And so it begins

It is hard to even begin to explain in depth, as I wish to, about all the things that have gone on in just these first 4 days that Brenna and I have been in Uganda. God is doing many things in our hearts already! And I think I may just fail to relay all that is on my heart right now. 

Our first day was so full of excitement as we went to meet some of the people that Papa Paul Hunter has been writing about on the Next Generation Ministries page on Facebook.

The first girl we met, her name is Olivia. And from the time she was in high school has been paralyzed from her waist down. No feeling in her legs at all. Papa Paul, along with a few others, took Olivia to the hospital in Kampala to be operated on.

Olivia had many visitors this day

Isn't She beautiful!?

We are very hopeful that she will be able to use her legs again. Such a sweet girl! We only visited her for a short while, but she asked when we would come back to visit, because can you imagine how lonely it would be to sit in a hospital with no company!? Brenna and I look forward to visiting her again very soon! 

The second girl we visited was Sharon. Sharon is only 8 years old, but some time ago she was run over by two boda's (motorcycle taxi) and received 6 fractures in her legs, arms, and various other places. Paul Hunter took her to the hospital in kampala to br operated on after she spent some time in Jinja without care after the acident happened. Now, we are taking her tomorrow to get her last cast off!! You would not believe how good she is looking! And to see a smile on that little girls face after all the pain she has been through.

These are the scars from the surgery that corrected the fractured bones in Sharon's arms. Her right arm looks the same.

The last place we visited on Friday was the house of a lady called Sarah. . . A single mother, who has 12 kids under her care. Not all are hers, but she has taken those other children into her home. Some days they go hungry, because for Sarah it is very hard to make enough money to feed all those children. So, before we went to Sarah's house, we went to the market to buy food to bless Sarah's family with. When we arrived at their home we were invited in, the children gathered all around and we just had fellowship. I am looking forward to building relationship with this sweet family. 

This is a picture from where Papa Paul and Chris bought bags of rice and beans.

These are only a few of the children that are under mama Sarah care.

These are Sarah's two oldest biological daughters, Ester and Rita.

And this is Sarah's youngest biological daughter, Precious.

So, that is just a little peek at our first day here is Jinja, Uganda. And SO MUCH more has happened in the days following. But I will share more later. For now, I hope you are blessed by the pictures and stories.