Tuesday, May 13, in Jinja

• It's Tuesday afternoon here. We're spending the day in town. David is having meetings so I'm just hanging out with Irene while she works in the craft area of the cafe. The electricity has been off here in town for the last several hours but is back on now. That's the first time that's happened since we've been here so that's pretty amazing.
  
  Grace Nyanga, who is the director of the Bible school here, told me that Dr. Ganus will be arriving in Uganda tonight and then in Jinja tomorrow. I've never been in Uganda with Dr. Ganus but David and Zach were here once while he was here. They even stayed together at Bret and Johnna Raymond's house. I hear he passes out gum or candy to everybody here just like back in Searcy.
  
  Ryan called last night! He'd tried to call on Mother's Day but the toll-free card I sent out had run out of money so he called me on Irene's phone with Skype. It's harder to be online the same time as he is. He says things are fine at the house. I'm sure Lexie is taking care of everything.
  
  I did get to see Ida today. I mentioned yesterday that she and Richard are just back from the states. And as soon as she saw me, she said, "Oh, Maria, I bring you greetings from your only sister who says she misses you already!" So, thanks Margo. I'm so glad you and Mark were able to meet Richard and Ida.
  
  Tomorrow, we're scheduled to go visit in the homes of some of the ISAC orphans. We'll be meeting the grandmothers and aunts and others who've taken these children into their homes. It will be a long day and probably emotionally challenging so thanks for the prayers you've been raising for us. God is good and has been blessing us. We are so blessed with good friends here and I feel very good about the people we're working with here.
  
  On Thursday, we will be going to another village, Kainagoga, that we visited last year with Daniel. (I can't remember his african name). We'll visit some people from his church and also a women's group that is making jewelry.
  
  Blessings on all of you, Marlea