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                                                          The third of nine children, Isaac Umba Mbaya was                                                           born and schooled in the Congolese city of Likasi                            

                                                          At 15 Isaac’s father died so school fees were                                                                   unaffordable and hard times followed.

                                                          Isaac trained as a bricklayer to help support                                                                     himself and the family. One of his jobs was at a    

                                                          church mission which Isaac then attended and

                                                          trained as a Deacon. Later Isaac married,

                                                          started a family and raised four children. 

                                                        

                                                          After 10 years Isaac’s wife died and he decided

                                                          to work as a missionary across the border in                                                                     Zambia. The Pastors there were impressed & sent                                                           Isaac to Theology College in South Africa. 

                                                         

    Father Isaac Umba Mbaya            Ordained 6 years later, Isaac then returned to The      and our late trustee Ray.                Congo and took his Masters in Theology.

                                                         

Subsequently Isaac found his calling:  Helping vulnerable and orphaned children

 

Simultaneously Isaac spent several years running his own Theology school, training many Pastors.  UK couple Tony and Pat Harris joined forces with Isaac in 2002 forming the Lily charity in 2003, which has been funding the orphans ever since.

           

There are always more orphans than Sponsors !

 

Isaac manages all of Lily’s affairs in The Congo, organising food supplies and school fees, ministering to the Lily community, taking sick children to hospital, keeping sponsors up-to-date with reports from the children, whatever needs to be done. 

 

Independently of Lily, Isaac has

founded further churches in an

attempt to meet the needs of local

communities on both sides of the

border with Zambia. 

 

Isaac is currently seeking

additional ministers to support

this work.

 

Isaac’s mantra is James 1:27, (KJV):

"To visit the fatherless and widows

 in their affliction.

 And to keep himself unspotted

 from the world."

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                                                                              Isaac with one of the families

 

 

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