Sorry for the lack of blog posts. I spent last month in Busia Uganda a boarder town tucked away in the middle of nowhere with little to no internet. Last month was one of the most challenging months of the mission trip and I am glad to say that its over. Even though last month was a challenge there was some good that came from it and one story comes to mind above all others.
Kyle and I were told to go to the church at 9 am to help with some construction work. We showed up and waited around for an hour and a half playing with local kids. We had seen these particular kids before. How did we know we had seen them? All the kids look similar, since both boys and girls have no hair and many wear similar looking tattered clothes or no clothes at all. We knew because one of them is albino. He has bright white skin and a crinkled face since he has to squint because of his eye sensitivity. He came close to us, and while he never looks happy, it was clear that something was extra hard for him this morning. He was sobbing, doing his usual squinting look. All the thoughts about how tough my month had been washed away as my heart went out to him. This poor kid gets made fun of constantly for looking different, is always sunburned, and can hardly see. After seeing him my entire outlook changed and all I could think about was how could I help him.
After talking to his friends we discovered his name was Brian. We gave Brian a pair of our sunglasses to try on and see if they made a difference. The second he put on the glasses he lifted his head up and cracked a little smile. He could see!
Brain guided us to his house where we asked his grandmother if we could take him to the market to get sunglasses and a hat for Brain. She was over joyed and led us directly to the market. On the walk to the market we discovered that Brian’s mom died while giving birth to him and his dad took off when he discovered that Brian was an albino. During that conversation I realized once again how good I have it and how all of my little problems in this world really don’t matter.
After we got Brian a hat and a pair of sunglasses we where invited into the family’s home. Where they thanked us and we got a chance to pray over the entire family.
It doesn’t matter where you are in this world or what you are going through you can always bring joy to the people around you.
P.S. Thanks for everyones support thus far, as of April 7 I still need 2,200 to be fully funded!
