We are so excited about working on the new library (using one of the Secondary classrooms). Our interns spent ALL day cleaning and setting it up. Then one of the wild fires came right up to the school… and all the black ash covered the floors, shelves… everything they just did. “Welcome to Uganda” =) [...]

I told you Rose would find a way to sneak a few more kids to the Village. Well she did and her name is Barbara! She is Norbert & Norman’s little sister. For 4 years we have been asking their “auntie” if she could live with us… but she refused because she needed Barbara (5 [...]

We all had the GREATEST time with the kids! They played musical instruments in the costumes they wore during the Summer Competition, where they took first place! Then the rest of the day they… DANCED!!!!!   Girls dancing in their beautiful outfits!!! Oh what fun we had just watching them… have fun! And of course [...]

The children received all of their letters from their friends in the US. They were soooooooooo excited, you would have thought I was giving away new cars! =)   Pamela gets a letter from her sponsor!

Water balloon wars with the Village children… thank you Uncle Bill!   Ready Aim Fire!   Watch out!

ALL your grand children in Uganda love you and wish you a Happy Birthday, Grampa Bill!

We are in the process of building a “piggery” (pig farm) at the Village. They are going to pour the concrete slab today. I can’t wait until we get some pigs… so we can name them… “bacon”, “chop”, “summer” (sausage) =) and then teach them how to make a Hawaiian style PIG!!! Yum! Yum! Here [...]

Here are the new children waiting in line to get new clothes (underwear & T shirts). You would think it was Christmas, they were so excited!!!

On Sunday January 30, 83 orphans moved out of refugee camps where they have lived for most of their lives and moved to the VOH Village. For the first time many of them will sleep on a bed, eat three meals a day, get an education and feel safe! This gives us a total of [...]

This year, the first seventy-two children moved from huts in the refugee camps to four new homes in the Village. Two homes (Hope and Love) are filled with girls ages 9 to 15 and the other two (Grace and Mercy) are filled with boys ages 8 to 15. By helping a child in the Village, [...]