Finally, we have arrived in Jinja after 4 days of travelling. It is sort of surreal to be here. The LGH volunteer house is beautiful, and the people here are amazing. This house is full of 18-27 year olds that are here to serve and love people. I ask myself constantly how can an 18 or 22 year old who just graduated have the desire to put their life on hold to fly to Africa and serve people. I know I wasn’t in that place at that point in my life. There are so many young people here serving and leading, starting up new organizations. I am so excited that our generation has a heart for serving people that have nothing. Everyone here has a story, everyone has a reason to be here, and another reason that they shouldn’t.
We met the women of Suubi yesterday. They were so excited to see us, but mostly excited to see Dave, who has been gone for 5 months. They had a song for him, and have a few dances planned for him next week. Molly, one of the Suubi women, stood up and talked about how happy they were that they have been a part of Suubi, and that they have all gotten much fatter (which is a good thing in Africa) since they started. They have been able to buy good food for their family. I was so impressed with these women. They have organized themselves unbelievably well. They have a board of directors, someone that writes down minutes for every meeting, and a president that runs the meetings and translates into Lugandan for those who do not speak English. I get the impression that these women would be successful in America if given a chance. I also spent some time in the house of a woman who had delivered twins one month ago. One of the twins was only about 3 pounds and was still having difficulty breathing, a baby that would be in a NICU in America. I am interested to see what health care needs that we can try to help with in this community of mostly women and children. All of the Suubi women have a story that will break your heart. At the same time, though, they are all so happy and full of life.
We are going to continue to work on the documentary today and the rest of the week. We are also going to do a little work on the volunteer house as well.
My favorite food/drink so far: passion fruit juice, rolex
