New Culture

Well, I'm in love with the beautiful people here. Everyone here is so welcoming and grateful for things. I'm getting to know Betty, a woman who lives with us so she can clean and get paid for it. She feels so fortunate to be able to live with the volunteers, she has a son named KimB.D. they call him that because she thought he was a girl and named him Kim and tagged on B then D for Davey. Betty fled the LRA to seek work in Jinja and has been through so much heartache, lonliness and pain with childbirth. However, she is eternally and always vocally thankful to God for Dave and Morgan and for the job she has cleaning. She feel so fortunate and that God has rescued her. Her story is amazing and is truly humbling, there is so much to be thankful for in America it's ridiculous.
I met the women of Suubi the other day and they were so delightful. When I came with Renee & courtney (the other volunteers) they cheered, hugged and kissed me! I was so welcome by them. We were all crammed in a cement room (about 75 of us) and each woman had several necklaces around with them to show us. They were overjoyed when we told them we were organizing an English class for them. I cannot wait to know them better, I'm already in love with them all.
I've also been to an orphanage called Amani a couple of times and I've fallen in love with a boy named Jeremiah. He is 5 years old and looks like he's 18 months because he is growing slowly. He cannot walk, he has some troubles with his feet. But I cannot tell you how dear his spirit is. When I hold him, he smiles at me and stares forever. He is easily entertained and for his circumstances is a very happy child, I want to call him baby because he looks like one, but I suppose he's a child. There are so many precious children there that I pray will find good homes.
The only hard thing thus far is that I ache for Randy and family, it's hard knowing I will be away from them for so long.
Thank the Lord I have been protected from sickness so far. I'm enjoying the country so much, it fits me. I'm never cold here, which is a blessing in and of itself:)