UGANDA

Hey guys!

We are here in Uganda! We arrived late Saturday night/Sunday
morning into Entebbe airport, and drove an hour and a half
or so to our guest house, "maria's place."

On Sunday, we were taken to a nearby church. The more
adventurous members of our group were taken by motorcycles,
or "boda bodas," a very unique experience! The church
service was full of dancing, singing,praying, and rejoicing.
The people were so friendly and so full of life.

After church, we went into the city to exchange money, and
ordered 20 pizzas to take to the orphanage that the ministry
we are working with sponsors. the orphanage is called New
creation home; it houses 12 special children who are being
sponsored by the ministry as well as others who want to
contribute to their lives.

We all sat down to eat pizza for lunch (which was
delicious), and enjoyed a presentation by the children of
singing and dancing. We spent the rest of the day playing
any game we could imagine; soccer, baseball, hair-styling...
(pictures come later).

On monday, we took a long, bumpy bus ride to the Nile River.
We were all amazed by its beauty, and the fact that we were
seeing something a part of the Bible. We were able to go on
boats around to see different rapids, and saw a few kayakers
going down the river.

After the Nile, we drove over to a village church to put on
a de-worming clinic. This village only sees "muzungus"
(white people!) about once or twice a year, so hundreds of
children showed up. A few members put on a play for them, we
sang with them, and played with them for a long time. It was
hard saying goodbye to the children- they were all beautiful
kids, had so much love in them, and connected with us more
than we could have guessed.

We drove down a ways to a Baby orphanage. There were 30-40
young babies there that we all fell in love with as soon as
we got there. It was heart-warming to see that these
children, who were most likely treated in a broken way in
the past, were able to recieve love and care by the workers
and by our group. We only stayed for about an hour, but were
exhausted by the time we were finished. We have so much
respect for those who work full time there.

Today, we are going to a village called Jakolara, a place
run down by HIV/AiDs, to put on a larger medical clinic than
the one that we did yesterday.

We are all doing well, in good health, and finally catching
up on sleep! We're all drinking as much water as possible,
as it is very, very humid and about 75-80 degrees every day.
We are so excited to finally be here though!! Uganda is
absolutely beautiful and green, and the people are all very
unique.

We'll be checking back in often, as our place has a (slow)
computer and internet : )

Please continue to pray for our health and safety, and for
the people here. Some of the girls here are still waiting
for a few checked bags to show up, so please pray for that
as well.

God Bless!