Off to Jinja!!!

We have had quite the profitable week here in Uganda. Sunday late afternoon was spent on the beach with Mercy Home children, wading in the waters of Lake Victoria... this was before we received a phone call from Stacie's mother informing us of the deadly parasite, BILARZIA (sp?), which we would most definitely contract from any contact whatsoever with the waters of Uganda. Thank-you for the warning, Mama :)

Monday was spent mostly in Kampala, running errands and ordering Domino's pizza for the children at Abba House. When we finally arrived at Abba they were not yet ready to partake of the once-in-a-lifetime Domino's pizza, as they were lined up across the property passing piles of clay bricks up the hill. It is rain season in Uganda, let's not forget. So the ground was too muddy for the dump-truck to handle and the moving of bricks was left up to the kids-and Naka and MuMu (Stacie and AmyRose) who both have some very nice blisters from the hard work :) Eventually, the kids did get their pizza, and it was quite thoroughly enjoyed.

We were also able to take measurements of the Abba kids' feet this week, as they are in desperate need of school shoes and have none. Deborah (pastor kaaya's wife) informed us that Uganda's school system is heavily influenced by the British, and the teachers are very strict concerning proper school attire.

Today we are on our way to meet up with Samuel from Mercy Home, and ......an AMERICAN!! His name is Devon and so far we do not know much about him, except that he happens to be living at Mercy Home, and will be in the country for 3 more months. Tomorrow morning we will be meeting with the lawyer concerning NGO and Mercy Home and other things. And from there it is off to Jinja for the weekend!!

Ivan (our right -hand man/body guard/interpreter) will be traveling with us. Not sure when we will have internet access again so until then, God Bless and thanks for all the prayers and comments!!!