God is good and his mercy endures forever!!!

Since I last wrote there have been a lot of things that have happened. I will see if I can remember all of them. :)

First off I had a chance to go to Kenya to get a new visa. I still had a month left on the current visa but I wasn't sure if I'd get another chance to go with someone. So off I went to Kenya with the volunteer coordinator at Amani and her son. It was quite the adventure! It took us about two hours to get to the border, two and a half hours to cross to the other side into Kenya, and another two hours to Kitale, where we were dropping Linda and her son off. The drive to the border went really well. When we arrived they wanted us to do a lot of things with the car. We needed insurance, and other things that I don't even know what it was for or why it was necessary. But this is Africa! :) So after walking from here to there and back again we finally had all we needed to be in Kenya for one day! I got a three month visa for the five hours I was in Kenya, which cost fifty dollars! But I couldn't get a visa for just one day... so we payed the money and off we went to Kitale.
When we reached Linda's friends we ate lunch and I got to talk to them a little about why I'm here and what i hope to be doing. I enjoyed being there and being able to talk to them. I stayed there for a couple hours then started my journey back to the border and beyond. I was a little nervous about crossing back over the border by myself but it ended up being fine. I got another visa for Uganda but only for two months this time. I was really disappointed, because I was hoping for a three month visa. As we were starting our drive back to Jinja I wanted to cry because I had just spent 135 dollars on visa's and transport. Instead of crying however, I started to read Psalms and all the chapters I read started with "Praise the Lord!" It was such a wonderful reminder that even though things didn't go how I thought, or even wished they would, I still needed to Praise the Lord!

Last Thursday I found out that the little boy I told you all about was placed into an aids orphanage here in Jinja! I was so excited to here that because i know the director's and they are amazing God fearing people whose focus in on children with AIDS. I know that this was the answer to a lot of prayers prayed. Thank you so much!!!

I went to Amani on Wednesday with Malia to meet Judy and I was able to visit with the babies. Also while i was there a new little one arrived and I got to hold her. She is so precious and tiny, I would guess her to be no older than one month. Well, anyone who knows me knows that I can be a baby hog and yes, I held her from the time she arrived until the time I left three hours later. :) I love to love on babies. I heard there was another little one who arrived yesterday, she is only two weeks old and I am hoping to go see her today. :) Oh how I love little babies!!!

So all in all I've been able to keep really busy these last couple weeks!

God Bless!
Rochelle