Our first destination was a brief welcome from Pastor Phillip. Pastor Phillip is Gabriel’s cousin and spiritual advisor for Mercy Uganda in Karamoja. He was waiting by the roadside for us and called out his welcome to me when he saw us. I met Pastor Phillip during a Mercy Uganda meeting in June. This man traveled this long journey from Karamoja to Kawuku for a two hour meeting that day back in June. Pastor Phillip’s children and a few of those children being sponsored helped unload the van.
A narrow, non-descript walking trail led Gabriel and I to Pastor Phillip’s house where the children sang and welcomed us again. Pastor Phillip had a single candle to light his entire house while we chatted about the journey. Six-year-old Grace, a twin to Joy, found her way to my lap. The weather began to cool (by Africa standards) and Grace began to shiver. A look at Gabriel and he knew this would be the home for that beautiful scrap-ghan.
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