"Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart." Luke 2:19

"Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart." Luke 2:19

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Uganda Day 9- Jinja Trip to visit Aids Clinic and Single Mom’s and Widow’s


Everything in Uganda takes a very long time to travel to.  The traffic is very bad and even going a few miles can take an hour. This morning we set out for Jinja to visit with widow’s and single mom’s who are HIV positive and have a co-op where they make jewelry, bags and sewing items. It took us 2 hours to get there and then we had car trouble on the way home and it took us four hours! But it was totally worth it! This is our 3rd year to work with them and we buy a lot of items from them to help them have money to live on. We sell their items when we get home and raise money for God Cares School. The guys were a little nervous about going to a place where there would be mostly women. But they ended up loving it more than the girls did I think.

Irene, Florence Dongo’s sister, started the co-op as an outreach to the community to share Jesus with those in need. The co-op has grown to 200 women and she works tirelessly to find work for them to help them pay for their HIV medicine and to be able to buy food for their families. Irene has an incredible vision to provide for these women. She is creative, proactive and intensely passionate on being sure these women have work to take care of them. She is also constantly sacrificing for them.

Sarah and Abby sang a song for them, and then the ladies sang a song and danced for us. They are so talented and we were so blessed by them. We passed out the loom bracelets to the ladies and they were so touched that we would give them something. They gave us pineapple’s and sugar cane to take back with us. We are hopeful that our partnership with the ladies from Jinja will continue to enable them to achieve their vision and also help us to financially serve God Cares School.
Ladies who make the Jewelry in Jinja Co-op.

The ladies are able to bring their kids while they work.


They are so excited to get their loom bracelets.

Sarah and Abby carrying all the items we bought from them. They were so happy!

Abby carrying the items we purchased.

Darrick telling all the kids goodbye!

Monica found a friend.

Bob playing with some of the kids outside.

This is the building where they work. It is very hot with no A/C. They were sitting outside watching us leave.

The ladies singing and dancing for us. Even though they have very little and are HIV their joy was contagious!

The ladies were waiting for us to arrive and so excited for visitors to come and see them! They said they rarely have people to come see them.

This sweet grandmother is HIV positive and so is her daughter.

One of the ladies showing us here new creation!

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