We are sitting in the lobby of the hotel in Seeta waiting for our bus to arrive. In a few minutes, ten of us will be headed to Lira where we will spend the rest of our trip. What is in Lira? -you ask. Well, there is a small orphanage of one hundred kids who don’t get visitors very often. Based off what I’ve heard from other group members, the kids in Lira have even a rougher past than those in Seeta. I can’t imagine what that means, but we will find out here in the next few days!
Before we embark on the next adventure, let me update you on the past few days… Saturday was a fun-filled day for the Ukids team. We got to attend a Ugandan wedding! Long story short, one of our team members, Levi, fell in love with one of the translators from the orphanage and decided to marry her. Levi and Winnie (his now wife) got married at Christian Life Church, and then had their 5+ hour-long reception at Livingstone Gardens in a university. It was so neat to see the traditions.
The past few days at the orphan village have been truly amazing. It has made it so hard to say goodbye to all the kids. If I weren’t completely crammed for time, I would tell you more, but they are loading up the bus now so I’ll have to fill you in later (IF the internet in Lira allows)!
Thank you for your prayers and for making it possible for us to experience this amazing place!
In Him,
Karlie
Dear Family.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the news, the wedding looked amazing. We pray you bus ride to Lira went well. I am sure those 100 orphans will love have the 10 of you there, loving on them and teaching them more about Jesus. As for Gramps and I , our hearts are overwhelmed with joy and thanksgiving that all 5 of you are having such wonderful, life long memories of this time in Africa. I wonder if Bruce and Debbie are going with you, perhaps Bruce came home by now. Any-way thank you so much for keeping us all posted. We love you so, and pray constantly for you and your safe return. From Gramps and Grams (Mom and Dad) Give each other a hugs for us/
Hey Grams!
ReplyDeleteWe made it to Lira safely! We are here with Bruce and Debbie. Thanks so much for praying for us! It is a very special time for us. I was blessed to be given free internet here at the hotel to take my online spanish final. So anyways, I was able to write and will be blogging to EVERYONE here in the next few days once I have time after my final. I look forward to seeing you in about a week! I love you grams and gramps-hope all is well!