SO sorry it has taken so long to get an updated blog up on the page. We have been without internet everywhere we have been or the electricity has been out. Also, Nick is posting pictures to an album on his Facebook page if you want to see some of our photos.
Last friday we piled in the Scully van and headed on a 5 hour journey to Gulu. On the way up we had fried bananas from a roadside market, we saw the magnificent Nile and all its glory as we crossed over a huge bridge, and we saw tons of Baboons just hanging out of the side of the road. We got to stay with one of the directors of Touch the World Ministries Uganda for two nights. Her name is Andrea. ( Her husband Jesse is in the states fundraising.) Andrea and Jesse have adopted an 8 year old girl from Uganda, and also have a 9 month child. As soon as we got to Andrea's house, she asked me if i wanted to help her make juice. We made fresh passionfruit juice. This country is overflowing with every fruit and vegetable. Just walking down the street and looking at this rich land is a testimony of how God sustains his people. Though most are in a state of poverty, they are able to grow whatever seeds they plant ( if it rains), and are able to eat the fruit around them. We spent a lot of time just talking to Andrea about their ministry in Gulu. Many of the people in Gulu are the generation that was drastically affected by the LRA. Many people are uneducated, do not know english, and do not have skills because they never had a chance to learn. Andrea and Jesse along with several nationals on staff are trying to help the people of Gulu. They have built a huge medical center ( They just need staff now!), they have gotten clean, fresh water that the whole community can use ( The McNutts from Augusta, GA helped put their clean water in!) , have a huge children's ministry, teach vocational skills such as brick making and tailoring and more! Their desire is to helped the displaced people of Gulu to have a fresh start and resettle in their part of the country. Later on Saturday afternoon we had a huge Pork roast. They literally went to the market, killed the pig that morning, and prepared him for us by 2pm that same day. We had pork-ka-bobs grilled over an open flame, on bamboo sticks, marinated in a ugandan bbq sauce. It seriously was the best pork I have ever had. We went to church with Andrea on Sunday morning and then came back to Uganda Christian University Sunday night. Please pray for Andrea, Jesse, Paulina ( their beautiful adopted daughter), and Kaylee ( their 9 month old). Pray that God will continue to Bless their ministry and guide them as challenges arise. Pray for health for the whole family. Pray that the medical center will be filled with Staff in the near future. Pray for the people of Adok, the village their ministry is in. Pray for wisdom, strength, and perseverance for Andrea and Jesse.
Monday, Nick and I went to the local market with Karen. I wish we had pictures. Hundreds of people and their fruits and veggies are just piled within feet of each other. I wish we had a market like this in Augusta! We bought a pumpkin, potatoes, cabbage, onions, tomatoes, and tasted a jackfruit while we were there. If you have never seen a jackfruit, look at Nick's Photos. It is the biggest, weirdest looking fruit. They can get up to two feet or more and just hang in trees. Karen and her kids say it tastes like bubblegum pineapple. It is super sweet.
It's so funny walking anywhere here, people yell "Mzungu" ( white person)! It's just so odd thinking about how that would be if people did that back in the states. Somehow I don't think that would fly.
Tuesday Nick and I went to an orphanage in Entebe called St. Mary Kevin's. We stayed with a couple named Adam and Christie Sayer. They are our age. They have been building relationships with the children at the orphanage and helping with a sponsorship program also through Touch the World. The orphanage also has a boarding school, so half of the children are orphans, and half are just boarding to go to school there. It was such an eye-opening experience to see where the children sleep and how even the 5 year olds are expected to wash their own clothes by hand in a basin outside. Pray for the children, for funds to come in for the children to afford to go to school their, and for the owners of the school to not be discouraged when things get overwhelming.
I will try to write more later. Nick and I are about to head to the market again.
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