Saturday, September 24, 2011

Here Now!

 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.

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