We Gave Your Socks Away Today…

The Church (yes it's a Church and not a barn).

My favorite thing to do... photograph my kids.

Playing ball on holiday.

The Village Watering Hole. A good one!

A New Beliver In Christ. Alisa prayed the Salvation Pray with.

A Child with Cancer.

Our son’s Elijah and Gabe with the help of their sister Leilani took up the challenge before our trip to gather socks for us to give out in Uganda. They called the drive “Socks of Love for Uganda.” Their efforts brought great success and the night before we left we counted 514 pairs of socks!! Since we had so many socks to hand out we have been able to spread a lot or love to the Ugandan people. It is amazing to me how the thoughtfulness of people clear across the world can lift the spirits of people who have so many struggles in life. Elijah packing the Socks!

We had an early morning wake up call today, so sleepy eyed we went to breakfast, had a short prayer meeting and headed to the bus. Our early morning destination was Mulago Hospital’s Cancer Unit. Last June the Show Mercy team began to forge a relationship with this hospital. Our hope is to help them in many positive ways, but first we must build a trusting relationship. Last June we brought little stuffed animals; today we brought blankets made especially for the children and socks and soap for the adults. The Hospital administrator led us through each ward one at a time. The plight of the people there seemed more than we could bear, yet as we spoke with them, prayed with them and handed out our gifts of love we saw a light come to there faces and hope spring up in their hearts. A happy patient with new socks.

While there I (Alisa) met Christopher, a man suffering from liver cancer. As I talked with him he shared that he is born again. Finding that we have Jesus in common was joyful for both of us. We talked about how we will dance together when we are in heaven!! I prayed for his healing and before we left he was up and walking around. Alisa and Christopher

Life in Africa is hard. When you are sick, you think a hospital is a good place to go but we were told that many people die in the hospital simply because they do not have anyone to take care of them. If a family member is not there, they do not get fed and if you don’t have the money to pay for the medicine you need, you will not get treatment until you are able to buy the medication and bring them over to the hospital.

In the children’s unit there were sometimes more than one in a bed and the tumors which would have been removed routinely in America were not dealt with. This leaves many little ones disfigured and in pain.

I (Randy) had a huge blessing from God today. I was walking through the ward (yes I was in a hospital) when I came upon one man. He was so weak he could barely hold up his head as he sat on the edge of his bed. I went over to him. I asked him if I could pray for him and if he was born-again. He nodded and then pointed to a bible written in the local language, and he replied he knew the Lord, “see my bible”? We prayed for a few minutes and you could see the peace in his eyes knowing there was someone who cared enough to share Christ’s love. I saw another and went to pray for him. He was too weak to even move. He was hurting; you could see the pain when he tried to move. I ask him if he was born again. He said he went to church but was not a “Born again” and there he was a few minutes later, a Brother in Christ. A new Christian, with Angles sing and dancing in heaven. We serve a great God, one who loves us and wants the best for us. I am so blessed to be part of His plan.

We are going to another hotel for a night in a town called Jinja. It is at the headwaters of the Nile River. If I can find an internet café, I will post another blog.

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