Jambo! (Hello)
Today was our first complete day in Jinja Uganda. We were greeted warmly by everyone that we met. I have never been anywhere more friendly! We talked today with Masumba (Pastor) Godfrey and decided that we will stay in the Guest House when we are not staying Bukalebe which is a home for babies! We will participate in different initiatives that are already in progress. There are three total, one being the babies house, one is a women and children's group where we will discuss child care, home maintenance, and talk about the Lord with the women. Disabled children will be invited especially during this time so that Laura can help them gain mobility. The third initiative that we are a part of will be economic development for women who are able to make crafts to sell, but have not become vendors yet. Because we are working with programs that are already in progress, we hope to contribute more productively to the communities, families, and children. During the month of December we will be the managers of the Babies home so that the current managers can enjoy the Christmas Holiday. There are 56 babies in all, and we will learn from the current staff for 2 months before we are expected to take over. This is a very exciting, and challenging task. But we are so happy to have a way to truly bless Ugandans who work so hard.
Since arriving, we have graciously been attended to. We look forward to our future days!
Love Laura and Rebecca
ps. we will need to buy a camera so we cannot upload pictures now, but we hope we can soon.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
One Week Until We Leave
Hello Dear Friends and Family!
We want to thank you so much for your prayers and support for what we are doing (traveling to Jinja Uganda to pray for, and give physical therapy to disabled children). Your love is keenly felt and we appreciate all of you who go with us in our hearts.
Laura and I are so excited to be leaving in a week. For us the departure date has come very quickly! We have received shots visa's etc. in the past month and we are finally able to say that September 22nd at 6am we will begin our flight to Entebbe Uganda. We will then drive to Jinja and settle in to stay for 10 months. We expect to return to the states July 27th 2012.
We will use this blog to post updates as we have access to a computer. If you receive email updates as well, then the blog may be a repeat, depending upon how much time we have.
Please feel free to comment on the blog or email us, though don't be alarmed if we do not respond quickly as the Internet is a 2 hour car ride from our home.
Blessings to you,
Rebecca and Laura
We want to thank you so much for your prayers and support for what we are doing (traveling to Jinja Uganda to pray for, and give physical therapy to disabled children). Your love is keenly felt and we appreciate all of you who go with us in our hearts.
Laura and I are so excited to be leaving in a week. For us the departure date has come very quickly! We have received shots visa's etc. in the past month and we are finally able to say that September 22nd at 6am we will begin our flight to Entebbe Uganda. We will then drive to Jinja and settle in to stay for 10 months. We expect to return to the states July 27th 2012.
We will use this blog to post updates as we have access to a computer. If you receive email updates as well, then the blog may be a repeat, depending upon how much time we have.
Please feel free to comment on the blog or email us, though don't be alarmed if we do not respond quickly as the Internet is a 2 hour car ride from our home.
Blessings to you,
Rebecca and Laura
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