breathing life into a room

We were going to take Saturday off, but the enthusiastic and energetic Ann and Melissa would hear nothing of it!

So… several of us showed up unexpectedly at St. Mary Kevin's on Saturday morning. Because of the brilliant idea of the aforementioned social workers, we transformed the dark and dingy room where the kids eat (on the floor and with their fingers) into a bright, happy and colorful space (and one of which they each feel some ownership) by putting their handprints on the wall. We painted their hands with acrylics and helped them make their impression on the wall. Then we had them each write their names.


I don’t know who had more fun – the kids or us.

The amazing thing was that the older kids – those who we are sponsoring – filtered into the room, on their own initiative, to help us out. So, there were Billy and Zaberah helping paint hands, Samalie helping to put on smocks (Eddie’s old shirts) and Henry passing out markers.. It was truly inspiring and nothing short of moving.

There is so much to catch you up on, my dear and dedicated readers, but there is so little free time and such a slooooooowwwwwww Internet connection. In the past couple of days we have gone to Peter’s village, and some of us have gone to Gulu in Northern Uganda to a displaced person’s camp. We’ll post about those adventures soon.