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Leaving Las Vegas to go to Uganda!

Leaving Las Vegas to go to Uganda!

A bit of the HUGE GREETING!  1600 kids singing and dancing to welcome us with unbelievable love!  The kids go farther than you can see and we had already made our way through half of them. You laugh with tears at the same time.

A bit of the HUGE GREETING! 1600 kids singing and dancing to welcome us with unbelievable love! The kids go farther than you can see and we had already made our way through half of them. You laugh with tears at the same time.

Kids now thriving in Nambarizi due to the water project accomplished in 2000

Kids now thriving in Nambarizi due to the water project accomplished in 2000

Nambarizi water well put in in 2000 giving fresh water for the region

Nambarizi water well put in in 2000 giving fresh water for the region

Masaka kids with full bellies celebrating since they have been in severe drought

Masaka kids with full bellies celebrating since they have been in severe drought

Masaka boy happy to have visitors

Masaka boy happy to have visitors

A few of our aids orphans in the Masaka school and orphanage

A few of our aids orphans in the Masaka school and orphanage

Our awesome High School kids!

Our awesome High School kids!

Giving the "fist" or high five to the kids.

Giving the "fist" or high five to the kids.

It is like Christmas time for the kids getting 2 meals of corn flower and beans a day.  Previously they were going days without eating.

It is like Christmas time for the kids getting 2 meals of corn flower and beans a day. Previously they were going days without eating.

Orphan boy.  We do not call them orphans there because with this work they are loved and cared for.

Orphan boy. In Uganda we do not call them orphans because with this work they are loved and cared for.

Hand dug 25 foot hole for school toilets.  The digger has 40 more feet to go (to a whopping 60-65 feet!!!) no machines to help, and climbs down to work his 18 hour shift 7 days a week in 90 degree weather, all for a few meals of corn flower and beans a day!!!

Hand dug 25 foot hole for school toilets. The digger has 40 more feet to go (to a whopping 60-65 feet!!!) no machines to help, and climbs down to work his 18 hour shift 7 days a week in 90 degree weather, all for a few meals of corn flower and beans a day!!!

And we think our jobs are hard! Hand dug cistern water project in effect by donations.  Takes months to dig a hole like this with only a shovel!

And we think our jobs are hard! Hand dug cistern water project in effect by donations. Takes months to dig a hole like this with only a shovel!

A baby/toddler begging for survival in the streets of Kampala, Uganda.

A baby/toddler begging for survival in the streets of Kampala, Uganda.

About to surprise (or freak out) our friends not knowing we are in Africa!

About to surprise (or freak out) our friends not knowing we are in Africa!

Suprising friends that had no idea we were in Uganda

Suprising friends that had no idea we were in Uganda.

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