Moving Day for COG last Wednesday

Last Wednesday we "shifted" (that's Ugandan English for moving) to our new office! It's unbelievable to be here for this momentous occasion. Almost every day that I've been here I've been watching this new building being built. COG has been renting out the previous office on Kiira Road for a long time now. And now we are rent free from that place! It's so exciting! The day we moved we were determine to take everything out of that office. And when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING.

Below in the pictures you will see what I mean. We recently came in contact with the brother of the girl that I met the previous Sunday. Damalee started the orphanage over in Njeru and then her brother also started an orphange right down the street from the old office. Risa and I walked to the place where 23 young boys are living. They were living on the streets but now a young Ugandan has taken them in. He grew up in an orphanage outside of Kampala and simply wants to give back for the great care that he received. We asked them if they'd like some desks and chairs and within 10 minutes a whole bunch of them showed up to start carrying everything away. It brought me so much joy to have these boys come and take whatever they thought they could use!

A few loads in the truck.

The boys carrying some of their new treasures home. And below: the boys cut down a couple of the banana (matoke) trees in order to get the bananas down.

The boys were SO excited to get all of the things from the office. They got a few desks, some chairs, some matoke, a big piece of plexy glass, and they even took all the light blubs! We gave them some of the casava that had grown in the back and they immediately just started eating it raw!

The boys walking home with their new treasures!