I moved! From my country oasis at Tom & Rose’s house into town! I now stay in a 3 bedroom house attached to the office for Zion Project. I’m currently alone in the house. Don’t worry mom, we have a 24/7 guard who keeps bad people outside the large compound walls! In 2 weeks an intern (with Zion Project) will arrive to stay for 3 weeks. In August, two girls arrive to stay for a year. All the girls are Believers which is a huge blessing!!
The new house isn’t near as quiet as the old house; but it’s still very nice to be in town. I’m adjusting to having women talking in a foreign language outside my window...all day long! But it’s a place I’m grateful to be in. I know the girl that runs this organization and she knew I was searching for housing so offered me a room in the volunteer/intern guest house!!
****** LIVING ROOM (furniture coming soon) ************* KITCHEN
And most importantly…the shower has hot water with a decent pressure!!! :-) Visitors (girls only) are welcome anytime!! Boys can maybe sleep outside with Sunday, our guard!!! :-)
My bedroom!
I love the purple walls and have posted pictures of friends, family, CO and PAIGE all around my room! Including picts of the mountains on my window screens so that I have views of the mtns every day!! :-)
About Zion Project – http://www.zionproject.org/
It is a program for counseling and rehabilitation for Congolese women in the Gulu area. The women have daily devotionals lead by a local pastor, do sewing and beading projects, English classes and counseling classes. These women are mostly all abducted by the LRA (the rebel army that was behind the 20+ year conflict in northern Uganda.) After abduction, the women were “given” to LRA leaders as wives and had children. Once these women escaped the LRA with their children, Congolese/Ugandan culture says that you must go to the home [or land] of the husband. These women and children are not welcome in their home country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and they’re forced to live in the foreign land of Uganda. They mostly speak Swahili which is not widely spoken in the Gulu area. There’s a nearby church that was planted from Rock Harbor in SoCal and the pastor now offers a service in Swahili! Anyone out there with Swahili Bibles on your shelves as a “souvenir” should send them back home! :-)
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love the pics and the update! hope that your travels go well and are refreshing to your soul... ;-)
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