Day 5 Wed June 29th

Today was a very difficult day. We went to a children's prison. They ranged in ages from 8-18. Yes, there are 8 year old kids in prison. They have very, very little. They have some girls but mostly boys for a total of 150 or more kids.
Yesterday we went to the Remand Home for kids. The prison today is where the kids go once they have been sentenced in court to serve their time. We were told that details were not to be shared on blogs.
When we first arrived they led us in song and praise and worship. We were all in tears that these kids are leading eachother in worship and praise music for us and then closing with an open time of prayer on their knees with their hands lifted high. We were humbled and thankful for the witnesses to Jesus that we saw there.
We brought them all varies colors of tshirts and thankfully we had enough. They painted whatever they wanted on there and a lot of them wrote their names or drew pictures. They held on to them or wore them immediately. Their clothes were rags and it was nice to leave them with colorful shirts.
Sadly, there were several very small children there. Apparantely, the prison also gathers all lost, abandoned, abused and or street children as well. Last night they gathered 220 kids. They screened the kids to see if they were able to be allowed to stay based on health qualifications I believe. We did not see all 220 but we saw enough from the ones that were already screened to know their conditions. They were so dazed with sad unsmiling faces. They just walked around and stared at you. It was as if they had been left for weeks without anyone to care for them and now they are at a new place and are just so confused, skinny and so dirty. One little kid was maybe a year old and he had a very tattered, very dirty shirt on, no shoes and no pants. His shirt barely covered himself. The little ones do not stay at the prison but they stay there until they are transferred somewhere else. In some cases, they are found by relatives.
Thankfully, the yard was different and more alive when we left than when we came. Soccer and kick ball was being played, the kids had chalked up the facility and were playing with bubbles and jump ropes as well as wearing very bright colored shirts.

After leaving very sadly, we came back to our guest home and went to Royal Hope Academy which was started by Rebecca Sorensen. She is 27 and originally from Tennessee. She came to Uganda in 2007 and by 2009 had started a school. She started her school with $200 and they operated out of a shack with a plastic roof with 30 kids. By the end of her first year she had 250 and she now has 400 kids attending school. Schools here are very, very different to say the LEAST. Roads here are non existent and mostly unpaved. They are usually just deep pitted holes in the ground or grooves so big you cannot drive through them. We have been very blessed not to get stuck several, several times. There are no speed limit signs, no stop signs, no stop lights, no road signs. It is total chaos when you drive.
We see so much in one day it is impossible to write about. Imagine miles after miles of shacks with 1 and 2 year old half dressed "playing" outside while someone watching them is gathering water from a jug, carrying it back on their head and boiling it for baths, drinking water and cooking. You see kids EVERYWHERE.
Back to Rebecca's school. When we arrived the children all sang to us on either side of the roadway "Welcome to Africa" as we walked through them. Picture walking on a dirt clay road towards a school made of wood sticks and a tin roof with 400 children singing to you. It was pretty overwhelming. The kids immediately grabbed your hands and wanted to be held. Your hand was never free. If one let go, there were 3 or 4 more right behind them grabbing at you. We stayed and sang with them for a while and they did a traditional African dance for us. They even grabbed some of us to try and do it with them. I was cuddling a little super tiny 2 year old at the time who would cry when I put her down. I was enjoying the moment.
After we hung out with them for a while and they showed us around the classrooms, we went to Rebecca's house and she served us dinner. Rebecca fosters 17 orphans at her home. She calls them all her sons and daughters but has not made legal proceedings. She has 12 daughters and the rest boys. A few of the boys are older and help her run the orphanage and another sweet lady named Charity who helps her run her house and is a great cook. They served us first and all of the children and Rebecca and the staff ate after us. We had rice, meat, potatoes, peas, greens, squash, watermelon and pineapple. We were very thankful that she invited us to her home.
My Father's House is the name of her ministry and she needs sponsors for her kids to attend her school. She has 30 out of 400 currently being sponsored. Sponsorship is $35 a month if you are interested. These kids need to be in school. They are learning about school, the Lord and being fed. We painted the girls toe nails and gave all of the kids flip flops. The teachers on the team donated a bunch of school supplies as well.
When we left it was very dark and there are no lights anywhere. The only light comes from our bus. You do not want to go out at night. The roads are so bad that there is a lot of traffic waiting for a break to move through or around the person in front of you. Tonight we were on back roads, with bad roads and in the dark. When we would stop, men would approach our windows. We do not see very many white people around here so when we are on our bus we get a lot of stares. They yell "Mazungu" (white person). In the daytime that is great because they usually point and then wave but at night we stick out like a sore thumb and all of our fears on these roads are that we are going to get stuck in the clay and have to get out of the bus and push. Thank God we have not had to do that yet. Please pray we won't have to. We also got stopped on the road twice with random police checks. They come on the bus and ask where we are going and ask our driver for his permit. I am glad they have been friendly. Today left us all heavy and in tears.
Tomorrow we go to Pillars of Hope in Jinja, Uganda which is a street ministry and sort of like an after school program for kids and former prostitutes. We will be going to a different city tomorrow and staying at the King Fisher Resort. We will not have internet access probably until Saturday or Sunday. Love to all. If you are reading this, please continue to pray for our safety and that we will find joy amidst what we see. That we will be confident in the God that saves, redeems and heals all situations with these kids. He is their only hope.

