He Provides

Yesterday was another awesome day in the village! It started with beautiful temperatures and ended with a warm rain drizzle and a gorgeous rainbow. To start our day, we went to the Pakistani market on the corner right before the village and grabbed some authentic Ugandan food and drinks. It was delicious! We got to the school and all the kids were in class so we started setting up the clinic for Dr. Killian and Mrs. Gordon's (nurse) first day of seeing people. Thankfully, the most severe thing that they saw yesterday was just one case of malaria out of 40 people! While some of the kids were in line so they could go to the clinic during lunch, I took some of the kids outside and blew bubbles with the kiddos! They were so happy and excited to have them that they were screaming and jumping up and down. I also played a game called "Blood" with some of the girls. In this game, you would stand in the middle of this rope circle and try and jump over it; it was very fun! Once the kids all went back to class, I saw this adorable child that I had seen a lot over the past few days. He had played with us, sat on our laps, grabbed our hands. But none of us knew who he was. I brought him over to Violet to see if she knew who he was, and she said no, she had no idea. Violet found out that he was five years old and his name was Stuart. She decided that we would go to his house to meet his family and see why he didn't go to school at CCLS-U. We wound around a dirt road for a few blocks until we got to his house. We met his mother and found out that Stuart was the youngest of five, and he always talked about wanting to go to school but because they have so many kids, that can't afford to pay for it. I immediately fell in love with him, so I offered for our family to sponsor him. They were so thankful, they got down on their knees and grabbed our hands thanking us. They showed us their house. It was so unbelievable that people lived in conditions like this. It brought me to tears to think that all of these people in houses like this in the village lived like this. Most of them also wear the same clothes every day. After we visited Stuart's house, we walked back and we got to pump water at the well! It was hard work. There were little kids over there doing it to, and I'm very impressed that they can pump the water and carry it far because of how much work it is. The wonderful day ended with kids asking us to "make a picture" and a gorgeous rainbow for the second day in a row!

There were so many God-sightings yesterday. The first one again was how joyful the kids were. They truly are happy to get the opportunity to go to school and they love the Lord, and it shows! Another one was visiting Stuart's home. They are so thankful that they have a place to sleep at night. Like we have all said, happiness is not measured by the amount of stuff people have. The last one was the rainbow again! During the nursery Bible study, we learned about how the rainbow was a reminder of how God continues to provide for us every day. This was a good thing for us to remember yesterday! We are all excited to go back today :)