mom going to die?’” But as Daphneshared this news with her Walk Pure mentor,Christine, her life changed. “Christine helpedcounsel her through that and prayed with her,”said Angela. “Daphne got excited about Christineteaching her purity and walking it out in frontof her. She said, ‘I don’t want to havethe same result my mom had.’ Nowshe’s encouraging other people towalk pure, and she even starteda club in her school after wefinished teaching.”Last year alone Matt andAngela discipled and trainedover 50 Spirit-filled leaders just like Christine.“A lot of people are in a hurry to get to a place,but they don’t have anything to give,” they said.“Our leaders are saturated in the Word of Godafter they go though Bible school, and they’re justready to serve.”After training and serving in the schools withMatt and Angela, many leaders return to theirhome churches to serve their pastors. They startyouth groups where there are none. One youngleader, Nicholas, took the Walk Pure curriculumback to his village and began training others.Since there was no public school in the area,he built one out of cow dung and mud and put120 kids in it. Matt and Angela now visit thereto hold vacation Bible schools. Another of theirformer leaders, Charles, uses the leadership skillshe learned through Matt and Angela to care forwar refugees. He currently oversees more than3,000 refugees from Sudan and the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo.Matt and Angela both know that none of thiswould have been possible without their RHEMAtraining. “RHEMA was our foundation,” theysaid. “All the teaching that you get from RHEMAis what we’re teaching now—and not just theWord, but the practical as well.”With their own foundation firm, Matt andAngela are eager to continue revolutionizingyouth—not only in Uganda but in all of Africa.“The enemy has come to kill, steal, and destroy,”said Matt. “But Jesus came to give us life, and lifeto the full. Satan is trying to steal the destiny andpurpose of these youth from them. We have tokeep them alive to get them to their purpose.”Through their Bible school, leadership program,Walk Pure curriculum, and annual youthrallies, Matt and Angela are making a difference.They’re changing the thinking and behavior of aforgotten generation—a generation that has beenwithout hope, without mentors, and without Jesus. . . until now.To check out a video from Matt and Angela and learnmore about the work they’re doing in Uganda, visitwww.rhema.org/wof.For more information about their ministry,visit www.livingwatermin.org.