Day 4 June 28th

Day

June 28^th, 2011 Tuesday

Today we went to a Remand Home for children between the ages of 12 and 18. This is a jail for kids. There were about 150 kids there ranging in age and only 10 or so were girls. The boys and the girls are hard to tell apart when you are far away because they all have the same short hair cut. This was located about 25 minutes from where we are staying. It would be a lot less of a drive if traffic was not so bad. There are few paved roads to drive on and the ones that are have so many people on them.

We got to the home at 10am and stayed until 1pm. They were waiting for us in an outside covered cement structure sitting on benches. We went to the front of all of them and each one of us introduced ourselves. They were very interested in knowing about us, where we were from, our age, our name, if we have any kids, if we are married and if we go to school. They gave out some loud claps for the girls that were under 20 (I think they thought they had a better chance with the younger ones...ha!).

After introductions they brought out drums and sang for us. We then sat with them and taught them 2 different bible songs and did a bracelet craft with them that they could then wear. They were excited to get anything. Just like ducks that swarm at you when you are handing out bread...if you hand one of them anything, they all ask for something. I even saw kids putting the left over plastic bags from their craft in their pockets. We took pictures with them and they showed off their bracelets proudly. They were then pretty warm to all of us and loved seeing the pictures after we took them on our digital cameras. They started doing silly faces and wanting to take their own pictures and look at themselves.

We didn't have a lot of open space to play around in but we ended up have 3 different areas where we played Twister, soccer and just free play with the balls, jump ropes and balloons that we brought. It was so interesting to see them playing soccer and holding on to their balloon because they didn't want to let it go. It was so fun to play soccer with them. I set up 3 vs. 3 and when a team scored, the losing team went off and the winning team stayed on. There was a lot more rotation that way. It was fun to see them getting into it and they enjoyed me playing with them. When I wasn't in a game I was juggling with some of the other boys. This was a great opportunity to talk with them and learn a few words in their language of Luganda (even though the national lanuguage is English only the older ones speak it well and the younger learn in school. “Waybelay” means thank you and “Ya” means ball. I don't know the spelling but that is the way it was pronounced to me.

