Today (Wednesday June 28) was our first day in Uganda, or maybe the second day if you don’t count the travel day as a day. Anyway, today was the first day we woke up here and had a somewhat normal day.

There are a lot of things we do here at Loving One by One, but one way to categorize it is doing “our work,” vs doing “other people’s work.” Today we did other people’s work, taking our team members to visit the Akiba House, a home for kids with various kinds of cancer. I’m sure I’ve written about this place before on the blog, but in a nutshell, if you have a kid with cancer (far too common in Uganda), you can stay at this place FREE while your kid has treatment at the nearby hospital. If you can’t afford treatment, Akiba House pays for that as well.

There were 17 kids at the house today, all in various stages with various cancer. We saw a girl LOBO has been working with for several months, whose name is Grace, and Grace’s condition was incredibly good. I had been following her photos on Facebook for several months, and she has gone from having a tumor almost completely covering her face, to the tumor about 75% gone.

Unfortunately, there was also an 11-year-old boy named Latif, who was struggling with Stage Four of whichever cancer he has. His tumor is about the size of a football, and this is a pretty small kid. Sorry about the graphic photo – but this is Uganda, and this is what a lot of children are dealing with. Thankfully, the Akiba House is here, and they’ve made life better for hundreds of children and their families. I highly recommend checking them out – they are an organization worthy of your support.

Now as for “our work” –

Tomorrow (Thursday) we’ll do our first medical clinic, in the Sudanese Slums. Not that that’s the official name of it – it’s just a horrible neighborhood where refugees from Sudan live. It’s one of the poorest areas in Uganda – although that description will match just about every neighborhood where we will work in the next two weeks.

So tomorrow evening, internet willing, I’ll have a report on the Sudanese Slum stuff. Happy Thursday! Or Wednesday night!

**Below right – Latif.  Below right – Kevin, a new boy at Akiba House. Not sure of his diagnosis or prognosis yet. That white object is a tumor.