Yesterday we went to the Crisis Pregnancy Center downtown Jinja and my eyes were opened to the issue of teen pregnancy here. The mom's were younger than us. Carolyn Jacobsen runs the center with the help of two staff members, Sarah and Rachel. They provide classes for the mothers ranging from health to Bible classes. Some women are pregnant and come for support and information as abortion is also widely accepted. Many women come after birth as they provide clothes, diapers, food, tea, and a nurse comes in to check the mamas and babies weekly. I was able to meet with one of the mothers and pray with her as her sweet baby sat on my lap. Courtney learned how to make chai tea for them. :) They just recently purchased the room in the building next to their room so we were able to take the babies while the mom's sat in the class. This is somewhere we both hope to plug into as much as possible.
We want to give you a little piece of what normal life is here though. I got my first tick, the size of a pepper flake, while just sitting at dinner. Thankfully some essential oils killed the little sucker and we were able to get him out! Cooking is a whole different story here. We have to light our stove and oven with flimsy matches that I'm terrified of (Courtney comes to the rescue here!). Last night we made four loaves of banana bread, and just as the second batch went in the oven Courtney realized that I forgot to put the bananas in! Thankfully we were able to add them to the mix in time to save the loaves. Last night we went to bed with a sickening smell in our room, only to just find out now (Wednesday afternoon) that one of the cats had gotten into our house and had had diarrhea all over one of the blankets in the room. What a commotion that made! Let's just say we are not on good terms with the cats anymore. And Courtney hates cats more than ever!
While we are staying at this amazing house we have had some friends here as well. Ruthie is a missionary on one of the islands in Lake Victoria (it's a BIG lake) and comes back every so often to stay at the house we're at. We were so blessed to get to know her for the few days that she was here before she went back yesterday -- her blog is http://www.journeyoffaith11.blogspot.com. Please hop over and check out her ministry! This past week the Luckey's have also joined us: Mark, Stacy, Janae, and Adelynn. They have been so great! They leave for America next week and we will miss their laughter and joy around the house each day, as well as Stacy's cooking. :)
Life here is finally settling in and we're looking forward to getting into a routine. We spend a good portion of our time at the Jores, watching the littles (three younger children) while the older boys are doing schoolwork, or even just sitting with Nate and Rhoda. They have taught us much of the culture here and just about faith in general. We hope to spend a good deal at the Crisis Pregnancy Center but we still have a few places to check out next week. We would appreciate your prayer as we continue to find out how we fit in here.
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Another sweet babe, this one slept almost the whole time for us.
Two of the sweet little girls, Julia is the one on the left.
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