Not just one, but two!

I'm sorry this blog is long over due, so many things have happened over the past two weeks.
On friday night we got a seven day old baby boy named Mathias. He is super precious but extremely small. He mother died giving birth to him and they have yet to locate his father. They have an idea who the father might be but he is denying it. So once Another Hope gets the funds they will have him get a DNA test.

Coming into this experience I assumed I would have to learn Lugandan, but I never thought I would have to learn another language on top on that. I get the awesome opportunity to learn sign language as well. Catherine, she is a beautiful ten year old girl who loves to play games, laugh and she is deaf. She was at school for my first month here, but now she is back for their holiday break. Everyday we go over a ton of different signs, probably for two hours. She would write down the words and then sign them and I would copy the sign back, or i would write down a word and she would sign back.The thing I love most about Catherine is her spunk. She loves pictures. The other day we spent two hours going through EVERY picture on my phone. She would sign and ask something about almost every picture. She wanted to know everyone's name, where the picture was taken, and just every other detail you can think of. The reason why she is at Another Hope is because her parents aren't together and she was living with her father who is a peasant farmer and couldn't afford to look after her. With the extreme cost to send Catherine to school ment she never attended school before she came to another hope. I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to learn both Lugandan and Sign Language, by no means is it easy but its AWESOME to be able to communicate with the children here!

Also over the past week and a half Prea (a volunteer from Australia), Elvis (17 year old who lives here at another Hope), Wasswa (19 year old who is a regular helper at Another Hope and is supported with school fees) and myself are designing and creating a fun babies play area. So far we have done the alphabet, numners and a tree with the children's hand prints as the leaves. It has been so much fun to watch the room come together, we still have to draw animals and flowers and make our centers. We are going to have a calendar and time/money center. So many fun things to create and make.

Thank you all so much for your continuous prayers, support and love. The Lord is faithful in all he does and I am continually amazed with all He is doing here at Another Hope and in the community.

With love from Uganda,
Nicole