Uganda - TAPP visits
Yesterday and today, the team had the opportunity to visit Ugandans in their homes.
TAPP is Tumaini AIDS Prevention Program and helps HIV+ women and men (mostly women) live positively with this dreaded disease. We visited three of these clients.
Their ages were 26 to 30, two had two children, the other had three. One was pregnant with her third. One had a husband, yet he was detained in South Sudan after an accident broke both of his legs. The other two had no husbands. Each lived in a home that was no greater than a 4'x8' room.
Yet each of them warmly welcomed us into their homes, ensuring we had a place to sit. We asked them questions regarding their family, their condition, and of course, their relationship with Jesus Christ. Each had been HIV+ over three years and each had come to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
On behalf of our church, we provided much needed staples like flour, sugar, rice, and soap. We also provided gifts such as toys, kitchen supplies, lotions, dental hygiene items, flip-flops, etc.
Our hosts were hard working TAPP leaders named Josephine and Asha.
Today we witnessed abject poverty. But, in the midst of it we also experienced joy, thanksgiving, and hope.
In an effort to continue that hope, we purchased on behalf of the church several jewelry and other gift items handmade by these TAPP clients. We'll bring these items home with us to resell to the congregation. This is one more way that the church can support them - even from a distance.
We asked them what they'd like us to pray for - their responses could have been ours:
- For my kids to have wisdom.
- For my husband to get well.
- To provide for my family.
- To feel well again.
Please join me to pray for these three women - desperate for hope and the Lord's provision.
Their ages were 26 to 30, two had two children, the other had three. One was pregnant with her third. One had a husband, yet he was detained in South Sudan after an accident broke both of his legs. The other two had no husbands. Each lived in a home that was no greater than a 4'x8' room.
Yet each of them warmly welcomed us into their homes, ensuring we had a place to sit. We asked them questions regarding their family, their condition, and of course, their relationship with Jesus Christ. Each had been HIV+ over three years and each had come to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
On behalf of our church, we provided much needed staples like flour, sugar, rice, and soap. We also provided gifts such as toys, kitchen supplies, lotions, dental hygiene items, flip-flops, etc.
Our hosts were hard working TAPP leaders named Josephine and Asha.
Today we witnessed abject poverty. But, in the midst of it we also experienced joy, thanksgiving, and hope.In an effort to continue that hope, we purchased on behalf of the church several jewelry and other gift items handmade by these TAPP clients. We'll bring these items home with us to resell to the congregation. This is one more way that the church can support them - even from a distance.
We asked them what they'd like us to pray for - their responses could have been ours:- For my kids to have wisdom.
- For my husband to get well.
- To provide for my family.
- To feel well again.
Please join me to pray for these three women - desperate for hope and the Lord's provision.
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