2022 Vacation with a Purpose
It happened again.
Our 2020 trip -- Postponed.
Our 2021 trip -- Postponed.
We finally made it in 2022!
Since we didn't make it in 2020 or 2021, we went ahead and had our Ugandan Partners Patrick and Eva Walusimbi build a three-room school building for Maranatha schools in Kigalama. This included building a new kitchen and a new latrine. Pictures below.
Our team in 2022 really enjoyed our time in Uganda. We were able to see the children (and the teachers) return to school after almost two years of being closed. We watched the children at Salem Christian School put on a play for us and read a poem to us. They wrote the play and poem themselves about the pandemic and lockdown in Uganda and how it impacted them.
At each location we visited, we did crafts and put on skits for the children. We also watched them perform for us. What a joy we had with them all.
While at Salem Christian School, we began work on a security wall. Where the school is located, they have issues with people coming onto the property, putting the children at risk. They also have issues with snakes and other critters coming in from the surrounding forest.
We were only able to get a start on the wall. While we were there, during a rainstorm, part of the wall washed out, requiring drainage changes and rebuilding. We still need almost $15,000 to complete the wall.