A day of swimming

God put us in touch with a wonderful family on our very first day in Uganda!
And in the three weeks we've been here, Brenna and were able to spend several days getting to know these sweet sweet kids and their mom.

A little story behind this family . . .

Sarah is a single mother with three biological daughters. But, she has taken on the responsibility of bringing up half a dozen other children in her home.

Brenna and I have been blessed to get to know 7 of those kids(:
Being a single mother is not easy, especially with that many children.
Sarah buys clothes and re-sells them to provide for her family, but that business is not always successful.
What we heard from one of her older daughters is that many nights, they go to bed hungry. Sometimes just partaking in one meal a day. NGM blessed Sarah and her family with some food a couple of weeks ago, on our first day in Uganda, and we accompanied Pap Hunter and Chris in taking the food to their home. Since then, we have been building relationship with them, and spending time with them whenever we have had the chance.

This beautiful lady is Mama Sarah

At the end of our first week here in Uganda, we were blessed to take Sarah's kids swimming for their first time ever. We went to the market to buy "swimming costumes" (as they are called here) and then we went to Hotel Paradise where we spent nearly 6 hours enjoying the water and each others company. 

We had lunch together. 

We played long and hard in the water. 

It was such a wonderful time, I think everyone would agree!

And I'm sure we all slept very well that night :):)

Even Peter (our taxi driver and dear friend) came to have fun in the pool with us!

Precious, Patience, and Grace

Some of the girls feared the water a little :P

Brenna and Ezra drying off before lunch

Everyone was so happy and joyfilled

The view of the Nile River from the hotel pool

Beautiful Brenna catching some sun (maybe more than she intended)

There was so much laughter and excitement through the whole day

Andrew giving some small lessons on swimming

 

I know these faces don't look like they enjoyed their day, but in truth they really did! Everyone was just so tired from playing hard and being in the sun, and ready to go home to rest. So we caught a few boda's that delivered everyone safe to Paul and Pams home on Muvuli Crescent.

We love this family so so much! And we are so grateful to have had our paths cross with Sarah and her beautiful Children.