May 24 – Thursday

We have plane tickets to go home!!! We arrive in Chicago on December 1 and leave again January 1. Sorry if it ruins any plans being in Chicago and on New Years Day but we saved about $1,200 this way. (Don't worry you don't have to come to Chicago.) Boy, are tickets a lot for a family of four. It makes me worried about the future, but for now I will just be happy for this trip. We are so excited! I already have a list of a few things I want to do.

Dennis, one of the High School boys who helps with our yard, his father was really sick so Dennis went to Gulu to help the family with money for the hospital. It turns out that someone had put a curse on his father and his father could hardly move. They thought he was going to die. We helped Dennis with some money and he was able to get his father to the hospital. He is now able to move again – praise God. Dennis was also kicked out of his house here in Soroty because of his tribe. He is Acholi. Remember Santos? His son was the one used for a human sacrifice just before we came. Dennis was living on Santos' land but apparently the boy who killed his son was also Acholi so now they want nothing to do with Acholi people. Dennis was removed from the school he was going to too. The whole situation is really sad especially because they are all Christians. There is a real need for unity and trust among believers here.