Here are a few pictures from the Infant Care Center. This is the orphanage that is run by Christians for orphanages with illnesses.
This guy is from Idaho, not Uganda in case you're wondering. :) He was one of the guys on our team that went over.
These pictures are all taken at the Night Shelter. The two adult guys with the guitars are two of the seven people who voluntarily go to the shelter every night of the week to sing worship and do Bible Studies with the kids. There are 17 other shelters in Kitgum, but no other shelter has any type of program for the children- they just come in and lay down to go to sleep. But here, they are being taught about God. These children have so much love and faith and joy, it blew me away. One guy in our group got malaria and he asked one of the children to pray. This little eight year old boy stood up and prayed for almost ten minutes. The next day, our team member was completely healed! From malaria! So Jeremy went back to the shelter the next day and the leader had the little boy and Jeremy stand up. He told all the kids (and us) never to believe that God doesn't answer prayers. It was such a powerful moment. This picture with them singing and dancing is them singing worship songs. Everytime I saw them smile and worshipping God, it always made me wonder if I'd be as joyful if I was in their circumstance. But it goes to show that God is real and alive- you cannot fake that kind of joy in such intense oppression.
This is my small group. They are seven to 11 year old girls and they were the sweetest things ever. If you look in the background, you can see people already asleep on the concrete. The women and girls get to sleep inside and the boys sleep outside.
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