Crazy Week

The internet is really slow in this café and I feel like I have so many stories to tell. Where in the world do I start?

This past week was our busiest so far. We spent every morning at Sanyu Babies Home. Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday we spent the afternoon teaching kids basic computer at the orphanage. On Wednesday afternoon, we were in charge of about 55 kids for an hour. We told them the story of Abraham and Isaac, played games, and taught them songs. It’s been a lot of fun, but we’ve also had some tough challenges.

Friday was our last day with the babies. It makes me want to cry just thinking about it. I spent most of my time with one group of about 14 babies (the ones who can sit up on their own but can’t walk yet). I could name them all for you. I got to know their personalities and I could identify their cries. I miss them already. And I feel like we’ve been through a lot with the staff there. While working at the home, we lost one baby to meningitis. I don’t think I could put into words how hard it was to see his tiny casket. He was only 4 months old. The three of us had a good cry that night. Especially Erin . Death hits her so hard. It makes sense though since she has such a mother’s heart. Who knows the value of life better than a mother?

It’s so good to be here with these girls. They’re the best friends in the world and I can’t imagine being here with anyone else.

I got into a boda accident! Ok, not really. Actually, I was on the back of a boda and we were going down the hill to the pastor’s house and the boda just kind of tipped over. I was riding side-saddle (with a skirt on) so it was easy to just hop off before the boda hit the ground. It wasn’t really a big deal at all. I didn’t even get any Africa dirt on my skirt, but my boda driver was really, really embarrassed in front of the other drivers. Poor guy.

Keep praying for our health. Particularly our bowels. :o) Not to get too specific. I’ve been getting dehydrated very easily, which is easy to fix but it’s still annoying because that also makes me get motion sickness easily. I’m ok…. But I could be better.

The biggest reason I wanted to post today is that we’ll be needing prayer coverage. We set out for Gulu tomorrow morning! We all have a feeling that our trip to Gulu is one of the biggest reasons we’re here. We’ll mostly be ministering to people in the IDP camps where 90% of the population of Northern Uganda have been forced by the government to go and live in really bad conditions. We should be safe. The peace talks have been going well so far. There haven’t been any LRA attacks in a long time, so we’re not worried about anything like that. But it’ll be a long journey (6 hours on really bad roads) and it will be emotionally hard, I’m sure. We travel on Monday, then we’ll be there Tuesday and Wednesday, then we travel back to Kampala on Thursday. We have Friday to rest, then we head to Jinja on Saturday.

Thanks for your prayers.