An amazing thing happened this past week… We learned that the Watoto Children’s Choir was performing in Tulsa (3 hours away from Wichita) Friday evening June 1. In addition, the adult who we hosted in January 2004 when they were in Wichita (Auntie Daisy) was with this choir. We developed a friendship with Daisy and visited her when we were in Uganda in June 2005. Having her this close to us was a great opportunity to see her again. So, Kelci and I decided to travel to Tulsa to see the choir perform and visit Daisy. When we arrived, God had an even bigger surprise waiting for us! Talking to the children, we learned most of them were from Suubi Village, where we built house #77 in June 2005. On a lark, I asked if any of them happened to live in house #77. To our complete amazement, 3 of the girls call that house home!! We had never heard nor seen pictures of who moved into that house and now, two years later and less than one week before our return trip, 3 of those children stood before us!! How wonderful!! Their names are Lydia, Elizabeth, and Lovinsa and are pictured above. We hugged, greeted one another with excitement and took pictures. It was an emotional moment. Their beautiful smiles, gleaming eyes and happy voices are ones of true joy and hope for the future – the very essence of what Watoto and our mission are all about. We could not have asked for a more fitting way to start our trip. One of our goals for the trip was to meet the entire family living in Suubi house #77 and it looks like that will become a reality when we meet the other 5 girls and housemother while in Uganda. If this event is any indication of things to come, it’s going to be one heck of a trip. Stay tuned!!

Written by Dave Glover