So much to do, so little time.

Things have been absolutely crazy lately...Sorry that it takes so long to update our blog...we need to get better at this but I think by the time we do, we will already be home!!!

We had a team come in from the States under the organization called House of Friends... The director John Gross and I have been friends for quite a long time and he is actually how I got connected to come to Uganda three years ago. He became a non-profit status about a year ago and have been doing incredible works for the Kingdom!! They have raised the funds for an orphanage (Abba Home) which has been up and running and housing 31 kids since July of 2008. They now have recieved the funds to build house #2 and we are really excited for it to be built so we can meet the new children that will be coming in.

When they first came in, we were able to assist Alex Bennet in leading a 4 day, 3 night childrens camp. Expecting 400 kids the first day, registration began at 2pm and by 5pm there were only a handful of kids. Knowing that everything starts later in Uganda, we were not discrouaged. About thrity minutes pass and kids began flowing in from all over Entebbe. We had three hundred kids arrive at the church and from there, we made the march all together to the camp. The march was about two and a half miles and if you have never walked that far with three hundred kids, I believe you probably shouldn't try it. :-) What an adventure!!!

After getting to the camp site, we met up with another three hundred kids and by this time, it is well after the sun had gone down and now all of us volunteers are trying to get everyone rounded up for a meeting before bathing, dinner, and lights out. Keep in mind that none of the kids can speak english very well so it makes this entire camp extremely challenging!!!

The camp overall went so well and AmyRose and I had the opportunity to tag team preach about the miracles of Jesus three different times over the course of the four days. The 600 kids that came to the camp were all between the ages of 3 and 16 so to keep the attention of all the kids was almost impossible, but with God, all things are possible and He made a way for us to make it exciting enough that ALL the kids paid attention!!!

During this time of the camp, it was all very exhausting for both AmyRose and I for we were both infected with parasites once again. AmyRose with Bilharzia and I with Giardhia, we were treated and are feeling more normal again. Just keep our health in your prayers!!

AmyRose had the opportunity to venture off with John Gross' team to Busia where they are hosting a medical mission for nine days. I talked with AmyRose a couple days ago and I am sure she will elaborate further upon her return, but she has said they are seeing about 200 patients a day and as I was speaking with her she had an elderly woman to the left of her clawing at the ground in a fetal position because she was in so much pain and a one year old to the right of her weighing a whopping four pounds. She also had the opportunity to witness a grown man in so much pain that he was weeping more than she had ever seen a grown man weep before. His thumb was the size of her wrist and was abnormal in color. The interpreter said that as he was working on the farm, he jammed something up his thumb..which would make sense for how big his thumb was...but after they numbed him they sliced his thumb open and after digging around for several minutes found out that he did not jam something inside his thumb...he jammed his thumb. So she had to hold together the skin while Dottie-a nurse from Texas- sewed him back up.

Meanwhile back in Entebbe :-) I have been doing a various amount of things!! Such as going out to Abba home and getting all the children's stories together along with pictures of each child. Right now, they have a very basic response to questions they have been asked such as when all the children are asked what they want to be when they grow up, almost all 30 kids replied with "Doctor". As I was asking the kids questions, I got a much different response than I was even imagining. I asked Irene, if she could remember a childhood memory and she immediately shook her head. Moments later, tears began streaming down her face as she recalled a memory from her very haunted past. Every child after Irene had much of the same response as Irene. I believe that most of these kids have never been able to share these stories with anyone and they are definately in need of release. So you can continue to pray for the hearts of these children that they will understand the importance of healing and how Jesus desires them to be set free.

Kelly and I went to Ssanyu babies home again yesterday to find that two of the babies had died. They were not sure what they died from, but it devestated both Kelly and I to hear that they died. Eighteen are in the process of being adopted out of Ssanyu and eight new babies have just arrived, three of them being newborns!! They are just absolutely precious!!! So if anyone is wanting some babies...just let Bethany Hartzler or Amy Shackelford know, and they can get your adoptions started for you!!!

I have also been getting the guest house ready for the girls to come, which they are coming in tomorrow and we are so excited and so ready to have them come!! Well you can continue to keep us in your prayers as we finish off the remainder of our trip!! See you all in a month and a half!!!