Nalongo is such a hard working lady. I called after church to see how she was feeling since she was so sick when we ran into her selling eggs in the center last night.
She looked and felt terrible so I gave her some money to go to the clinic for treatment
When I called after church she was in another village trying to get some more school supplies for her kids.
These mamas work so hard to get a little money and then they buy another item on the school list. Today she bought a pair of shorts and leggings required for two of the kids. We cannot even imagine this in America. We go to Walmart, get our list and we’re done.
We have another mama with six kids and two were sent home because they didn’t have their school supplies. Ugh!!!
We drove Nalongo back to the village so she could buy charcoal with the rest of her salary and get another injection for malaria. Then she was going to work on her house.
If you saw the photos yesterday, we dug one portion. She finished digging all around the house this morning. The perseverance these people have to have to work thru anything is astounding. And she looked so beautiful I had to get a photo.

​These are three of Nalongo’s six children and the ministry’s family coordinator, Tom.
These three are the happiest kids, always. Look at those smiles. oh I love them so much!!! I can’t wait until they are in their home.
I’m so, so thankful for someone very close to me, who wishes to remain anonymous, for donating to help with the pit toilet and buy new furniture for them and help with school fees.
I can’t wait to go shopping.

​It was such an wonderful day. I cannot stop chuckling at some of the things that happened.
My day started at 5 am with the kickoff to Pledge Talk with my friend and professional counselor Mark Oelze in KS. I cannot recommend PledgeTalk enough. Best communication program ever. And it’s ask free. PM if you want more details. It is in the US.
Next I got to talk with my mom for 1/2 hour until the minutes ran out. We have been trying to figure out a good way to talk and I finally bought International minutes and it worked great. So good to catch up.
Then we had interrupted staff meetings all morning as people came to buy from our garden. Whoever brings in the customers gets paid a little. Two of our ladies helped get the things from the garden and they got paid some.
Out of what we earned today’s we were able to pay two of our ladies who came to dig, one for bringing the customer, one for helping take the customer around to gather food and even had a little left to put in the garden envelope for seeds for planting.
The goal is for each micro business to fund itself and help provide income for our ladies and the community. while paying them I was able to train practically on business skills.
We then had a quick lunch and off to help Nalongo with her home, eating chicken and chips (fries) on the ground in the dark and getting home around 9 pm.
Time for bed so we can be prepared for our ladies program tomorrow where we will continue sewing washable sanitary pads, trying to figure out a good washable diaper pattern, Bible Study, savings program and just fellowshipping and enjoying community together
Thank you all for your prayers and encouragement always.

​WOW, What an amazing day!!! We spent the day going to all the schools to pay the fees for January.
When I counted, we paid for 26 students to go to school, 12 of whom were not in school. Praise the Lord!!!

​Amazing story here. This is Nalongo, one of our families we support. We hired her earlier this year to cook for the ministry. BTW, We have lost one of her supporters. Would someone like to sponsor her at $35 a month?
Because she has so many children it’s hard to find a place to rent. She had been working so hard to save and buy land. In September I personally helped her purchase land. She pays a potion of her salary each month to pay it off, which will take years
Well… last week her landlord told her she had to move by the 15th. That was her fourth home in less than a year. She was so discouraged but I told her it’s time to build her house. God will make a way.
Alyssa and I went to visit them yesterday to find this…. She has been cutting trees and is building her house. She’s such an amazing lady. She had about $10 from her rent and this is what she’s done.
If you would like to donate to help her that would be wonderful. I have no idea how much it will cost but she will move in January 15. Praise the Lord!!! This Saturday we will go help build a house