We ended the day enjoying fellowship with some JAM staff members who stayed in the guest house with us. Lynate, one of JAM's first sponsored children, and a current ABIDE student, excitedly volunteered to be our cook in Kishanje when she heard Max's mom was coming for a visit. She...
We piled back into the van, and headed down the hill a little further. We found the grandfather of Costa, who is sponsored by the Hett family. Amy Hett came on our first Uganda trip in 2010, and God caused an immediate connection between her and Costa...
This morning we went to chapel at Kishanje Highlands High School (a Juna Amagara school). We were able to observe them conclude their series studying the book of Daniel together, with the encouragement to look forward to Christ's return and our home in heaven. After of a time of...
After chapel we met a few sponsored children at the high school in order to deliver their packages. Shallon, sponsored by Pedro & Raquel Valdez, showed her appreciation for the gift by sending us with a beautiful hand-made basket to give her sponsors. Enoch is sponsored by VBC...
We took a long hike to a nearby village, Kacerere, to visit two children. (Any time we have told someone that we walked there, they are shocked that we would go on such a long journey!) First we stopped to see Sylvia, sponsored by Jennifer Wood. I am not sure if her mother was nervous or...
We went to the market in Kabale town to do some grocery shopping. We bought food for us to enjoy in the village of Kishanje, along with the staff members who would be hosting us. Just to give you an idea of what prices are like, we bought three juicy and super sweet pineapples for the...
When we got out of the van, we found that guardians of the Juna Amagara Sponsored children (with sponsors from VBC and elsewhere) had gathered to welcome us. The chairperson of the group spoke and presented Lisa and I with gifts of appreciation. The large group of parents, grandparents, aunts...
This afternoon we met children sponsored by the Flemings (Augustine was thrilled with that spiky green ball), the Etchisons (Dismas loved the personalized shirt - sorry about the sun spot in the photo), the Chois (origami - how fun! Joan's mom was fascinated), the Botts (Looking at the Botts...
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