and then along came HOPE...

It's still hard to believe that we're actually here. It'll take a while to find our feet & suss out our new way of doing life, but that's ok! Every day is a new adventure with lots of things to learn - often through our mistakes!
As I type this Josiah's sitting outside catching a breeze, (the breeze has now turned into gale force winds!)Drews trying to make his second batch of popcorn - still with burnt results, and the younger four are outside playing chase.
It's been an at home day today, as Kampalas trying to hold their mayoral elections (postponed from last week due to unrest). So, we've been getting a few more things organised while we've got the time. I went to update our website only to find that we cant access it from here :( So have had to start a new one... Hoping to have it up and running within the next week.

everyone & everything shares the roads here...

road to Jordan House

We had our first full day at Jordan House yesterday. Started with a team meeting, then Pete checked out what jobs he needs to get onto, the kids played with the Jordan House and a few community children, and I checked out a few kids - lumps n bumps, measles, ringworm... and met the most gorgeous one month old baby boy. This is what I love about what we're doing. Not the meeting of babies (though I always love that!), but making a difference in the life of one. While this one still had life. His mum has 11 living children, 2 more have died. She's 32. Her youngest 5 live with her, the older ones still in the village. Shes trying her best to make ends meet with a drunkard, violent husband that visits occasionally. Living conditions are unsafe & beyond what we in the western world would call humane. She isn't producing enough milk to feed her baby so is giving him tea out of a cup. He was tiny, with a wet cough but otherwise doing ok. For now. He jumped at the bottle of formula! A few days later and his story might have looked very different. You could see the desperation in this mamas eyes. You could see Jesus in her eyes - saying "when I was hungry you fed me, when I was thirsty you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in".
We listened to the mamas concerns (through an interpreter - can't wait til we've learnt Luganda!) and set her up with bottle and formula for supplement feeding for the next few days and worked on a plan to increase her milk supply. She now also has the opportunity to do a womans empowerment course - combining discipleship with learning a skill that she can make enough money from to support her family. Both mama & baby will be coming to Jordan House regularly for ongoing follow-up checks and support.
While surrounded by extreme situations, God highlights the one. The future of her family will change. Which will also change the future for the next generation. One by one.
In the space of an hour... along came HOPE.