Monday, March 4, 2013

Don't know what to title it.....


UPDATE!!!!

Saturday i was able to see Suzan, She is a woman that lives in namatala and she was pregnant the last time i came here. She had her baby a few weeks before i left. So i went back to visit her, she is so sweet, I happened upon her when she was making food so she insisted that i eat with her. I wasn't hungry at all, and i try not to eat food in the slum for health reasons :) But i did accept the offer of milk because i didn't want to offend her. so i had milk she thought it was funny that i wanted it cold. she boiled hers. Which i think is much safer, but i couldn't imagine drinking warm milk. i remember the first time i walked pass her house, she called out to me and asked if i would be her friend. This is not uncommon, so i was like, yes, that sounds great. And somehow we started to become friends and now she was one of the first people that i wanted see. it is funny how friendships are made. 

On Sunday I was able to meet everyone at the branch again. It was so much fun. We meet in a new building and it is BEAUTIFUL!!!!! i think its one the prettiest churches. and its very big. i love it!!!! Pius turned his papers in on Saturday, so that is exciting! it was testimony meeting so it was great to be able to hear them share their testimonies. Some of them are so simple. I love it! and then there is also the Ugandan that gets up and preaches about something that no one really understands but he is speaking very loudly and then walk off and no one has any idea what he said but he defiantly had some passion :)  


Health Clinic meetings... awesome. everything is falling into place. i will be going up on wednesday. Definately more to blog about once i come back because i will get to see Joseph and also see out health clinic up and running... pics to follow for sure!!!! we have a cool rotating schedule. 5 stations. its a teaching clinic as well as a health clinic. We want to make sure they are informed about what they are getting treated for! So at the last station they are surveyed about what treatments they were getting, and their understanding of what that means. If they don't understand then they go back through the stations to make sure that they understand their treatments. This makes me so excited. Heatlh Education i think is just as important as getting treatment. Super Excited. Also, some AWESOME EXCITING NEWS We got a grant for the health clinic that will cover our medications! This is a huge blessing. Now all that HELP has to cover is the salaries of the employees. YAHOO!!!!!!!!!

So another thing that made confirmed to me that i love this place. I was walking in Namatala on saturday, to go and see susan and as i was walking i passed a woman and she screamed, CAM i was so excited! they remembered me. She then proceeded to make sure that she brought me back to their community and i realized it was a place where we had put a water filter last year!!!!. But it was great! they still remembered me!!!! I LOVE UGANDA!!!!!!!!!

4 comments:

  1. Yay Cams. I am so glad that you guys got a grant for the medications. Thats also awesome that you are educating them about the treatments that they are getting. I miss you and I downloaded an app on my phone that tells me what time it is there so soon we will be able to skype or face time. Love you!!!

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    1. YEAH!!!! we will need to set up a time soon :)

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  2. Youre already doing great on the blogging! Good job! Thats great news about the grant for the meds!! Does that change my to do list when Sam goes out? Love you! Of course they remember you!

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    1. Thanks, im trying :) No, That list is for things that are cheaper in the states.

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