Our second full day spent at STAO today. Coming in to meet Sandra (see Sam’s post), and then diving into sorting out the dozen boxes of donated clothes and books we brought with us proved interesting….eventually, the team emerged from underneath a mountain of clothing intact and we were able to give new outfits to around 25 kids. Their huge smiles were definitely worth the chaos of clothes sorting.

Our afternoon was spent in an orientation meeting with Pastors Nelson, Ivan and David. It was great to hear some of the plans for the rest of our time here. The rest of this week will be spent taking a few sick kids (including Sandra) into Jinja for treatment, visiting homes throughout Mafubira conducting needs assessments of families and child-headed households, and working on building a pigsty (no joke) so that STAO can start a sustainable income generation project of raising pigs. Jamie, Sam, and Brandon will be hard at work on that the next couple days–please pray for strength for them!

We’re so grateful for the prayers and support. We are learning and wrestling, culture shock is intense, but know that we are encouraged that so many are alongside us, half a world away.

with peace,

kate

Kate

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