Hi everyone,
We have limited internet and to get the faster service, we have to walk to the GFR office a few blocks away. Then there are 6 people trying to get all their emails and blogs done, so I probably won’t get this done every day.
We have had an awesome 3 days, meeting our families, then 2 days working in a remote village helping a widow with 6 children finish building her home. We were expecting to build with bricks but as we walked up to the sight, realized that it was going to be a mud home! Most of the village people were there to greet us and we got to meet several other GFR sponsored families.
Our work started out with us heading to the water hole to get the water for the mud. We took “light” jerry cans, headed down a long, narrow trail into the bush, filled our cans with water from a spring fed spot, then attempted to carry them back along the trail to the home site. We were quite a sight, walking a few feet, stopping, walking, stopping, walking, and stopping. And needless to say, there were many people along the way, laughing at us! Each jerry can held about 5 gal. of water and we ended up with about a gal. or so on us, as we sloshed along!
We weren’t able to do much more on the home because they needed to get the tin roof on before starting the mudding. Then they also ran out of tin, so we got together and collected enough money for them to buy the remaining tin plus gas to go get it. All together it was 120,000 shillings or a little less than $60.
All there was left to do was play with the children!! What a good time! We sang a few songs for them and then got them to sing to us. We gave them a new soccer ball in exchange for their rag ball and we were able to share our bread with them after our lunch. We also spoke with a man with Aids, who was suffering with a severe infection in both legs. He had been to the hospital a few days before and wasn’t
able to pay the full bill. Plus he didn’t have the money to get the prescription the doctor had given him.
Luckily we were able to help him with less than 20 American dollars for everything. Then we headed home, which took 3 ½ hours because we ended up in all the rush hour traffic. Chicago doesn’t have
anything on Uganda when it comes to this!!
Today we mudded the home. Got about 2 ½ walls done, then they ran out of mud!! So we had our lunch, visited with the children again and headed home. Only took 2 ½ hours today. What a blessed experience, all the mud and people working together.
God is good!!
I can’t wait to get home to show pictures and share about how God’s hand has been on this trip with us everywhere we go.
We have limited internet and to get the faster service, we have to walk to the GFR office a few blocks away. Then there are 6 people trying to get all their emails and blogs done, so I probably won’t get this done every day.
We have had an awesome 3 days, meeting our families, then 2 days working in a remote village helping a widow with 6 children finish building her home. We were expecting to build with bricks but as we walked up to the sight, realized that it was going to be a mud home! Most of the village people were there to greet us and we got to meet several other GFR sponsored families.
Our work started out with us heading to the water hole to get the water for the mud. We took “light” jerry cans, headed down a long, narrow trail into the bush, filled our cans with water from a spring fed spot, then attempted to carry them back along the trail to the home site. We were quite a sight, walking a few feet, stopping, walking, stopping, walking, and stopping. And needless to say, there were many people along the way, laughing at us! Each jerry can held about 5 gal. of water and we ended up with about a gal. or so on us, as we sloshed along!
We weren’t able to do much more on the home because they needed to get the tin roof on before starting the mudding. Then they also ran out of tin, so we got together and collected enough money for them to buy the remaining tin plus gas to go get it. All together it was 120,000 shillings or a little less than $60.
All there was left to do was play with the children!! What a good time! We sang a few songs for them and then got them to sing to us. We gave them a new soccer ball in exchange for their rag ball and we were able to share our bread with them after our lunch. We also spoke with a man with Aids, who was suffering with a severe infection in both legs. He had been to the hospital a few days before and wasn’t
able to pay the full bill. Plus he didn’t have the money to get the prescription the doctor had given him.
Luckily we were able to help him with less than 20 American dollars for everything. Then we headed home, which took 3 ½ hours because we ended up in all the rush hour traffic. Chicago doesn’t have
anything on Uganda when it comes to this!!
Today we mudded the home. Got about 2 ½ walls done, then they ran out of mud!! So we had our lunch, visited with the children again and headed home. Only took 2 ½ hours today. What a blessed experience, all the mud and people working together.
God is good!!
I can’t wait to get home to show pictures and share about how God’s hand has been on this trip with us everywhere we go.
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