The Life I See That Is Jinja..

First, I apologize for taking so long to post. Since arriving into Entebbee, driving through Kampala, and on to Jimja, it has been a non-stop whirlwind!!! We get about around 6am, every day, have breakfast, review our itinerary, and go! We are on the move continuously until late intoj the evening, have dinner, and team meeting with a testimony given very evening and, maybe, to bed by 10 pm or so. The girls on the team, which range from age 16 to 19, have taken to nick naming me "mama Jo-Jo", which I find incredibly endearing!! These girls have servant's hearts and are wise beyond their years! Our days are filled with working at the orphanage, Amani's Baby Cottage, playing with the children, loving on. The babies, and visiting with the "mamas" who work there every day. All the mamas that work at the baby cottage live in the nearby slums. We continue on to visit organizations like Serving His Children which brings in malnourished children, along with their mother to rehabilitate and get the babies healthy, while educating the mom's on nutrition, protein and food values, etc. this particular organization was started 3 years ago by a tweny year old girl named Rene. Today they house 2 nurses on staff, can accommodate 18 children and their mother, treat babies with TB, HIV,several malnutrition, and have regular Bible studies. It's amazing! To date, the survival rate is 80%, compared to approximately 60% of comparable nutritional/rehab centers in the area. They are growing some of their food and have a famous goat that seems to be producing milk in record amounts! She is very precious and quite a character. Today, we visited a special needs facility and will be taking. Those children swimming in the morning, then working at the new Amani Baby Cottage site in the afternoon. So far, It has been a blessing, hard, exhausting, and overwhelming. I am looking forward to being able to share more, post pictures, (the limited Internet will not allow me to at this moment, arrrgggh!) and write about individual stories shared by the people here. In the meantime, I strongly encourage you to go to www.heal-ministries.org and seethe posts that our founder, Tina Weir has posted. She has stories and photos. Also, Lisa Syler's blog at lollipopandpearls.blogspot.org has been able to load some as well. Thank you for your continued prayers! Love, Jodi

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