Day 3 in Namatala

Today we began a little later in the day so part of the team stayed with the moms sewing club and part of the team came with me to Namatala. We went and found Chade and as soon as I rounded the corner we heard "Mzungu Chade! Mzungu Chade!" and then the mamas called for Chade and she came running around the corner to me! We went over where her hut was and the mamas pulled out "chairs" for us so we all sat down and played with babies. Chade was eating so she stood as close as she could to me while she ate. I had a cute flower headband with me that I put on her and the mamas loved it. While she was standing near me I could feel her little distended belly and it felt hard, almost like a pregnant belly but a little different. She was eating but it was just flower and water and I don't know how often she gets to eat. I was told again that she is 6 years old and I still refuse to believe that. I really hope she is more like 3 or 4. Hopefully soon I will be able to take a translator with me to go talk to her mom. After Chade finished eating she ran back to her hut, put away her bowl, and ran straight back out to me with her arms out. I held her a while longer then it was time for us to go to lunch. I handed her to Kristyn and asked kristyn to tell her I would be back in a couple hours then we left. Without tears!!! After lunch we went back to Namatala to plant another garden. A few people went early with me to go find Chade. When we got there she came running again and kristyn told me we could take her with us to Irene's hut where we were planting. I held her and kissed her and gave her some water and tried to put her down but she wouldn't let me. She cries every time I try! Paul didn't Elise me that she still cries and he told me to "test it" so I put her down and she cried and grabbed for me. I picked her back up. Haha! Once again there were plenty of people planting so I just played with Chade, Maria and kristyn. When it was time to go her mom came and took her from me and put her down. She cried and turned and reached for me and cried the whole way. Breaks my heart!!! Tonight we celebrated Molly's 19th birthday at Chat N Chino and it was great! Thanks Glenn! It has been another wonderful day :-) ichooseyou family day tomorrow!