Another week has gone by, life has been so busy we have neglected to blog – so sorry for all you faithful readers!
Here are a few memorable moments from the past week….
Rashid – Last Tuesday, Matt and I were both at work, doing our things. Right after lunch I get a frantic call from Matt asking how long it will take me to get up to the Production Unit because there had been an accident and I needed to get there as soon as possible. Matt and I live on top of a mountain, Matt works down one side of the mountain and I work down the other side - walking/jogging up the mountain on a good day would take about 20 minutes. I grabbed a hand full of supplies and a fellow volunteer and we were off! Bringing Susy along was a great idea – we were hauling it up the mountain and she managed to sweet talk a driver to take up the rest of the way, so we made it there in half the time. We arrived to quite a scene, one of the PU trucks had flipped over with three men in it. Two of the men were ok, just small cuts and then Rashid (one of Matt’s closest friends here) had the worst injury. Rashid’s hand was crushed by the truck. There was a lot of blood and his hand was already quite swollen! His hand appeared to be crushed – which when you work with your hands and that is your livelihood, a crush would be the worst possible. We cleaned the wound, made a sling, gave some meds, got some ice and then Matt, Gerry and Rashid were off to town. The closest hospital is about a 45 minute drive away with good traffic.
To make a long story short, God performed a miracle! The Dr. saw Rashid, said his hand was broken and that they needed to get x-rays done. The x-ray was completed and even the Dr. was shocked and went to get a second opinion from the orthopedic surgen because she couldn’t see any breaks. After digging metal out of his fingertips and a few stitches later they were out the door with pain killers and some antibiotics. We were all praising Jesus that nothing was broken! Rashid’s hand has been crazy swollen for over a week now, but he seems to be doing well – PRAISE JESUS!!!
Golf – Matt went golfing in Entebbe yesterday afternoon with his boss, Gerry and another man from Norway that use to live here. Matt had a great time and was reminded of how much he loves to golf. I think it was good for all of them to get of the mountain, away from the stresses of work and relax a little!
Easter – we had a great Easter weekend! Matt had a long weekend off of work and I had Sat and Sun off. Friday we went to Good Friday service out on the mountain, the volunteers along with some of the nannies brought babies with them for the service. Friday night we had all the Suubi volunteers to our flat for supper and games night – it was a great time of fellowship. Sunday after a rainy morning we headed into town with all of the volunteers from Suubi. All seven of us traveled in on the Matatu together – what a site for the locals – Mzungus don’t normally take the local taxis and here we were with 7 of us on one. We had lunch together in the city, went to the baby’s home to see Meg (to give her some Easter love!) and then finished our day off the church before our journey home on the Matatu and our walk up the mountain. On Easter Monday we partied with the kids at the babies home. In the morning cookies were made with George and Kayla for our cookie hunt in the afternoon. After the kids woke up from their afternoon nap we had bunny ears for them all to wear on their heads – these kids LOVE anything to get to wear on their heads. And then we sent them all on a ‘cookie hunt’ (we couldn’t find any plastic eggs). The kids weren’t sure what was happening, but once they saw a couple kids finding treats they were all in. We wrapped the cookies in plastic wrap and the kids had a tricky time with trying to figure out that you can’t eat the cookie until the wrap is off. It was a great afternoon – I don’t know who had a better time – the nannies or the kids☺
Playing with Purpose – My babies are all getting soo smart! It has been amazing to see the difference that a few changes in their schedule, some intentional teaching with the nannies and a lot of encouragement can make. I have an amazing volunteer here right now that is the Queen of play – she is wonderful, full of patience and encouragement! Because of her dream, these babies’ lives are being changed. They are playing with purpose – they don’t know it, but they are learning whether they like it or not. The nannies love it too – they are tiered, but they are getting to relive childhood experiences that they would not have had. Our babies are using toys properly, playing pretend, playing with playdough, crawling through forts, getting dirty on purpose, playing with parachutes, coloring, painting, singing and the list could go on and on. Every day before naptime they sit on a mat and hear a story being read to them and then sing a song…imagine if you will 30 little bums sitting on a mat singing along with the mommy who is leading for the day – it’s beautiful and then they all know after the story and song it’s naptime and they all get up and go to their bedroom – beautiful! All the kids before bed have Jesus time with their mommy and then have a story read to them after their milk. Our babies are almost all walking (two to go) and saying more and more new words everyday. It’s fun to walk these kids grow and learn – no more sitting around doing nothing for these kids…watch out world, Suubi Babies are growing up!
Meg – I have to update you on our princess…she is just the cutest baby. On Easter Sunday we went to visit – she was so happy to see us! Full of laughs – she loves tummy tickles and fuzzy kisses on her bare belly. We put bunny ears on her and gave to her an Easter outfit!
She is fully healed from her surgery and loving being hernia free! I think her next step in life is rice cereal…will update you all soon on how that is going!
Blessings to you all – have a great week! Christ is Risen – He is Risen Indeed!
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