We Are Family!

Jan 11, 2017

"We are family"

Yesterday started off with a very productive board meeting between Hope 2 One Life and Community Foundation for Development our Uganda partner - and long term friends who have become family to review work plans and progress of all projects since we re organized all when I was here in sept. So encouraged! Our sisters also reunite!  Carol (last here 8 years ago), Brenda (4 years), Angie (3 years) with Suzan nurse and manager of Emmanuel clinic!  Brenda with Jennifer after 4 years who named her twins after Brenda and Leigh (So sad we don't have her here with us!). Brenda and Leigh and Carol first came on a trip in 2009, and actually were the vision and drive to build Emmanuel clinic! They also started the first VHT (Village Health Worker/team) class in 2009 which has grown from 9 people in 3 villages to 23 VHT's in 9 villages.  Tom Osborne and his wife Angie first came over in 2008 after learning of the water wells and bio sand water filters we started with. Tom has been a dedicated board member and hydrologist overseeing all water projects since. We are grateful for these veterans for their years of dedicated service (as well as Leigh and Ranae also board members who had hoped to come this trip and unable). They have sent love and projects with us on the ground team and we are so proud to share with them and all of you on our "virtual team". Wow what a beginning it has been!  So grateful to our God overseeing all!

For starters, hear from Tom:

" Friends and family in the northern US will have a hard time envisioning the 90 F sunny weather we have here. Ive been a bit overwhelmed by the heat. We just completed our first full day on Canaan Farm, and again so much has changed and improved here. Denis Odong showed me all of the new drip irrigation plots of cauliflower,  melons, okra, onions, cabbages, and even orange trees. He has become proficient at apportioning the 13,000 liters of solar pumped water each day among these plots and the domestic needs of the residents. At 5 pm i opened a tap and felt only a burp of air. An hour later i learned that the last of the day's water was saved for cleaning up.  After the heat and dust of the 5 pm i opened a tap and felt only a burp of air. An hour later i learned that the last of the day's water was saved for cleaning up.  After the heat and dust of the day,  i was very grateful for a quick shower. A big African moon lights the path to our tukle where I'll call it a day and hit the bunk"
  - Tom Osborne