Padd Solutions

So its been quite a few days since any updates but so much has happened since that time and again i am at a loss for words really to desribe what has happened and what is going on. Like elton and I were saying... this ain't Japan haha.

one thing though that has stood out to me over the past few days.... soccer balls. If you're reading this i'm sure you recieved an email from me about them. but i never thought that it have the reception that its been having. the beauty of it is that its something that a whole group of kids could enjoy too.

But until I saw what they actually used as a soccer ball i guess I didn't understand the depth of it. You should be able to see a ball that they used as a soccer ball to the left. its just a bunch of bags smushed together and tied together with twine... and this is one of the nicer ones too. I've seen kids play with flattened soccer balls, balls with gaping holes in it, and tiny little toy balls you win at dave and buster....



so really. again. thank you. thank you for the soccer balls and the gifts you gave that mean so much to those who have so little.

anyways. again I leave you with pictures from the past few days to complete the picture that i cannot.

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Mokono, Uganda:


1 girl in a family of 9, the father died and left 2 wives with 9 children.


typical scene of children crowding around for candy.


mokono is very poor, this is almost typical of the state of clothes they wear. this kid stood out because he ran after our bus for awhile as we drove by.



kids LOVE pictures, and love looking at themselves too :)


Day Off:


Cyp, a buddy from a neighboring country hanging out w/ us.

Kamwenge, Uganda (day 1):


one of the many barely trodden roads we went down to look for families.


a girl with a toy that we gave her. even though she cried, i think she liked it :)


people of the village waving goodbye as we drive off. they seem happy eh? its nice to see that.

Kamwenge, Uganda (day 2):


this is our bus. this thing is a rock, it has taken us to the most unbelievable places. Moses is our driver... wierd huh haha.


This kid was a neighbor to the hotel we stayed at. He was so awesome and full of life, so even though he wasn't in a GFR family we had to bless him with an old school warriors shirt and shrek 3 hat :)


Lisa with Monica and her son. one of the families that GFR is sponsoring.



Brian is a kid from the orphanage that we visited today. He wrote a poem for us and is reciting it here. it was pretty powerful, i'll post a transcript later. Note though all the kids behind him... they are all orphans whos parents mostly died from aids or other sicknesses.