Beginning of June

Mark has been working hard to renovate (re-build) a room for a group of men and women who have HIV.  The group is called Ubuzima. (Life)  He re-did the entire inside of the room, as well as put windows in, a new door, made an office in the back, painted and he just finished a huge wall unit so that the group can display all the stuff they have made to sell. I'm pretty proud of him!!  What makes it even more impressive is that he had to do everything by hand.  There are NO power tools here, and till just a few days ago there was so electricity in the Ubuzima room. 

This is the outside of the Ubuzima room that Mark has been working on.  We are going to pay an artist from the group to paint 'Ubuzima' on the outside of it next week! 

Mark and Mike working on the wall unit.

I made Mark pose for this picture in front of the finished product!  I can't wait to take a picture of it with all the things on it that Ubuzima is going to sell!!

Every Friday afternoon at Vivante Chruch street boys are invited to come and get a meal.  Mark and are have been a part of this program since the first week we got here.  Before the boys eat, we all sit down and talk about different things that are happening in their lives.  Sometimes they sing, dance or just hang out.  For some of these boys, this meal is the best meal they would eat all week. 

An adorable little girl we met in Kayonza village! 

A boy getting water to take back to his family to cook, clean and wash with!  Hard to believe this is where hundreds of families get their drinking water in just one area.