Today we gathered our gifts and clothes. Said our thanks to William, Dickens, Anita, and Fred. William said a prayer over us, we loaded the bus and took off toward the airport in Entebbe. We ate at Java Cafe, which is more American style food ( We had KFC, which was better than home for dinner last night.) and did some quick shopping for ourselves. Goodbyes are such sweet sorrow.
We barely made our plane from Entebbe because of lines. Some people were really sick on the planes again. Otherwise getting to Seattle was uneventful. Chris and Hunter left Dubai after us. At Seattle the drivers to Portland left us to catch their ride. The rest of us took off for our flight to Portland.
Please keep praying for health and safety.
To God be all glory!
Danelle
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Monday, August 1, 2016
Last Day of Mission
Today was our last day at Kacungwa and the clinic. The doctors requested Jill and a few others to go help in the morning, so we bypassed tea at Pastor Sylver's house to jump right into clinic work. Jill, Angel, Jossy and I got off in Sixteen and got to work testing blood and sorting pills. The critical ward wasn't as busy but we still saw about 300 people again today, so over the 3 days they saw 850-900 people.
That is a lot of blood tests and pills! And a lot of being on your feet.
Please pray for the doctors and nurses who gave their time and energy to that ministry. That they would be healthy and recover their strength quickly.
The coolest part about this morning was I was allowed to fill medicines and hand them to the nurse outside. I had help, of course. I'm far from a pharmacist. We've also been counting pills, so I've been breaking the law for God. It feels good. :)
We left about 3 to have lunch at Pastor Sylver's.
Brandon never made it out of Mubende with us this AM. He and Dickens stayed in town to check out feed prices and other pig related things.
Anita taught us a song. Mine, mine, mine, Jesus is mine. Mine, mine, mine, Jesus is mine. Mine, mine, mine, Jesus is mine. Jesus is the son of God. Wange, wange, Yesu wange, wange, wange, Yesu wange, wange, wange, Yesu wange. Yesu mwana waka tonda.
Then we all went into the church and they had a whole ceremony to say goodbye. The mama's cooked rice and a piece of meat with broth for each of us. We had JUST come up from lunch, so it was hard to eat, but we did our best to not be rude. The school choir sang and a few tiny kids. They then called up each of us to give a gift. All the mothers got clutch bags, the girls got bracelets (Mariah and Maria got one because they are younger?). The men all got food pots with lids. We also received random gifts of avocado, pineapple, knitted items, shoulder decor, seeds, etc. There were group photos and tears and hugs and so many I love you's from everyone! It was overwhelming!! It was so humbling!!
After, we slowly waded through the sea of love, and got on the bus. There were a few more tears from the girls.
We then went into Mubende to grab our packed suitcases and drive off to Kampala for the night.
What an amazing and blessed last few days!
Danelle
That is a lot of blood tests and pills! And a lot of being on your feet.
Please pray for the doctors and nurses who gave their time and energy to that ministry. That they would be healthy and recover their strength quickly.
The coolest part about this morning was I was allowed to fill medicines and hand them to the nurse outside. I had help, of course. I'm far from a pharmacist. We've also been counting pills, so I've been breaking the law for God. It feels good. :)
We left about 3 to have lunch at Pastor Sylver's.
Brandon never made it out of Mubende with us this AM. He and Dickens stayed in town to check out feed prices and other pig related things.
Anita taught us a song. Mine, mine, mine, Jesus is mine. Mine, mine, mine, Jesus is mine. Mine, mine, mine, Jesus is mine. Jesus is the son of God. Wange, wange, Yesu wange, wange, wange, Yesu wange, wange, wange, Yesu wange. Yesu mwana waka tonda.
Then we all went into the church and they had a whole ceremony to say goodbye. The mama's cooked rice and a piece of meat with broth for each of us. We had JUST come up from lunch, so it was hard to eat, but we did our best to not be rude. The school choir sang and a few tiny kids. They then called up each of us to give a gift. All the mothers got clutch bags, the girls got bracelets (Mariah and Maria got one because they are younger?). The men all got food pots with lids. We also received random gifts of avocado, pineapple, knitted items, shoulder decor, seeds, etc. There were group photos and tears and hugs and so many I love you's from everyone! It was overwhelming!! It was so humbling!!
After, we slowly waded through the sea of love, and got on the bus. There were a few more tears from the girls.
We then went into Mubende to grab our packed suitcases and drive off to Kampala for the night.
What an amazing and blessed last few days!
Danelle
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