Appreciation Post

Friends and Family,

We love and miss you, but not too much because our love for Uganda continues to take over our hearts. :)

Yesterday we started our day off at 8am with teaching the children at Faith Children's Home P.E, or at least attempted..

The children are so hard to control around us, Muzungu! As we said in our last blog, there is never an arm or a leg that is free. They are always hanging on us and loving us, never does a moment go by when we don't receive a hug. So pretty much, we were the ones in Physical Education. 

At 10am our plan was to head off to Jinja, the source of the Nile; but because we are on Ugandan time, which means nothing is on time, we left at 11:30. The drive out Lugazi was INCREDIBLE. For the first time, we saw Africa. 

Driving in Africa is so different from the states, and quite frightening. There is no structure whatsoever; no speed limits, few lanes, and people who have no limits when it comes to driving crazy! You get used to it after a while, but at first you think you are going to die in a crash. The way to Jinja from Lugazi takes you through a forest with a name too hard to remember, honestly, but it was beautiful. Uganda is GREEN. Everywhere you look there is sugar cane, corn, beans, bananas, and various fruits being grown.

When we arrived in Jinja, we visited the Source of the Nile, where we saw monkeys, lizards, and lots of beautiful birds. We were treated to a boat ride by Hudson and Mercy, that took us on the Nile and to the underground springs that are at its source! It was so beautiful! Afterwards, Mercy took us girls shopping in town, where we found the most beautifully crafted beads and clothes!

When we got back, we had our quiet time and got ready for church, where we heard Missy speak. :)

Ugandans are so accepting and loving, they love to hear everything and anything you have to say, and are so thankful for every word we speak to them.

This church service was particularly special; each of us experienced one little boy who touched our hearts dramatically, Dan. He told each one of us his story: how his mom is about to have a baby, and he cannot afford school. He is 8 years old and never have we seen a child so faithful in asking for the two things that most take for granted; health and education. At one point; he came up to Chloe and said "I want someone to take me to their home." This broke us all. We are so fortunate for the lives we have. We were able to then sit and pray over 5 beautiful children. One of the most amazing experiences. God is so BIG here, because He is needed.

We are so thankful for the fact that God is allowing us to take part in the redemption of Uganda.

Next is Mark and Heather, the two missionaries staying with us in the Suubi home. AKA our new best friends. In only three days we have been able to share our hearts with the both of them, as well as them sharing their own wisdom with us. We are so inspired with what they are doing here in Uganda. As a team, they are teaching buisness management classes to the people here, helping organize church ministries, Mark is teaching guitar lessons to young men, and Heather has a baking class for the widowed women of our church. We had the amazing chance to hear Heathers testimony and what she had to say about our time here. As a team our current prayer is to find our passions in how we serve the people of Uganda, and being bold in Christ.