Day 1 – 28 June 2016
Day 1 - 28 June 2016 I am HOME! It feels so good to be back in the place that holds my heart! We arrived late last night, and in top news…all 10 of our bags made it! It was a giant welcome home party at the airport. Our favorite driver Moses was there to pick us up,...
Day 16 – 24 July 2015
Again I woke up to the sounds of the village waking up…its one of my favorite things. Everyone was hustling around getting ready for the big day…today we celebrate the playground opening!! Important people had been invited, local leaders, and other dignitaries were...
Day 15 – 23 July 2015
I love waking up in the village…the sun is barely up and I can hear familiar sounds. The roosters crowing, the women up cooking, the kids cleaning the compound…the sounds of the village waking up. After having breakfast, we waked down to the playground to see the...
Day 14 – 22 July 2015
The day is finally here…the playground build will start today!! I am so thankful to Richard for all his hard work to make it happen. I am also really excited because we will be staying in the village for the next 3 days! After we had breakfast and did a few home...
Day 13 – 21 July 2015
It was another early start in the village today. Yesterday we were given eggs and avocados from some of the families when we did home visits. So, when we arrived Evening, one of the mamas, was making fresh chapatti (my favorite!) to make rolex (chapatti and egg...
Day 12 – 20 July 2015
Today we headed back to the village early. When we were having breakfast a mama brought her sweet baby to us, asking for help. Little Emma was 1 year old, and had severe birth defects…but he was the sweetest baby scooting around the mat to greet each of us. The mama...
Day 11 – 19 July 2015
We started our day today hopping on a boda (motorcycle) and going to church at Acacia Church, listening to Pastor Terry “bring it”. Loved getting to worship back at Acacia, God is so real and so present here. We got to visit with some friends and then we headed out to...
Day 10 – 18 July 2015
The rest of our team made it safe and sound late last night….welcome to Uganda…first stop Acholi Quarter. We arrived just as Agnes and Hellen, our cooks, had the porridge ready for a Saturday community feeding. After a quick game of “bolingo” the kids started arriving...
Day 9 – 17 July 2015
Today we met our Program Coordinator, Margret in town to do some shopping for some of the families in our sponsorship program. Their sponsors sent money to buy things that the families needed. So we bought mattresses, posho, sugar, salt, soap and a new dress for a...
Day 8 – 16 July 2015
Today we spent the day in the field with Sole Hope. Dru and Asher run an amazing program removing jiggers. If you don’t know what jiggers are, first of all DON’T Google it, trust me. Jiggers are a type of sand flea that burrow into your skin and they lay eggs, and...
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