Hey everyone!!! Hope all is well!!!!

Check out my pics on facebook if you haven't already. It is sooooo beautiful here! People and places inclusive.

Right now we are in Lira again picking up more medical supplies for the clinic. People have malaria like it is a runny nose! So that medicine goes fast. We have a great new nurse helping now though, and she is so smart and good with kids. I am going to help one of the wellfare managers enter all of the kids personal info into the computer, like their birth date (if they have it) their home village, parents names, and their story of how they arrived at asayos wish. I was asking him about that alot yesterday and he said most kids parents died of HIV. There are about 5 kids who have it themselves. And a bunch of other kids were orphaned by landgrabbers-people who come to steal your land, and who will kill to get it. So sad. And a few of their parents were killed by the LRA rebels back in the war. And then others were just found wandering the streets and thats all we know. The kids all seem very close though. They are each others family now. They are soooo grateful to have been taken in by Asayos Wish Foundation. I guess it is the only orphanage in Kaberamaido. Some people want their kids to live there even if they are not orphans. I know almost all their names now! Entering them into the computer system helped a lot with that Also, today we are going to buy a swing set for them. Oh and the hole in the ground is gone!!! I dont know if I mentioned it before, but they have a water pump, and below it they had a big hole for excess water to run off into, but it was a huge hazard! Mosquito central, and things were falling in it constantly. It was only a matter of time until one of the kids fell in. So in two days they totally filled it with rocks, covered it with a tarp and burried that with more dirt and now its gone! And the workers only charged 40 bucks for the whole thing-labor, materials and all! The kids were very happy about that. More room to play!!! They are definitely keeping me in shape, they ALWAYS want me to play soccer here, run there, play dodgeball here, teach them baseball there...its so much fun! But I am so worn out at night that I sleep right through the noisy frogs and animals that come out at night and seem to party outside our window. Its great. And a lot of work. And the kids are such an inspiration of hard work with a happy attitude. You wouldn't believe how they mow their lawn!!! Maybe I mentioned it, but they basically have these long machettis and just start hacking away! Their arms are ripped! And they sing the whole time They have a big music competition on Friday with all the other schools, so that should be exciting. We bought them drums today too. A few kids have even taken a liking to the Ukelele so I am trying to teach them to play whenever I have time. They are so talented.

Anyhow...I hope you are all happy and healthy!!!

Keep me updated!

Love you all tons!!!

Lynds

    
Brigid slashing the grass                             Lyndsi and the kids

    
Brigid and the twins at the clinic                 Lyndsi playing the Ukelele

    
Brigid and Lyndsi at the clinic                      Lyndsi and one of the twins at the clinic