Victory Church orphanage

Thursday morning saw Joeline and I drive to the petrol station at Kisaasi to fill up with some diesel prior to a short drive to Victory Church Orphanage, situated directly behind her parents beautiful home - where Peter and Joelne had their 'Introduction' last year. 

As Peter had left in a hurry he hadn't checked 'under the bonnet' of the ute before he flew to the United States. He asked Joeline to ask me to check it out before doing too much driving on this trip. 

To cut a long story short, about 45 minutes and 90,000 schillings later, we were on our way. The men checked water levels (in the radiator and battery), oil levels and radiator fluid levels. I might add, the water in the radiator was a soup of mud and red dirt. While I was happy to pay the money, it was a little frustrating as they probably didn't need to add fluid to some of these areas but did so anyway - trying to take advantage of a muzungu. 

On arrival at the Orphanage I was hit by the friendliness of the staff and children, not to mention the quality of the establishment - lovely facilities, lots of open spaces and a very inviting playground for children.  We enjoyed a tour with two couples from Wales who had been staying there for three weeks and who head up a UK ministry that supports the Orphanage financially. 

Following lunch together (Nile perch and kusuva) we drove the Welsh couples to Kyampisi for a quick tour.  We left the couples with Joeline so we (Robert and I) could drive to Naggaloma hospital to see Loy, a local girl who was admitted due to a severe case of malaria that is deteriorating very quickly. 

After speaking to the doctors and parents and praying over Loy, I asked Cockroach if I could pray over the other 10-12 children in the room - which was dark, had a cement floor, no curtains and not very 'homely' at all. 

I wasn't prepared for what I was about to see over the next 20 minutes - children with cancer, children with no ears and no eyes, children with significant loss of blood and any number of other health concerns such as malaria, typhoid and HIV. 

After driving back to Kyampisi church I preached at the usual Thursday afternoon Bible Study. I spoke from John 21 where Jesus asked Peter 'Do you love me?'and Jesus tells Peter to 'Feed my sheep' and 'Follow me'. 

Following Bible Study we drove back to St Paul's house for dinner and an early night.