There were only a few standoffish kids that did not participate. Most of them wanted to participate and talk and some spoke English and some didn't. There was a great kid named “R” (for the sake of his privacy). He did not talk much until he started playing soccer. It was really neat to see him open up. He asked me how many languages that I knew. I told him only one. He laughed. In Uganda there are many different languages and he said he knew 4 and was working on his French. R is 17 and had been at this facility for 2 months. His mother died when he was 8 and his father when he was 12. He said he was watching sports on the tv out somewhere and the police arrested him and took him here. He had such a contagious smile and soft heart but downcast eyes. R told me about the demon possessed men that roam around Kampala. I told him we actually saw a guy walking down the street yesterday naked. He said that we saw someone that was “mad” and that demon possessed people only walk around at night. This provided such a great chance to talk about God and how he is always with us and always hears our prayers. He said he believed in God and Jesus and I asked him if I could pray for him. It was so awesome and I was so thankful for the opportunity. I was glad that I held it together and didn't break down crying. He thanked me. I tried to encouraged him to maintain his joy, his smile and his hope. I also challenged him to be a helpmate to the younger kids in the facility and be a leader.

Please pray for “R”. God knows who he is! I pray that he will finish school and go on to college (University) as they call it. He said he wants to go to Canada because he heard there are a lot of sports there. These kids are sweet, friendly and open to the gospel. There was never any fear being there. They seem like everyday normal kids to us without our provisions. They tell jokes, they make fun of each other and they like to learn about us.

“K” was a funny kid. He wanted to know if I drove a porsche, mercedes or a BMW. I told him none of the above and he seemed surprised. He also asked me where I play soccer for money and what team I am on. Ha! They all stared at my nike running shoes, my watch and my necklace. They even asked for my sunscreen just so they could have something to keep from us. One boy touched my spikey unshaven legs and they all laughed.

They were very respectful and wanted to know if we could come back tomorrow. It was the first time Visiting Orphans had been at this facility and I know it will not be the last. A worker at the facitily asked us if we were social workers and why did we come here? We came because God loves us and we want to share that with others. Wow, he said....the Lord will bless you for this, doing this out of your own generosity. Comments like that just make you think, there is SO MUCH more we COULD be doing. Just showing up is a blessing. God blesses us materially and we can bless others materially. The boys were so excited to be able to keep the balls and other games that we brought. BUT, those things will wear out and I pray that we will not forget to PRAY for these kids and show up wherever that need can be met. Sometimes that requires just listening to their stories.

We rest and eat dinner tonight and off to a prison tomorrow where there will be more restrictions on the kids and us. We will then head on to our first orphanage.

Day 3 June 27th

Day 3

June 27^th

We just landed in Ethiopia and are awaiting our next flight to Entebbe, Uganda. We were in the air for 12 hours. There were so many people on the plane and with all the luggage I just don't see how a plane can actually fly with all that weight.

I rotated between the in flight movie selections, games, music, sermons, reading, snacking and taking several “walk abouts”. There were some really adorable kids on the plane. We met 2 different families that were adopting daughters from Ethiopia. It was so awesome to see their anticipation. They both got off the plane and went straight to the orphange to bring their babies home.

Addis Ababa airport allows smoking and there are couches and arms chairs just around for people to sit at. We don't have a lot of room to spread out so we are parked right in front of the security gate. We are inches away from men and women taking their shoes off and redressing their belts. It is kinda stinky.

We start boarding shortly for Entebbe. We will then have a 2 hour flight and a 2 hour car ride to get to Kampala. We are greatful to be off the long flight and a bit exhausted.

4pm

We had a very easy flight from Entebbe, Uganda to Kampala, Uganda. We had to wait for a long time on the plane after we landed and then again at immigration and then again to get all our luggage and load it on our bus. Our bus driver's name was Abus :). His assistant was so sweet and hugged each one of us...except me. Our luggage drove in a pick up truck while we drove a really nice passenger bus with the windows down.

We finally got our first glimpse of Africa as we drove to Kampala. The dirt is orange and the grass is green. There are a lot of pretty trees and so many people. Little shops, shanties and store front line the side of the road. They sell anything from dresses to chickens and hanging meat. There were several cows and goats either right next to your car eating grass or tied up to a rope by a stick in the ground.

