God Cares

After three days of service and seminars, our time in Jinja has come to a close. We had a great time at Suubi, from working with local businesses to playing with the children to visiting local families.

Our guide for the trip, Ronnie, said that everyone was incredibly grateful for the things we brought to the community. Hopefully, the people will be able to use the skills we taught in a way that benefits their businesses and families. The experience was just as fulfilling for us, given how much we experienced in return. The people in Jinja are exceptionally hard workers, devout Christians, and unbelievably generous. They set a terrific example for us to strive for. We learned just as much from these individuals as they learned from us.

After being able to sleep in a little later than the last few days, we spent the morning taking a tour of the source of the Nile River, right next to Lake Victoria. After lunch at a restaurant overlooking the Nile in a beautiful valley, we made the long drive back to Kampala. As you can expect, when you have almost 20 guys on a bus for a few hours, things got a little weird. Jokes were made and plenty of songs were (poorly) sung, but it helped make the trip feel much shorter.

After quickly checking into the hotel, we hopped on over to God Cares Orphanage. Upon arriving in the courtyard, we were immediately swarmed by hundreds of happy, smiling, and energetic kids who couldn't even wait for us to get out of the cars. We'll need all the energy we can muster to keep up with them, but it should be a blast. All of them seemed genuinely ecstatic to see us - we made their days.

The coming week will be full of business seminars, playtime with kids, and ministry. It starts with worship tomorrow morning, highlighted by a sermon courtesy of Derek and music played by Scotty T. and Peter. We hope to continue the work we've done the last few days, and we also look forward to the lessons we will be able to learn.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!

-Luke