Friday Update . . .

Update from JoAnn!

Unbelievable day...
Arose early for a Game ride ... they saw tons of African animals including ones the sponsors did not have names for. they saw giraffe, elephant, antelope, birds, many different kinds of animals

They then drove near the Congo Border to visit a Child Center.
The Leader came flying in on her motor-motor, she was seated side-saddle. haha
Kids were lined up with flags greeting the group.
287 children and their family members came and people from the area were curious so they came to watch what all the commotion was ... the contrast of the sponsored kids and the kids who had nothing made them speechless. it was heart wrenching.

lots of songs were sung with the kids

Lorraine, one of the sponsors in the group wanted to sponsor a child from this child center.
there are 4 who did not have sponsors. They called the little girl up and Lorraine told her that she was going to be her sponsor. The expression on the little girls face was priceless and she was beyond excited. Lorraine spent tea time with her little girl.

tea time

after teatime the little girl was saying Mama, Mama, my Mama came... so the Mama was able to meet Lorraine, too, and spend time with her. The Mama had a brand new baby boy and asked Lorraine to honor her by naming him. Lorraine did. She named the little boy after her son. They then had to do lots of paperwork and get the name correctly translated.

the group split up and visited families in homes

the Chairman of the center was late and apologized; he is also the mayor of the village.
the group ate with the families and then rain started to pour. the children right away turned their bowls upside down to cover their heads.
the group tried to take shelter under a tarp ... it didnt hold up so they ran scurrying trying to find shelter, it was quite the downpour

just a little while longer the sun came out

before the group left for the plane, the mayor/chairman presented the group with handmade gifts of carvings; animals and native symbols

MAF flight back in 2 separate planes on a tight schedule or they would have had to stay another night.

they all had a free evening to eat on the beach or the hotel.

Tomorrow they are up and off early again to visit more child centers!

Thank you for checking in!

K8 texted Zack today! :) I received one text "Hi Mama it was a very full day. Back in Entebbe. Exhausted going to bed ..."


:) Sleep sweet, Kaity B. xoxoxoxox