July 17, Day 17

Hello everyone from Uganda!

Everything is great here, minus the fact that it took 30 minutes to get to this page to post a blog, lol. Well, what to tell? We got through another week of hard work, aggressive traffic, and rarely eating meat. Today one of the kids at the slums stole on of our girl's camera, but we found out the culprit's name and it looks like we will be getting that back soon, so thats great. She was not too happy about that happening, of course.

A few things that happened this week;

1. I went to the hospital again, this time to the broken bones/amputation and also other surgeries. It was quite a sight to see. I saw open wounds like broken legs and what happens to a girl that gets robbed and is shot. One girl we met had a C-Section, and she showed that to us (just me from the volunteer team was there, by the way, and 2 leaders), and it was open, no stitches. And this is at the biggest and main hospital in the capital. Yeaaaahhh. She had me feel her stomach (around the cut, not on it, that would be gross!) and she was having tons of pain. It was very warm, and there was this churning feeling. Wierd.

2. We finished the 1 room house, and had a welcome party for the Mamma (Flavia is her name) and her two daughters. Her dream was realized through this house and her having her own land. She got out of the slums and has her own business. Pretty exciting for her. She was soooo happy and greatful!

3. We went to prayer mountain last sunday evening, which was an amazing time with God and the others. It brought out a lot of frustrations as well as joy.

4. We had a soccer game with Come Lets Dance against the youth group at the church (which they cheated and brought professionals to play with them outside the church). We lost, but it was a ton of fun. I got to play for about half of the second half. Fun stuff. We are now at 2-1 on win-loss.

This is actually all I can think of, we have been hard at work over here though in the slums, at the farm, the kids house, and wherever we go. God is good and everyone is basically in good health. Praise God. Keep up the prayers. Half of my trip is nearly over. Ill see you guys at home soon.

(P.S. One of my pics I took is on the front cover of the summer CLD newsletter, sweeeet!)

(P.S.S. Im giving serious thought to moving to Colorado within the next year. We'll see.)

In Christ,

Matt Murnan