Falling in love...

Everyday just gets better and better. I am falling in love with these children. They are so beautiful and have such joyful hearts! I want to bring them all home with me! We are beginning to learn some of their stories of how they got to the orphanage. I am amazed at the joy they have even after all the things they have been through!Sunday after going to Pastor Henry's church, we went back to the orphanage and had so much fun! The kids danced for us and attempted to teach us how to play the drums. One of the dances was about Moses leading people into the promised land. All of the children got stuff to carry with them into the promised land. One of the girls stuffed her shirt to make her look like she was carrying a baby. Another boy went outside, untied the goat and brought it inside and was bringing it with him. It was so funny! These children bring so much joy to my life! After dancing and attempting the drums, we went outside and played Yes Ball. Basically you have teams and you try to keep the ball away from the other team. Our team won, so the children began saying "I am the winner!" but it sounds like "I am the winna". I wish I could express how they say it! It is too cute. I might just bring home the Ugandan accent :)
Monday was pretty laid back. Ms. Agnes went into town and Tiffany and I stayed at the orphanage with the other two women that work there. Stella, one of the girls that works at the orphanage is 19. We have really connected with her. So Monday was cool just hanging out and playing games with her!Tuesday the kids were out of school for a public holiday so we had all day to spend with them. It was so much fun! We also ate casava! It's a tree root that is fried. It tastes kind of like a potato chip and french fry combined!

Tuesday I also painted all the girls' fingernails and they absolutely loved it!! Then they all wanted to paint mine, so each of them painted a different fingernail, then it moved to my toes as well. It was so much fun! They were so excited! That night the kids were trying to teach us some Lugandan. It was quite funny!Wednesday we went to the school that the church runs. We went to the kindergarten class and these kids obviously do not see very maney "mzungus". They were just touching us, even our toes. And they just crowded around to watch us. It was so funny! We also went with Pastor Henry's church and did evangelism in a village called Wakisi. We did dramas and puppets. Some of the guys preached and it was amazing! They are so unashamed of the Gospel. And they have so much passion for the Lord!
Thursday and Friday we just hung out around the orphanage and once the kids came home from school, we just played with them. We were teaching them some American games.
Today we are at the hotel. It's almost like coming home. We are developing relationships with the people here at the hotel. It's great!
So I am loving Uganda. The people here are so amazing! I just see passion like nothing I have ever seen before!