home is where the heart is!
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i have been back in the US for a week now. it is absolutely awesome spending time with family members, friends, my church family and my dogs! even though i have two absolutley adorable ugandan pups, the saying goes that 'old friends' are the best friends goes for dogs too. i absolutely love turning on the faucet and feeling HOT water....!!!! sometime i will explain the term 'coffee pot shower' to y'all, or maybe i will just leave it to your imaginations. and mexican food...heaven on a plate. how much is too much? i don't know because i haven't reached that point yet! i was awestruck in kroger's the other day just looking at the frozen food aisleS....yes aisleS....so much frozen food! i had compleely forgotten how a journey down a frozen food aisle is like a trip around the world...mexican, italian, thai, chinese....not to mention the ore-ida section, ice creams and yogurts, cakes, mac & cheese.....all colors, all sizes, all calling my name! i resisted as best i could because my tummy is no longer accustomed to a cheese stuffed crust pizza followed by a klondike bar. after 3 months of rice and beans, i need to slowly ease back into my bad eating habits!
Medical Container to Ship to Uganda
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On Wednesday May 2nd, a 40' container will be loaded at the Project CURE warehouse in Nashville TN. This container will have about $400,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies. The destination is Uganda. This container was made possible by Perfecting Faith Ministries International and by John Paul DeJoria (DeJoria Foundation). "The equipment and supplies needed to update medical facilities in Mubende District (3 hrs from Kampala) are being staged and will load on Wednesday", said Desana volunteer George Houk "These supplies and the medical equipment will allow the doctors in three healthcare facilities to do a much better job of treating their patients." The container will take approximately 8 weeks to reach Uganda.
In addition to the medical eqipment, Desana will be shipping items for the Kampala From the Heart House Project in conjunction with Raising Up Hope Uganda. A project working with street children in Kampala. At a Celebrate Africa Dinner hosted by Foreign Momentum, Desana met Sikhu Mtetwa who told us about the clothing they had collected for those in need in developing countries. She very graciously volunteered to let us have some of this clothing. Anchor Electric in Madison TN is the location where the clothing as stored. Thanks to them, the street children in Kampala will have more clothing.
count down.......
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It's almost impossible to think i have been in kampala for 3 months and that in 4 days i will be heading back to nashville (via nairobi, brussels, and newark). people said that the time would fly by and i doubted them...especially when i would go days without power or i longed for a hot shower or some hatch green chile salsa or just wanted to watch an hour of senseless tv. it's been an amazing three months..every day an adventure and every moment a miracle in the making. i think africa is not for everyone...yes , i know that sounds silly...but it's true. uganda can't be visited, it must be experienced...there has to be a predetermined acceptance that what you are about to see, to hear, to smell and to taste is unlike anything you have known before.... wow, i sound like rod serling on twilight zone.....
we received some sad news this week :( seems as if naguru remand center is under investigation and they are not allowing visitors on the premises until further notice. we were heartbroken because our project there was simply to provide fruit, bread, sugar, clothing, dental care products, medicines, things like that. we would have been happy to bring those things and just drop them off if that were allowed...but i guess not. maybe we can resume this project upon completion of hte 'investigation', though i doubt it. i will really miss the girls, especially maria.....i hope they understand why we have stopped going.