this has been a whirlwind of a week. My first ten days in Africa a
year ago were slow and full of watching, listening and learning. This
time I hit the ground running. Please pray that I don't EVER forget
the watching, waiting, and listening. Ha! I went to visit the women
last Wednesday. It was so nice to see them. We all went to a local
restaurant for lunch. It is a tiny little restaurant and we filled
the whole place. There were 12 of us. They all send greetings to
you. If you want to get updates specifically about the women, please
let me know. Then I got a boda-boda (motorcycle taxi) and went to the
slum to visit the street boys program. The driver did not speak
English so well and dropped me off in an unfamiliar part of the slum.
I knew where I was and wanted to go but could not figure out how to
get there. The slum is filled with tiny little alleys and some larger
dirt streets. As I was contemplating and sort of wandering, Davis
found me! Davis is a boy that ran away from our home after I left.
So he took me to the programs. It was good to see him. He was clean
but very thin. He had not been doing drugs either. WooHoo! The boys
at the programs were busy making jewelry so I took Davis and another
teenager, Joel out to lunch. Two lunches in one day! I just drank a
soda the second time. Joel is one of the boys that my friend Amanda
will take into her home for older boys, check out her link
http://www.indiegogo.com/LOT-
quasi bookkeeper. Some of you may know that I did the books for Jeff
for 10 years, yes we still had an accountant. A degree in forestry
does not really prepare one for bookkeeping...ha! But anyway, I have a
lot of experience using Quickbooks. So we bought a ministry computer
right before I left and put Quickbooks on it. I am now going back and
entering all of the receipts for A Perfect Injustice, the NGO I
volunteer with, starting from January 2011. So last week I got one
month done. I am a little rusty! On Thursday I went to visit the
boys in the homes in Bombo. These are the boys I lived with all last
year. They had taken sheets, and palm fronds and paper and made a
royal path for me to walk on as I entered the house. It was so very
cute. (I am going to post all of the photos from these events on my
face book page. just look for Gina Jaye.) The homes are beautiful!
The boys were all doing well. I played with them, hung out with them,
looked at photos and listened to music. I stayed in Mama Joyce's
room. I told her I could sleep anywhere, but she wouldn't have it.
So sweet. They are building little houses for visitors, but they are
not finished yet. I came back on Friday and brought Peter with me.
Saturday at about 10:00, Godfrey, another boy that had run away came
over. Then at 10:30 Joel came. At 11:00 Davis came. So we watched
movies and ate popcorn. I took them to lunch and then Godfrey went
back to Kivulu. Joel went back to Bead David's house and Davis and
Peter went home with me. Davis ran errands for me to earn some
"little money" and I gave him a back pack and a set of clothes that I
had brought for him. It was a basketball outfit that I had worn at an
event at my church. I love to dress in costumes. It fit him really
well! So then Davis went back to the slum and Peter and I listened to
music and I made Chinese food for dinner. So fun! Sunday we went to
church. Nothing like a Ugandan Choir! Peter got on a taxi for Bombo
and I returned home. Whew!
I tried to skype my friend and found that my my audio on my computer
is on the fritz. I can still message, but for now I can not talk. I
have tried everything. So if you have any ideas let me know. I have
an HP mini with windows 7. I have adjusted everything I know how to
adjust. I downloaded updated drivers and visited help forums. No
luck. Oh well. I do have skype on my new phone so I can call you.
or if you want to message through skype just look for
gina.jaye.rizzo.orr .
This week two of the ladies and I are going to go and look for a
treadle sewing machine for the project. A friend donated money for
that! Thank you! Also one of the uncles, Eddy, is staying with me.
he is so funny. I am really enjoying his company. Some robbers tried
to break in to Abby and David's place that is in the same compound as
where I am. So I had to have some muscle! ha! Well I better go. I
have to go to the bank here and try to get some money issues
straightened out. I appreciate all of your prayers and support
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