Day Four: African Style

This is the first time I have been able to get to an internet cafe, so I apologize for the delay. I am in Masaka right now and it is quite humid today. We had the first rain this morning, but still worked in it. People here in Uganda are scared of the rain because it gets so "cold". When it rains here all the kids go inside and have hot tea. Rainy days are basically like our snowy days. Even many of the workers who are helping us told us to go inside today. We are working on the four bathhouses we are building for them. It is coming along fairly quickly.

Yesterday was our first day of building and I had to sit out and rest most of the day. My stomach had started hurting on Tuesday night and continued to get worse throughout yesterday. Thankfully I felt much better today when I woke up.

I cannot even express or try to begin to illustrate to you the things that are happening in all of our hearts. These children continue to touch us in the most amazing ways. The first day we got here we went to the orphanage for a ceremony they had prepared for us and across the room I saw this little girl in a purple dress. She immediately smiled at me because I too was wearing purple. Throughout the two hour assembly, we continued to smile and giggle at each other. I felt like in that moment, God spoke to me and said, "She is why you are here." It is amazing the impact we are having on these children. They are so interested in learning about America. I had one girl named Barbara, ask me a lot of questions about America. "What kind of fruit to you there?" "I have heard that America is very rich?" "Are you very rich?"

In Uganda it is a very good thing to be fat. When many of the men first laid eyes on Caitlin and I, they have told us that we need to eat more because Ugandan men like fat women. We thought that was pretty funny. Everytime we don't finish our plates they look at us and say, "EAT MORE".

Our hotel is extremely nice. The most western place in town. We actually have western toilets which we have not found anywhere else. And let me tell you, it is a trip trying to use the restroom in eastern toilets. talk about needing aim!

Anyways, I am trying to make sure i haven't left anything out, but there is SO much that you will just have to wait to hear. Please keep us all in your prayers. Especially in terms of spiritual battles (a couple of the girls have had bad experiences with demonic spirits--witchcraft is very prevelent here) and also for our health. Caitlin is still not feel up to par and Rachael think she might have broken her foot today when a brick landed on it. So please pray for us!

I have no idea when I will be able to talk to you again. I love you all very much and will see you soon! The Lord is doing amazing things within all of us! We miss you all!