Kisaakye - Kayunga take two

Kisaakye means "God's Grace" in Luganda and is the name of the organisation that we were working with this week in Kayunga where we stayed two weeks ago. Last time that we stayed in Kayunga we were mainly working at Mount Zion school, but this week we got more of an overview of the work of Kisaakye. We travelled to Kayunga on Monday and spent Tuesday travelling around the area visiting disabled children and their families to provide therapy in their homes and to pray for them.  The Kisaakye volunteers are able to ride boda bodas which is a really handy form of transport especially on a day like this when we needed to visit lots of families which lived too far apart to reach them by walking, but there was no suitable access for cars. It was great to be able to visit them in their homes as this saved the parents the money that it would cost to bring the children to the Kisaakye center.

On Wednesday we went back to Mount Zion school where we helped the teachers and Clare and I had the opportunity to catch up with Mary - the deaf teacher that we met last time.
Thursday was the therapy day at the center so we helped out with the therapy and played with the children. Lots of the kids come to the center very scared because the therapy isn't a pleasant experience for them, especially if their parents don't provide regular therapy at home, so to be able to help them to relax is really important and was such a privilege.
After all of the parents and children had left, the Kisaakye volunteers blessed us with a meal to thank us as a team for working with them. They are a very young organisation and are struggling day by day to get by, but as we told them on Thursday, their faith in God is an inspiration to all of us, and we trust that he will continue to provide for them so that they can continue to bless the families that they work with.
On Friday we travelled back to Kampala, but not before we visited Kalagala Falls in the local area. We walked to the falls from the village centre and enjoyed sitting by the water and just watching and having some time to reflect (and eat fresh bananas!).

So we now have just over one week left in Uganda which is leaving us all with very mixed emotions. It looks like this week is going to be incredibly busy as we try to pack in as much as we can and say all our goodbyes before we leave Uganda.
Please pray
- That God will keep our morale high this week and help us to enjoy our final days in Uganda.
- That God will fill us all with peace at the prospect of leaving our friends and family here and will help us to get excited about what he has planned for us next.
- The same for the people we love here who we will be leaving behind.
- For provision for Smile Uganda and for Kisaakye.

Thanks so much and God bless.

Lorna