On my last trip to Uganda in 2013, I spent my time in the town of Soroti. Our hosts were from the Deliverance Church. Every morning for 2 weeks, Pastor Robert Echeru would come and pick our team up and take us to the churches and villages where we would minister. During that time I got to know Robert and I met his wife, Lois and 4 children Joseph, Annah, Gloria and Joshua. At the time, Lois was expecting their 5th child and Robert would joke that I needed to catch up and have one more. Their youngest daughter Gloria, who was 3, became my best friend. She found me every morning and would sit on my lap whenever she could and go through my purse looking for candy. She stuck to me and found a special place in my heart. The church runs a compassion program and every day we would interact with the compassion kids.
When I returned home from Uganda I knew I wanted to sponsor a child from Soroti and to make a long story short I contacted compassion, a little girl was chosen and her picture was sent to me. When I looked at the picture I was in shock, the little girl was Gloria! Robert and I had no idea and we were so happy to discover that God had put our families together for life =) 3 years later, our families finally met. It was an afternoon of pure joy as I sat and watched our children play with each other. I can’t even describe the feelings to see our children finally meet the girl whose picture has been on our fridge. It was the first time, Joo-Meng met the family and it brought tears to his eyes to be able to hug them and meet the family I have been talking about for years. They got to see where they lived, the beds they sleep in, they got to skip and run and laugh together and I can’t wait to do it again!
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September 2016
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