I got to go to a village to work with one of our project partners Plan for All today. The are doing a number of things in the community. One of the projects they are doing is taking care of the elderly people who are living by themselves. Uganda has a very high death rate and a lot of them don't have any family left and have no one to look after them. Plan for All goes in and makes sure that they are living in safe(ish) conditions, have food and clothing. Other projects they have include teaching the people in their community about farming and using their resources. The area is very green and has great potential for farming there is also food that is already growing wild that they don't realize.

                                      

                               

God has been faithful. I am having a hard time adjusting to my job pretty much being all my weaknesses. Everything I have to do is new and not what I would do. But God has a plan and he wants me here so I will trust in him and carry on. In James 1:2 it says count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trails of various kinds. for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Its weird to think that you should be thankful but when life sucks but really there is only two things you can do. You can get depressed and focus on how terrible things are or you can dig into God and hold tight. He can get you through any storm. I have done both options and believe me life is the worst thing ever when you try shutting God out. 

  Today was fairly productive I got to organize some of the projects that I have been working on and I also got to explore the city which was super fun. I was lost inside a market for an hour or so which was fine because there was so much to look at and I had nothing else I needed to do. Once I made it out of the swarms of people it was pretty easy to get back to the apartment.  One doesn't really need to know where they are they only need to know where they are going. All you have to do is hop in a tro or taxi (which is really just a large van crammed full of people) that is going to your neighborhood and ta-da you are back to where you want to be. I have had a lot of free time since I have gotten here and am not really sure what to do with it. I guess I should start a hobby.

I made it to Uganda! It has been super busy since I arrived. Since I got here we have met up with two universities to get students involved with different projects to help empower the community. We also met up with Crossroads Animation Studios to look at the final production of the first episode of Sinza a name that means Praise in Luganda the local language. Sinza is a girl who teaches about different health topics. This first episode was on Vitamins. They want us to write 12 more episodes by the end of February so that they can turn it into a T.V series! Crazy! God has been doing a lot here and I have met some awesome people. Today has been a super chill day which is good because I get to wander around in town a bit and get situated.