I am happy to say that my team has arrived safely home. It was the longest few travel days ever, we left Uganda at 8am EST on Thursday morning and I didn't get back to Florida until 2pm on Friday. It was so good to see Jon again, and be home. My body has struggled with the time change, but thankfully the Lord kept me healthy while there. My heart is still in Africa. It forever changed my world, I can't even begin to put into words what we saw and got to experience. Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support, without you, this trip would not have been possible. As you know my camera broke, but I do have access to the teams photos, I will get some up as soon as I can. For now, here are a few...
Here is one of me with Shalohm, she was a little girl from East Africa. One of the women that had gone on a trip to Africa with Visiting Orphans in January is back to do work with East Africa, and she's a professional photographer. This is one of the pictures she took of me. These kids have stolen my heart. They are the sweetest, most compassionate, generous, joyous, content kids I have ever met. My hope is to convey to you even a glimpse of what I experienced there...
This is of some of our team on the truck. This was our other vehicle while in Uganda- not the safest, but more comfortable than the bus. I got to ride on this on the way to Policia, laying out watching the stars. Loved it.
This one is with Bosa, a little boy that I met our last day, in Uganda. We spent the day with Pastor Samuel (they are all named Samuel it seems), and served his ministry. His goal is to get all these orphans into homes and school. We sang and danced and played all afternoon. Bosa was my dance partner- he would mirror anything that I did. I absolutely loved him, if I could have brought him home with me, I would have. His smile and laughter were contagious.
I will be posting more in the next few weeks...
