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Kibaale

Anderson's, Antonio and his momma, partnering together for a better future!

Here it is our last full day in Masaka, tomorrow we head to the city for some shopping and friend time before we fly home on Monday.  This was a tough last week at the Kibaale school for our family.   Being here for a couple of months provided us with an opportunity to really build relationship with some of the kids, teachers and staff here, so saying goodbye and trying to process all we have seen and done has been hard.  Below are a few ways we spent our last week.

With money raised by you our friends and family at home we were able to purchase five bed sets with mosquito nets and deliver them to the family that we built the mud hut for!  This momma touched my heart so much, she was the hardest working person mudding that hut and she was just full of love.  Her and her family were so grateful for all the help they have been given and a huge shout out to Hyer Homes renovations along with the team from PA on sponsoring this home for the deserving family.  They were looking forward to moving in this easter weekend!

 Two nurses; TJ and Amanda came from the west coast of BC and are here for a couple of weeks to help out in the clinic and they came along with us to deliver the mattresses and bed sets.  Everyone when they come jumps right into driving in the back of the truck.  I think my kids will miss this.

 Jacob is over a hundred years old.  We visited him on our last trip here in 2009.  He is the sweetest old man.  He has had 20 children and none of them are surviving so he has been looking after all his grandchildren and now his great grandchildren.  His health is failing though, but I am so thankful that we got a chance to see him.  He lives in a remote area and it had just rained so getting there was a bit tricky and carrying up a couple of huge bags of maize also proved as a workout for Jeff and Dan.  We were so muddy after getting up and down, me falling and then the truck getting stuck in the mud.  Dan and Moses managed to push the truck out while Jeff drove and it was priceless to see how muddy Dan got!  will have to post that picture in the next blog.  He had tried so hard the whole climb up to Jacobs house and back not to get to dirty and he was covered.  It was awesome!

 We had the privilege of meeting my mom's new sponsor child.  Her name is Shanita, she is the one in the white t-shirt.  She is in nursery as well as our new sponsor (we took him along with us for the visit).  Again thanks to your generous donations we were able to bring her and her family two bed sets and mattresses and a solar lantern.  Her family was so incredibly thankful that next we knew they were giving us potatoes, eggs and many avocados.  It is the most humbling experience to have these people give to you.  Thank you mom for sponsoring Shanita, it is the most rewarding experience and I am so glad we got to be there and meet her.

 Palm Sunday is a big thing in Uganda and Kibaale Community Centre does an amazing job of being in their community this day.  There is everyone from P3 and up marching into town singing and waving palm branches and a truck with a PA system and the Pastor is preaching.  I have to admit I was a little embarrassed when asked how we celebrate Palm Sunday at home and I could not reply that we did the same thing.  What a neat thing to be able to be a part of.

On alternating Wednesdays the clinic staff goes out to three neighbouring villages and provides and immunisation clinic for babies and we had the privilege of going with nurses on this day.  It was so amazing to see these mothers coming from all over with their little ones to get them weighed and immunised, it was a full two hour clinic.  Allyson and Michelle loved seeing all the little babies and helping getting them weighed in.


We are so incredibly grateful for the experiences we have had here.  My kids have risen to so many occasions here and we have been so proud of them jumping in and helping out.  We are also incredibly thankful for our friends the Dycks for putting up with us for the past two months, hosting people is a tiring job especially for two months with a full family but they have gone above and beyond in shaping and making our experiences so meaniful!  Next time we write it will probably be from our home in Langley which seems really sur real but we look forward to seeing our friends and family again and sharing in person some of the amazing things we were able to be a part of.  Thank you for following along on our journey here and for being a part of the work here with you donations.  Please if you have ever considered sponsoring a child Pacific Academy Outreach Society and the Kibaale Community Centre is the best kind of sponsorship,  35$ a month and you help out an entire family receive medical care and your child gets a great education and a healthy meal once a day.  Let me know if you are interested.  Until next time.  God bless.
Sherri