Practically 48 hours with no sleep. Give or take 40 hours of travel. One stop in the custom’s “lock up” (I am so criminal), two flight delays, and finally, I am at home.
Shaun made the most incredible video of our home visit I referenced earlier in the week about the family who lives in a 6×6 room…
Until my brain is functioning again, please watch it, and let it sink in.
As soon as I can, I’ll share with you the amazing number of children that were sponsored during the last week. Thank you all from the very bottom of our hearts.
Let me ask you this…on our trip, what has been the one thing that has stuck with you? That has burned something inside you you’ll never forget?
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23 responses to “UGANDA: and this is where i collapse”
Two things stand out:
1. Los – little boy asking if he would adopt him too.
2. Boomama – seeing her hold that little girl in her lap
They left me speechless. And I am never speechless. Seeing the love you guys gave those kids just touched me very deeply.
Thanks to all of you for your sacrifice.
So much of what I have read and seen in pictures will forever be with me but the one in particular was the little boy with 2 left shoes that didn’t match. I can’t stop thinking about how abundantly I am blessed and these children are in such a desolate place. I am praying for the Lord to direct my sponsorship of a child in Uganda. I pray that many more than the 500 will be sponsored through this trip. Thank you for the sacrifice of going and bringing us all this information.
Blessings,
Pam
It was the picture of that wee girl sitting on the newspaper by the street. I am still crying even when I just think of it!
The fact that people could still be so up for a smile given the poor conditions they live in really struck me. The pure loy of living in the Lord.
Thanks for your sacrifice and hard work! It sure made a difference! (:
there is no ONE thing… the things that are in my mind…
the fact that all the kids are so happy even with the little they have when all i do is moan and complain when i cant afford to buy a starbucks…
the kid you met that said without Compassion i wouldn’t know Jesus
and the thing that i cant get out of my head is… why am i sitting on my ass doing nothing, i am so blessed. beyond belief, and feed the hungry and clothe the poor was a command from Christ, so why am i not doing it… yet…
this
http://blog.beliefnet.com/jwalking/2008/02/crying-for-my-poverty.html
stuff…is just stuff.
conditions…are just conditions.
Jesus!
Well Done!
glad you are home. i think what i remember most about all of this is still yet to come when we really get to know our two sponsor kiddos!! can’t wait.
ps the whole fam was sick so we couldn’t check on your hubs. will have you over for dinner soon/ =)
HI,
I’m new to your blog! So happy to have found you.
The one thing that burns in my mind…is how different a Compassion child looks from a non sponsored child. That point alone, pushed me over the edge and our family sponsored a child right then and there.
Also, that the kids KNOW their sponsor’s name and pray for them. :)
Awesome.
We can’t wait for you to get rested up and give us some more good scoop.
Blessings and I’m so glad you are home safely.
Kelly S.
I will remember the sweet smiling faces of the children in your pics! Thanks for sharing! Glad you’re back and SAFE!
Happy birthday Anne!
I have been following all of your blogs during your trip and I am so very, very thankful you all had the courage to leave the comfort of your lives to travel to the unknown.
But most of all, and something I completely didn’t expect, I was changed by your visit in an extraordinary way. God is so good.
There was a lot I was moved by, but the one thing that stands out in my mind was the picture of the little girl sitting on the curb on her dirty blanket. My heart aches for her and the children. Just aches.
I can’t wait to receive our packet from Compassion. We let them pick our child for us because I wanted to make sure it was the one child we were supposed to have – the one who needed it the most.
Thank you again Anne!
For me, it was the little boy dragging the juice box behind him like a toy car…
Or maybe it was the family living in the 6 x 6 room.
Or the video that Los took of the woman who was living the small drafty room who was so thankful for her house. And so welcoming.
I don’t have just one moment…though I wasn’t there, I feel as if I have to debrief as well.
Thank you for sharing your life and Uganda. My life has been forever changed as a result.
first, welcome home and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
i would say the great potential that is so evident in those kids…there is hope.
All of the images are stuck in my head…I have cried everytime I read something one of you guys posted then I would race to the next blogger and read what they had posted. The main one, the one that really made me cry and still does is the video Carlos made of Shannon meeting her sponsored son. His smile was amazingly beautiful and he did love that soccer ball.
the video of shannon when she met her compassion child.
What an amazing journey. I read all your blogs and was so shaken and blessed. Several things have really impacted me. I love how Compassion really links the sponsor with the child. Also, the video on one of the blogs about the girl from the Phillipines that was sponsored, graduated and then became a sponsor. She had the most amazing testimony. Also I can’t get out of my mind the makeshift pull toy that one child was pulling around. I can’t wait to get my kids involved in sponsoring a child and reading all the blogs. Blessing to you for everything. (I’m a friend of Shannons!)
Our family Finally sponsored a child!! I have asked my husband if we could do this for years but he never wanted to commit because of some other programs dishonesty with the funds.
Seeing these posts…he said, how can we not do this! I am so excited to be a part of a child’s life in need…so thank you for this series of posts!! Many childrens lives are now changed because of your trip! How awesome is that!!!
All of it has been overwhelming for me as a reader, I’ve actually had to put off reading and viewing the pictures because I usually check blogs at work…and the images and words just continue to move me to tears (not great for a radio dj to be bawling during her breaks). I am just so very moved that you guys were there, in the middle of it all, actually touching these people, talking to them face-to-face…just the sheer realness of it all settling in. I’m overwhelmed here in my seat at my desk, I can’t even imagine what you guys truly went through being there up close, and personal. I am just so thankful for people like you, Anne, and those that went along with you…your hearts and your ACTIONS and bringing it all to the attention of others. Bless you, the other bloggers and Compassion for doing this…what a brilliant concept. I hope it continues until everyone is reached/touched.
Glad that you made it back safely! I have enjoyed reading about your journey to Uganda this week. Blessings as you decompress over the next few days. Thanks for challenging us to get involved in what Jesus would care about!
The video of Shannon meeting her boy, and the video where the boy asked Carlos if he new his sponsor. Waa. :)
I have sponsored a child from Kenya through Compassion for about 2.5 years now, and the thing I keep thinking about is how so many bloggers commented that you could tell a difference between sponsored children and non-sponsored children just by looking at them–that it truly makes a marked difference. Also, how having one child in a family sponsored changes things for the entire family. That wows me. We just got a letter from our little guy last night, and I read the letter with a new understanding after having followed the blogger trip.