Blessings to you all from Jinja!

By Cathi Delp

Jade, Katie, Sera and Cori

What a weekend we had...Saturday was a day of coffee on the patio for some & sleeping in for others. After that we took a quick trip to town then on to an afternoon at "Sera's Caring Place". Sera is one amazing young 26 year old woman..who a few yrs ago gave up her career to take in young boys and girls off the streets who needed the love of a mother!! She currently has the most respectable 26 boys & 4 girls r  We had a ball sharing & playing football, basketball & putting up a basketball hoop & net that was nailed to a tree. Keri led us in the kitchen as we prepared them a meal of 17 boxes of Mac & cheese, sausage & chocolate chip cookies. One little girl didn't even know what a cookie was. They blessed us with song and dance and so much heartwarming respect. After a long exhausting day, we returned to Betty&Abdu's to re-live our blessings of the day until 11p.m.

Sunday, we were up and off to "Jesus Life Church" with Betty&Abdu. We had CHURCH!!!! Worshiping and Praising The Lord in song and dancing...and an awesome message from Pastor Jmmy  regarding opportunity and seasoning our words. Quick trip home to change & eat before heading to the local pool with Sera and her 30 kids. This was a special gift to these children. Tyler, one of our team members known for his lifeguard skills jumped right in to enjoy swimming with the kids...and cut his foot on a jagged piece of tile.  Dr Randy & his trainee, team member Jared, came to the rescue!! Abdu rushed him home to get medical gear and right there at the pool, 13 stitches were put into his foot. Another quick trip home for us to change clothes, then on to a nice outdoor restaurant where we treated Sera and her kids, her cook Margaret & our cook Grace to a one of a kind outdoor restaurant meal along with a time of miniature golf, pictures & each one left proudly wearing a WWJD bracelet. Wore out again..but we were all on such a high that last night our bedtime extended to midnight. God is so amazing"

Shopping in the Market

Today, Monday, we went back to Rock of Ages school. We played, finished teaching toothbrushing hygiene, Randy taught the teachers some medical lessons, took a few children to the local hospital for HIV testing (Praise God all were negative). Corrie got to meet with her sponsored child's mother and Jordan & Katie met their new sponsored child's mother. Some visited Women of Faith & shopped in Mbiko, while the young hooligans & I headed downtown Jinja to shop for their favorite Ugandan foods! Fun never ends around here that's for sure. Two of our team, Katie and Corrie got full hair extensions today and two more of us get ours done tomorrow. Tonight as I type, we are blessed to have Sera with us sharing her unbelievable testimony.  She struggles financially with her ministry but her faith and trust in God as she loves and mothers these children is so humbling. Our prayers are to find resources to help Sera & Sera's Place thrive and that she will be blessed financially to provide a vehicle to transport these children to and from school.