Our First Day

Hello friends and family!
We just ended our first full day in Uganda! The trip here went very well. I think we are acclimating well to the time change so far. Hopefully tomorrow we will be even more energized. We are so excited to be here.
We took today to rest and adjust more to the time change and to check out our surroundings. We met Kennedy, the pastor at United Faith Church, and several students who work with him. We all went to Africa Renewal Ministries and visited a few of their ministry projects including Loving Hearts Babies Home, Wentz Medical Center, and their high school. Loving Hearts was amazing. It has been open since January and they already have 14 babies ranging from newborn to 2 years old. It was such a beautiful environment with some very loving care givers. We hope to be able to go back for at least an afternoon later during the next couple weeks. Wentz is also pretty incredible. They minister to up to 50 people every day for any number of medical issues and do extensive work with preventing malaria. They have seen the percentage of people they treat who have malaria go from 80% to 30% in the last 5 years!
In the evening, we had the pleasure of relaxing at Krunchy Bites (finest kwality food --yes, kwality) with our African teammates to get acquainted and watch the USA vs Slovenia world cup game. After that, we all went to dinner at Mama Mombasa’s, the eatery beneath the main hostel for Kampala International University. We stuffed ourselves with a spread of chapatti (closest compares to thick delicious tortillas), pilau (seasoned rice), beef or peas, and our choice of mango, pineapple, or avocado juice. Amazing food.
It is now just after 9pm, and we are all ready and willing to collapse into our beds. Can’t wait to see what God has for us tomorrow!
-Lena