Friday

First day we got to sleep past 6:30! Woo Hoo! We slept in till 7 and had a meeting at 9 with one of the baby homes we had previously visited. We spent about 2 hours brainstorming ideas on how to partner together for the benefit of their children. We discussed everything from adoption to toilet paper to sewing machines....seriously! It was a fabulous meeting and I am so excited about all the projects that we brainstormed together and it was such a blessing to see them get so excited and encouraged by our ideas as well. More to come on that soon!

After our meeting we met up with the Director of the baby home we visited in Jinja. She had gotten stuck in Kampala while we were in Jinja so we missed each other yesterday so we arranged to meet for lunch. We at a Java Cafe(?)....I can’t quite remember the name, but it is located in the Oasis/Nakumatt Mall.


It is kinda like a cross between Starbucks/Panera/Applebees? Decor like a Starbucks, with great coffee, smoothies, milkshakes, etc, but with a full menu from fruit platters to hamburgers to mexican food too. I got Mexican food in Uganda! I just kinda thought that would be fun to say and it sounded good at the time....but anytime there is guacamole on the menu....it is easy to pull me in! Another GREAT meeting. More great ideas!

Then we went to the Friday market which is the spot for local crafts, jewelry, scarves, bags, flip flops, you name it! Did some shopping for my kids and ok...maybe I bought myself a pair of earrings....and a pair of flip flops....and some new oven mitts....and oh yeah..some super cute candle holders. Yeah, like I said, we shopped for the kids and then headed back to our guesthouse to chat with our driver friend who is part of that ministry I told you about a few days ago....Be a Blessing. Talked about some ideas he has and then at 4:30 we met up with a couple that had contacted me about Rwanda adoption, but then Rwanda closed and the ended up going with Uganda and they happened to be in Uganda NOW picking up their 2 new daughters and they are staying just down the road...literally...walking distance away! It was fun. Came home and skyped with my daughter for like an hour and she had us laughing so hard we were crying...just funny stories from her week. And we later got to chat with our boys too.
Tomorrow we will meet with Be a Blessing to try to help them set up a blog as an alternative website for their ministry. Then it’s off to the airport!