7/6 - Wednesday

Yesterday morning I got up, ate, showered, braided my hair, and all that jazz. The kids and a few vans came to pick us up at 11a. We headed to the Kingfisher Resort to go swimming with the kids. It was sooo nice! The kids loved it and it was super fun! There was a little pool with a slide down to another little pool, and then a tunnel to another bigger pool. It was really cool because yesterday the kids were able to bring us into their world with the murder of Charlie and Gertrude, and today we were able to bring them into our world with the pool experience. In Uganda, people don't spend a lot of money on leisure time, so this was totally new to them and oh-so-fun to do! I would take kids down the slides and try not to get splashed by them. I would take kids on my back and go into the deep area and walk around with them. We even created a whirlpool for them which was fun! So many memories for them. Mercy (lady who works there) even used Val's swimsuit and got in the water for a while! She had so much fun!

We had lunch there, but they ran out of pork and I didn't want fish, so I just got the chips. Kathy came as lunch was finishing so I stayed and visited with her. It was great to listen to her share about how she started Redeemer and hear her stories about the kids. I got to talk with her more in the van , which was awesome!

When we got back to Redeemer Dave did his fire poi thing which was sweet. I got some great pictures of it. Then we had dinner and said out goodbyes, which included giving the kids VBS shirts and telling them about the money raised for buying dinner tables. We were also there for their worship and prayer time. It. Was. AMAZING. Gloria led worship, and knowing her background made it all the more incredible. Then we said our goodbyes after taking a group picture and left. 

It was really sad to leave, because I spent three of some of the greatest days with them. It's hard leaving if you don't know if they are ever going to see you again, but it's encouraging that all but six of the kids are spoken for. Eleven of them are probably going to be in the same community! How awesome is that?! And four brothers are going to be adopted together, Michael and Joanne are being adopted together, and Nicholas and Akyram are being adopted together! Love that people are stepping up and bringing home siblings TOGETHER. So encouraging.