Strong Elephants

 

Hippos, Jackals, Crocodiles, Oh my!

We had the incredible opportunity to take my parents on safari. We had a fabulous time. Here are a few pictures taken on our trip.

Our favorites of this trip- Giraffes plus a great shot of Murchison Falls !

One of the fun things about the Murchison Falls National Park is the giraffes. The other national park we have been to did not have giraffes. The beautiful waterfalls is also a sight to behold. Murchison was the backdrop for the movie, African Queen.

tough decisions

So here’s a tough decision that none of us have to face everyday but our social worker grappled with this situation today.  We found out yesterday about a woman in a village nearby who had triplets and was asking for help.  Our social worker, one of our American nurses and one of our interns went to check out the situation.  First of all, I must explain that village here means no running water, no electricity, charcoal or wood stoves, and dirt floors.  So they discovered the babies, all little girls, were born 2 months ago.  They were all small and probably came early (the mom didn’t even know she was pregnant with triplets until she delivered!).  One of the little girls is very small and sickly and may die.  The father fetches water for a living and earns probably $2-$3 a day.  The mother, age 22, is of course totally worn out and doesn’t have anyone to help her during the day.  She was given some formula when the babies were born but she feeds all 3 babies out of the same sippy cup.  She also is breast feeding.  A small tin of formula, that would probably last one day or two, cost $10 here.  Our group did bring two tins of formula and some bottles.   The social worker asked the mother about us taking the one sickly child so she could manage the other two.   The mother said that in her culture they believe that you cannot separate triplets or they will all become sickly.  She is asking us to take all the children.   

 

We really have not come to a conclusion as yet.  We know we do not have room right now for 3 babies, but even if we did, we really would not want to take all 3 children from an able bodied, sound minded mother and father.   As I stood on my veranda speaking with our social worker, the thought flashed through my mind, “wow, not a decision we face everyday!”  I am so often floored by the decisions we are faced with.  Decisions that affect peoples’ lives!  Would you pray for wisdom that comes only from God for us?  We praise God for the one who gives it.  Thank you for praying for us!

Jesus is the Winner Man

There is a song that we sing in our GSF church that always makes me smile and even chuckle. Thought I would share it with you! I have an amateur video but it is 255mb and on our internet it just wouldn't work to get it downloaded so I have written it out. It goes like this:

"Jesus is a winner man (pronounced weiner man); a winner man; a winner man; Jesus is a winner man; a winner man all the time.

Chorus: (add the electric slide to the moves)
He's a winner man, a winner man, a winner man, a winner man, a winner man, a winner man, a winner man; a winner man all the time. (Repeat and reverse electric slide)

Satan is a loser man; a loser man; a loser man; Satan is a loser man; a loser man all the time.

Chorus: (continue the electric slide)
He's a loser man, a loser man, a loser man, a loser man, a loser man, a loser man, a loser man, a loser man all the time. (Repeat and reverse electric slide)

I am on the winning side, the winning side, the winning side; I am on the winning side; the winning side all the time.

Chorus: (yep, you got it!)
On the winning side, the winning side, the winning side, the winning side, the winning side, the winning side, the winning side, the winning side all the time.

Birthday Girl!

So, I am a little late but wanted to share pictures of our 9-9-99 girl's birthday! Her favorite gift was a bottle of Top Up, which is the Ugandan version of Ketchup. Our kids have gotten accustomed to it and prefer it over Ketchup. No, I usually don't give food items as birthday gifts but she actually told us that is what she wanted for her birthday!

We had Cookie Cake that she helped make.She invited several GSF friends, a missionary friend from Jinja, and her teacher for a party.

Super Hero day!

 

Our kids are having spirit week this week at GSF international—love it.  Above is  a picture of the entire school and teacher on super hero day.  Super heroes are as follows:  Snowball girl, Pink Powder puff girl, Wonder Woman/Gumboot girl, just an average girl in trouble, Classy Girl, Seminole Boy, the Green Hero, Tambourine Man, and Sugar boy.