Sorry I have not been updating you daily from Uganda.  The time seems to fly by so fast!  Yesterday, we had a very full day.  We went to a hospital that serves the area where we are currently working.  We first stopped at the maternity ward.  They introduced us to a baby that had been rescued from the road side.  She was only 1 day old.  My daughter Sarah was in shock.  She asked how someone could just throw their baby on the side of the road.  She didn’t understand why the mother would not have taken her child to a children’s home?  I didn’t really know what to say. Afterwards we began praying with the pregnant mothers that were in line awaiting their AIDS test.  I couldn’t even imagine what must be going through these ladies minds.  The more I visit Uganda, the more I am aware of how blessed our country is.  The obstacles these people face are overwhelming at times.  We prayed for peace and hope for them all.  Some of the ladies came to know Jesus that day!  That was SOOO WONDERFUL.

We then began walking on the grounds of the hospital.  The team shared with me many different stories.  One young boy said he goes to the hospital everyday hoping that he will receive a pair of eye glasses.  He said he can not see the blackboard at school.  Every day the hospital tells him that they do not have any free glasses for him.  The eye glasses are only 10,000 shillings, which is only $5.88.  After I heard this story from one of our team members, I decided to send one of our Ugandan friends back to the hospital to see if they can find this boy.  He will be getting some eye glasses! 

Also while at the hospital, we spoke with a young lady named Teresa.  She is only 14 years old.  She is caring for her sister Maria who is 3 months old.  Their mother died while in childbirth with Maria.  Teresa is living with her grandfather, but she is not able to feed her sister.  You could see in her face the heartache of having the responsibility for her sister.  My heart was so touched and I just knew we needed to do something!  We are planning to go and visit her and bring a carepackage of goodies.  Hopefully we can continue to check in on them and help!  If you would like to help Teresa and Maria, please click here.

Later in the afternoon, we broke up into pairs and headed out into Gganda Village to pass out mosquito nets.  It was suggested that we take the nets to the oldest people.  They can not care for themselves! We are so fortunate in the states to have different options for our elderly parents, but in Uganda, the elderly suffer and are basically abandoned.

One lady began to weep as she was given a mosquito net.  She is one of the oldest women in the village.  I don’t know her exact age but it is close to 90 (or above).  She was very weak and feeble. She was sitting in the dirt and she looked like she weighed only 65 lbs.  Can you imagine your grandmother spending the day sitting on the hard ground?  Life is so different here.  Last June our team took a basket full of salt, sugar and other items to this woman, so she was overwhelmed at the kindess we had shown her not only then, but again this day.  I was so happy that we were able to touch her heart!  Another lady gave 500 shillings to our team and asked that we go and buy some eggs for ourselves. That was such an awesome response!

There are many other stories to share about our outreach, but it could take days to type up!  Thanks to those who gave money towards the nets.  You just touched a village with love!   Saturday we will go to Kaliti Village and The Field of Dreams to hand out more nets of love.

Lori