The last ministry day...

Here is our team video!  Please watch and share, my friend Jenny did an amazing job on this!!
http://player.vimeo.com/video/45912586

The last several days have been amazing!  This week has just flown by and I cannot believe that today was our last ministry day.
In the last several days we have visited an amazing orphanage, and the Mafubira village.
The orphanage was a really unique experience.  We were able to see the ends and outs of what it took to run a Ugandan orphanage.  They had 74 children some of which were disabled and some who were babies yet HIV positive.  Really sad situations.  But the director of the orphanage is an amazing woman.  She is very supportive of Healing Faith and encouraged us all to share about Healing Faith and their ministry to as many as possible for prayers and to encourage others to support financially as well, something that I thought was very admirable in her.
We were also taken on a tour thru the childrens hospital.  This is the 2nd African hospital I have visited and was definitely as heartbreaking as the first if not worse.
I saw children lined up with their mother waiting to be seen by the Dr with an IV of blood in hand waiting for them to connect the transfusion!  And many other horrible sights.  It was so dirty I wouldn't want my animal to be taken care of there.  The families are required to bring their own linens, feed themselves and their children in care, and camp out in the yard of the hospital.  The children were several to a bed and no sign of sterility was to be found.
It was a sobering sight.
Emotionally and physically our team was worn out.  We were able to leave around 4:30pm and went home to nap.  We ate dinner and then crashed!  We prayed for energy so that we could give our all the last two days, knowing that we were nearing the end and exhaustion was setting in, we didn't want Mafubira Village to suffer for our lack of energy.
Our prayers were answered and we were all able to sleep well that night, waking up refreshed and ready for the day.  Another bonus was that we didn't have to leave to go to the Village until 10:30am so we were able to sleep in some too!
Yesterday we went to the Village and did home visit assessments.  We were given a questionnaire by Emma (known as Lufafa by some of you, the nurse that Healing Faith is partnering with in some capacity), we had to examine their home and whether it was safe, whether they had proper arrangements for Latrines etc.  We also made comments about any health issues they may have had and prayed over them.
Before we started the home visits they sweet people of the village asked if we would like to see the project they were working on.  So we followed them deep into the jungle of Uganda, all the while our guide saying in his lovely Ugandan accent "Your in Africa now!!" lol!!
When we arrived, we saw that this village was quite innovative!  They dug out a pond and were planning on filling it with fish as a way for the Village to make money!
After the assessments we went back into town and visited The Keep.  An awesome Muzungu (white person) restaurant  and ate amazing westerner food!  I got a spicy burger and spicy fries!  It was deeelish!!
Today we again were able to sleep in, not quite as long but still!  We went back to Mafubira and this time it was a work day!
The clinic was dirty and dingy and there was a huge pile of bricks in the back.  The yard was full of trash and not kept well.  So some of us painted, some of us raked, some of us moved bricks and some of us picked up trash!  We worked really hard!  But the place looks awesome!
We are now back at the guest house resting and taking showers.  We will be headed over to the Segners tonight for dinner.
It feels weird that today was the last official ministry day.  It is so bitter sweet.  I am so ready to see my family, but I love this beautiful country and am so sad to leave it.
We will be leaving early Sunday morning to head to the airport.  Please keep our team in your prayers as we travel home!
See you all soon!!!