Our Volunteer Effort

After I rested a bit, I showered and went down to the younger students’ devotion. We sang and Godfrey, the Chaplain, read some from the bible. I took a couple of pictures of Ken, the young boy who gave me a tour of his home the other day.  Ken was drumming on the bench and hitting it on 3 different places to get 3 different sounds.  And he made a consistent pattern that went with the music.  It was awesome!

One boy, Peter, prayed for me to be better and was thankful that Auntie Bridget helped me get better enough to come back to the Chain Home. Susan prayed for me to recover all the way and have a safe journey home. I was surprised that these young children (9 and 10 yr olds) would think of that on their own. But see, that’s the culture here. People are concerned about your well-being and truly care about you. Even if you’ve only been visiting for the short time that I have. Needless to say, it was a special evening with these kids.

Then, I visited with them after the devotion and Bridget, Josephine and I passed out pineapple to everyone. I’m so glad I was able to get it yesterday because if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have had a chance to get it today. They were very happy to have it and I was glad that there was enough for seconds and sometimes thirds! Josephine took some pictures while I was passing it out and she walked with me back to my room up the hill. I feel really tired now from getting up but I’m glad I got up and I ate, too so I should be feeling better tomorrow.

Just as an update, I leave here around 1pm Sunday to head back to Kampala because I have to leave for Entebbe at 6am Monday morning in order to catch my flight. I’ll fly to London and then to Chicago, where I’ll spend the night with Elizabeth, my best friend from college and her husband, Colin. I leave Chicago bright and early Tuesday morning and I arrive in Austin at 1:30.

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