I saw so many kids playing alone, with other kids or just so dangerously close to the road with no adult around. I saw kids with no shoes, no clothes and seemingly nothing to do. There are a lot of people that are standing around, walking, biking or on a motorcycle. It is kind of crazy to drive on the opposite side of the road with no real concern for anyone else.

We were told not to take pictures of policemen. They are around everywhere with machine guns slung around their shoulders. We are sitting in our hotel now that overlooks Kampala. There is 4 to a room and a mosquito net on each bed. Dinner at 7 and off to bed. We go to one of 2 children's prisons tomorrow.

Day 2 Sunday June 26th

We woke up at 5:30 and met downstairs at 6:30 to head to the airport. We had to take 3 shuttles for the 22 of us who have at least two huge bags and several carry on bags each. We are all wearing our Visiting Orphans t-shirts and have had some great conversations while waiting, and waiting in long lines. It is 10:30 and we start boarding our plane at 11. Our flight on Ethiopian Air will be about 12 hours and we will get there at 7:45am.

Day 1

Day 1

June 25, 2011

8:40am

Arrived at the airport with lots of goodbye hugs from the girls and Kirk.

We made it with time to spare but the lady checking us in was a little moody. There are 7 of us flying out of Nashville. At least half of us had tears flowing!

It took a while to get us all checked in because of our weight limitations on our luggage. We were allowed 2 bags weighing 50lbs each and a carry on. Well, we have so many donations and our own clothes that a few of us were over the weightage. If you go over it would cost $200 per item over, per flight ($400 total for our flight today and tomorrow). I had to take out some books, velveeta cheese, chocolates and journals. I can't believe velveeta weighs 2lbs and so did my hershey kisses. Trust me....neither are my favs...but they were requested by some of the missionaries there.

Ms. Moody check in lady sent all of our luggage directly to Uganda and not to DC as planned. No big deal but we do need a change of clothes, toiletrees etc. As we are looking out our plane window I think the issue is corrected and they are retagging all of our bags. We walked directly to our gate and never sat down and walked directly to the plane. We were glad we were not late and also glad we didn't have to wait at all. We are on a mini plane though...not so fun!

4:00pm

Arrived in Dulles aiport in DC with lots of luggage. I felt bad for the tiny guy putting all of our 50lb bags on the luggage rack on the way to Embassy Suites. We ate some lunch, went to Kohls for some last minute things and are now just relaxing and will probably sleep before our 8pm dinner and meeting with the rest of the team members and off to bed.

Africa # 4 "Kids talk"

Logan: Mommy, why are you going to Africa?
Me: To be with children that don't have mommies and daddies and to love them and tell them Jesus loves them.
Logan: Well, I am going to miss you. But, I won't be sad. I will have fun with my friends and other people when you are gone. I will miss you though. I will always miss you because you are my mommy and I love you. If I have another mommy I will love her too but I will always love you because you are my mommy.
Me: Logan, that is so sweet. I will miss you so much and you be good for daddy and be a big girl while I am away. I love you.

Meanwhile.....

Lilly: Mom, will you bring us presents when you are in Africa?
Me: I will bring you something Lilly but isn't it great that I will be home soon. That will be kind of like a present since I will have been gone for a while.
Lilly: No, I want presents.
Me: Lilly, would you rather have me home or have presents
Lilly: Presents
Me: Lilly, that isn't nice.
Lilly: Well, you leave all the time and are always gone for so long.
Me: What are you talking about silly head?
Lilly: You are always gone for a long time.

I think I need to talk to Logan for the "feel good" conversations prior to leaving. Lilly just makes me feel bad!!! Ha. Stinker!!

AFRICA: Leaving in the morning....so much to do....

