In the day of trouble I seek the Lord.

Psalm 77:1-2 "I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me. In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted."

I feel like this a little bit right now. My heart is completely broken for this place and these people. Chede and Ana in particular. Everything inside me wants to DO something for my baby girl but I don't know what to do, or where to begin, or if I have the funds, etc. I am crying out to God asking for help, direction, wisdom and understanding and coming up dry.

Psalm 77:9, 11-15 "9, Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?...11, I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your wonders of old. 12, I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds. 13, Your way, O God, is holy. What god is great like our God? 14, You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the peoples. 15, You with your arm redeemed your people, the children of Jacob and Joseph."

And God will redeem the people of Namatala. In His time, in His way. He has not forgotten to be gracious. He has NOT shut up his compassion. God is here! He is moving, He is speaking, He is redeeming! His way is HOLY.

John 14:18 says "I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you." God did not leave us alone here. He sent us the spirit. The spirit is our helper, our friend, our strength, our GOD, and the spirit is HERE NOW and moving in me and in this place. I have not been left as an orphan to figure this out on my own. Chede and Ana have not been left as orphans or street children to fight for themselves and struggle to survive. We have a helper. We have a savior. A savior who died and rose again for our spiritual needs, and sent the spirit as a helper for our daily needs. Right now I am in need, and I am holding on to the promise that I have a helper. God is guiding me whether I see an immediate plan of action or not. Praise Him!

I am still in desperate need of prayer. I don't know why I'm so overwhelmed by the severity of the malnutrition problem this year but I am. Maybe it's because it is my little girl now, maybe God is trying to show me something, maybe it is just actually worse than last year. I don't know. But my heart is broken and I need comfort and direction from the one who knows best and wants THE best for His children. I need a minute by minute reminder that His way IS HOLY. A moment by moment reminder that His ways ARE GOOD. Lord, I believe these things and I trust you with my baby girls. Please keep praying with me for Chede and Ana, and the rest of Namatala. Also pray for me to trust in Gods timing and plan, and to hear His voice when He gives me direction. Thank you!

On a happier note, today was a good day :-) We planted a garden at Medina's house today! (mama Beatrice and Agnes) There is a special place in my heart for Medina. We don't speak the same language but somehow last year we bonded. She tells me she loves me all the time and always hands me Agnes to hold when she is around. Last year on our family day I held Agnes for a long time and Medina just loved it. Haha I loved it too ;-). I wish I could introduce you all to Medina. She is so humble and kind and sweet! Medina just carries a soothing presence about her and has the most gracious heart.
Medina had told us that she had a place for the garden that was ready to plant. It had been prepared mostly before we got there and just needed the manure spread around and seeds planted. Well the manure was ripe, that's for sure! Haha it smelled oh so lovely (NOT) and looked terrific. (jk!) Our awesome guys got right in there and started moving Manure around. Becky decided she would as well and then Becky, Kady, and Deanna took turns with the hoe while David and Scott did their thing along with two guys from Namatala. Turns out the two guys from Namatala were farmers! They helped us organize the garden and we planted carrots, tomato, cabbage, egg plant, kale, and green peppers. I got to put the actual seeds down which was so cool! Something about planting literal seeds and knowing you are planting spiritual seeds as well is just amazing. Medina was SO excited. She just kept saying thank you over and over to all of us. It was a good day. The past few days it has rained after lunch so we have had to come back to the hotel. Can't really walk around Namatala in the pouring rain! However, we shouldn't complain because our gardens are being fed!!! Today has been a good day :-) back at the hotel we decided to play swap and I apparently am AWFUL at games that require a quick reaction. I'm pretty sure I'll be made fun of forever for always being the last one to slap in that game. Hahaha if you've never played you should. If you play with me you'll probably win! Lol. Now we are about to go eat at Glenn's Chat N Chino :-) Yummy! More later!

P.S. Thanks for praying with me friends and family! You may never know how valuable you are to me but your prayers are worth so much!!!! Thank
You!!!