Thoughts from Janece

Well, the long awaited time has come and my first family member to ever visit Africa has arrived. What a joy it is to have Janece here and see how the Lord is opening her eyes and her heart to life and the people of Uganda. Here are her first thoughts. (the pictures will hopefully come soon, but my designated secretary who usually posts pictures bc internet is too slow here is on vacation in greece, so you might have to wait a bit for the photos. sorry)

We arrived Wednesday night, but the days have been so jammed with activities that we did not get to the children’s home where Natalie works until today (Saturday). What an awesome experience. The children are delightful. But words can’t fully explain the way their eyes light up a room. Once you see it, you fully understand how they have captured Natalie’s heart.

After the children’s home, we went to a beautiful area called Sissye Falls. Natalie took some wonderful pictures. We are also posting pictures of villages along the side of the road that we took to get to the falls. This is pretty representative of many of the areas I am seeing. People in the villages have nothing, yet they are so open to meeting us and thanking us for visiting their country. As an American from the land of plenty, it is hard to understand their joyful attitudes when you see how hard their lives are and the effort it takes to just survive. We visited a village yesterday to dedicate a church that had just been constructed, and I was surprised to see the children ask for our empty water bottles that their families will make use of in various ways. We could learn something from these people, whose situations are such a stark contrast to the materialism of the U.S.

In the morning, we will attend a newly planted church in one of the villages. Sunday is the first service and people will walk from miles around to attend. Stay tuned because we will post those pictures later in the week.