So.....I leave at 6:30am to fly to Washington DC and then on to Ethiopia the next day.
I wanted the last few days to be relaxed. It was not. I am a dreadful packer. I hate it. The thought of packing for a trip that lasts over two weeks without the hope of a laundry is daunting to me. Not that I have a lot I am wanting to bring, it is just that I have never been there and I don't know where to start or know what is important and what isn't.
The girls were not particularly helpful lately. They were fighting a lot, over tired and crabby. However, that sounds a lot like me as well and I am sure they feed off of my stress and lack of attention I am giving them and that they deserve. Needless to say the last few days have not been relaxed. They have been stressful. Within the last few days I have had a bug bite turn infected, Logan struggling with bloody noses, a speeding ticket, going to bed between 12 and 2 and waking at 6, Kirk trying to get deadlines met before he is Mr. Mom for 2 weeks....amidst a few other dramas. BUT.... I have also had a tremendous outpouring of well wishes, I love yous, donations, offers to help with the kids, meals planned for me etc, etc, etc. It WELL out weighs the minor irritations.
LOVE LOVE LOVE to everyone that made this possible: KIRK of course for being excited for me to go (and is looking for an opportunity and a friend to go to Africa with in the future), awesome friends that the Lord has blessed me with, a great family near and far and many, many prayers. I know this is not for everyone and that not everyone supports this trip. I would be foolish to think so. I do know that God is good. He does not show favoritism and he created every person in his image. I know that he cares for orphans and knows the very hairs on their heads. I know that if they feel worthless and alone, it is a lie. God is with us, for us , behind us and beside us. He created me, you, them. If they have not heard of his unfailing love, I pray that our team of 23 women can be the broken vessel to tell them. All of us have felt unloved and abandoned. Thankfully, most of us have moms and dads, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles to tell us they love us and care for us. A lot of these kids do not. They are never alone, never forsaken, never abandoned, never forgotten, never unloved. God is with them as he is with us. I pray that our team will show the love of Jesus to these precious ones as he has so faithfully shown to us.
John 15:16 "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit - fruit that will last".
I pray that we will bear fruit that lasts by sharing Jesus unashamedly and boldly.

Africa #2 - 3 more days!!

We leave in 3 more days for Africa! I really can't believe it! I have my bags packed and ready to go. I need a few more essentials and I should be good and can close up my suitcase. I am getting donations from people daily so I have left my "donation" suitcase on my dining room table to keep filling up to the last minute. We have a 50lb weight limit so we will see about that!

I had some friends cook meals with me today for Kirk that I put in the freezer for him to pop out later. We also made some desserts and muffins too. Cooking with friends is way more fun than doing it together!

The girls keep telling me that I am gone too long already. I am so THANKFUL for the volunteering of several friends to help out with the kids while I am away. I think Kirk will have help every work day while I am away. I have been worried more about packing details and taking care of details for the girls and Kirk then I have been excited and anticipatory. I will be glad to officially close my suitcase today and focus on time spent with my family before I leave.

I am so humbled and grateful to be able to go to Africa. I don't know why in this point of my life that I have the blessing of being able to be there. I wish Kirk could go with me as well. He is sacrificing his time, money, efforts, energy, work schedule etc for me to go and for him to watch our girls and he is doing it willingly. Thank you Kirk. I KNOW how much work, effort and sacrifice it takes to allow me to go. I am praying for his opportunity to go as well when I get back. With all that being said, we are so very thankful I will be able to go with Kimberly and thankful that she pursued me to go with her!!

To: Nicky Love -Lilly

Lake Tahoe

Kirk and I are in Lake Tahoe for our 10 year anniversary. We got here on a Monday and will get home on Friday. It is so relaxing and beautiful!
The night before we arrived they had a huge snowfall....in June! We took some good pictures of the snow. We couldn't believe it. We flew into Reno and drove up through some very snowy mountains to get over to the lake. We were wearing shorts, tshirts and sandals :). We have had 95 degrees in Nashville for a few weeks now.
Our hotel room overlooked the roof originally. Kirk asked if we could switch rooms and they put us up in the Hyatt Regency Suite which we have access to the "break room" which overlooks the snow capped mountains and lake on the 11th floor. They always have amazing snacks and a great breakfast. I am so glad he asked! Thankfully the weather warmed up :)

Kayaking, hiking, mountain biking, shopping, eating out, hanging at the pool and sleeping in....
pretty much perfect! We also saw 2 bears......!

Now it is time to focus on leaving for Africa in less than 2 weeks. I need to pack!

June 4th

• Josie stood up unassisted today. She pulled up on the ottoman and then let go and clapped. She will be 13 months tomorrow.
  

• I purchased Logan and Lilly there first Nike clothes today. They said "we look like mommy and we can run so fast (not like mommy)"!
• Logan made a home video of her singing how she wished she was a cowgirl and had a horse.
• The whale pool is "in the house"....literally. I blew it up inside because it is a scorching 95 degrees and I think I am going to faint when I blow it up outside. Josie thought it was the best thing ever. I guess this could also double as a play pen.
• Franklin theatre opened last night after renovation. The store owners were dressed up in movie themes and we thought it would be fun to dress our girls up as well. Our friends the Sloans went with us and their cute girls Loren and Adeline dressed up too. It was a little miserable with the heat but fun to hang out and be a part of it all.
• Kirk and I are leaving for our 10 year anniversary on Monday morning. THANK YOU KIMBERLY!! She is watching the kiddos Monday-Friday. I can't believe it. I haven't even considered packing, anticipating or anything. We fly out at 6:30 am. I am not super excited that Nevada is having highs of 50 degrees BUT....we can relax and do whatever we want and sleep in every day and eat great and go for bike rides and hikes.... I am just asking for the sun to be out and not rainy, I really don't care what the temps are.
  

May 2011 Destin Vacation

Had a great trip to Destin with Grandma and Pops. It was too short in fact (as most vacations are). Kirk and I always go through a mourning period when we get home. We keep checking Destin weather and talk/dream about just turning the car right around and going back. The girls had so much fun eating donuts every morning, rotating between the pool and the ocean, resting briefly, going back to the pool or beach, going out for dinner followed by more donuts and then off to bed for more of the same the next day.




Josie was so cute. She was not a huge fan of the sand. She liked it briefly when I first set her down. She liked to put it in her mouth and then realized it was still attached to her leg. She quickly took to the posture of scrunching her legs high and clinging for dear life whenever you tried to set her on the sand or in the water. She really did not like the cold ocean water or the pool water.
Logan found a boogie board in our condo and it became her best friend. She taught herself to ride the waves in. Sometimes the waves would knock her over and she would get the water out of her nose and go at it again. It is so nice to see her enjoy the water and yet ask for help when she needs it. She used to be too fearless when she was younger. You couldn't keep your eyes off her for a second or she would drown! It is great to be able to share and enjoy with her all the fun things about the beach.
Lilly just went with the flow. She enjoyed the pool more than the beach. When at the beach she had no intention of getting in the ocean and would dig in the sand and make sand piles. She worked on being brave in the pool and jumping in from the side.

Africa #1

I am 23 days away now! It has gone by really quickly since Kirk and I decided that it would be feasible for me to go. Kimberly, Marianne and I were having dinner at Peter's Sushi and Kimberly suggested that I go with her on her mission trip to Uganda and Kenya. A trip that she had planned for a year to go on and registered several months ago for. A trip that she had already raised all of her support for when she was telling me there was still room on the team going and that I should try and go too! That night I went to bed at 2 or 3am. Once given the go ahead from Kirk, I completed online registration forms, read over paperwork and was just too excited to sleep!
Currently our team of 23 is preparing and having a lot of correspondance via email and weekly conference calls. I just received my renewed passport. My passport expired in May (we are leaving in June ha!).
Kimberly and I got our shots last week. I needed 5 so my arm was sore for a few days and I didn't sleep all that well after getting them. It is kind of gross thinking about vaccinations and that you just deposited little bits of junk into your system.
We are all going to start working on our packing list and make sure we bring everything we need in addition to donations for the orphanages we are visiting.
We are going to 10 different orphanages and will be in contact with up to 1,500 kids...could be less...could be more!
I have been pretty overwhelmed and humbled by the donations to this trip. I am very thankful for the financial donations that have already come in and the prayers that have been lifted up on behalf of this trip. I am also thankful for the honesty of those that do not feel called to give to this trip due to financial strain, financial obligations elsewhere and supporting other ministries. I am also thankful for the friends and family members who want to help Kirk with the care of the girls while I am away for 2 weeks!
I am going to attach our schedule while we are there so you can keep track if you are interested in knowing what we are doing daily.

UGANDA portion

Date	Day	Activity
Sunday June 26th	Day 1	D.C. crew will meet at 6:30 a.m. for breakfast and depart for the airport. Entire team will fly out of the Dulles airport on Ethiopian airlines at 11:00 AM for Uganda.
Monday June 27th	Day 2	Arrive in Entebbe at 12:45 PM. Head to the Adonai hotel and check in. Exchange money, use internet. Rest some, sort through orphanage donations, dinner & devotions with the team.
Tuesday June 28th	Day 3	Breakfast at Adonai. Depart to Kampala and spend the day with Pastor Samuel and the children of Return Ministries. Dinner at Adonai.
Wednesday June 29th	Day 4	Breakfast at Adonai. Spend the day ministering with the children at SixtyFeet (children’s prison). Dinner at Adonai.
Thursday June 30th	Day 5	Depart to Jinja. Spend the day with Godfrey and the children at Pillars of Hope. Check into King Fisher Resort. Drive to Amani Baby Cottage and spend time with the babies from 4-6:00 PM, help feed them dinner & put them to bed. Dinner at King Fisher.
Friday July 1st	Day 6	Breakfast at King Fisher. Spend the day with the Karamajong’s with Pastor Patrick. Shopping, internet & coffee in Jinja. Dinner & boat ride tour of the Source of the Nile at the King Fisher Lodge.
Saturday July 2nd	Day 7	Breakfast at King Fisher. Drive to Amazima ministries to work with Katie Davis and her feeding program until 3 PM. Drive to Kampala & check-in at the Adonai hotel. Sort through donations for Kenya ministries, dinner, devotion & relaxation with the team.
Sunday July 3rd	Day 8	7 AM Breakfast with team and check-out of Adonai. Attend Church with Rebecca and her children at My Father’s House. Arrive at Entebbe airport at 2 PM for check-in. Depart to Addis at 5:15 PM.

KENYA portion

Date	Day	Activity
Monday July 4th	Day 9	Arrive in Nairobi at 1 AM. Take mini-bus to Hope Community Center orphanage and grab a bunk. Breakfast with the team, spend the day with the children and teach a VBS at Hope Community Center. Dinner and devotions with the team.
Tuesday July 5th	Day 10	Breakfast with the team, spend the day with children at Hope Community Center. Drive to Fiwagoh orphanage, eat dinner and grab a bunk.
Wednesday July 6th	Day 11	Breakfast with the team, spend the day with children & teach a VBS at Fiwagoh orphanage with Pastor Benson. Dinner and devotions with the team.
Thursday July 7th	Day 12	Breakfast with the team, drive to Grace of God Children’s Home and spend the day with the children & teach a VBS. Shopping, coffee & internet time. Check-in to hotel (TBD).
Friday July 8th	Day 13	Breakfast with the team and spend the morning with children at Grace of God Children’s Home. Take mini-bus back to Nairobi.
Saturday July 9th	Day 14	Arrive at the airport for check in by 2 PM. Flight leaves at 5:45 PM for the States.
Sunday July 10th	Day 15	Arrive home in the States! Your trip has changed your life and touched the lives of hundreds of orphans in Uganda & Kenya!!