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July 17, 2006
love language
17 July 2006 On the way to TASO, I walked behind some school boys - brothers, I think. They were holding hands and laughing. The eldest started tucking his shirt, and the little one quickly followed suit. So much love...
We piled into the TASO truck to go visit rural clients on ARVs. One woman was weak and dehydrated. Her husband has been dead for some time, and her two children are off at school. Her mother listened carefully as the TASO clinician gave her instructions on how and when to administer her daughter's drugs. Her love for her daughter is undying. So much love...
Another client, Florence, was experiencing side effects from Stavudine, and she was having trouble eating because of oral thrush. Her husband is also HIV+, but he's strong and able to care for her and their two daughters. The family has two new puppies that were sleeping peacefully together under the homemade wooden chair. Florence's husband looked at her lovingly as she looked and smiled at the dogs. So much love…
After driving a few miles on a railroad track, we arrived at another client's home. She sat on a straw mat under a huge mango tree. She lost sight in both of her eyes, and has recurring discharge from her left eye. Her caretaker is her 14 yr old daughter, Marianne. Marianne helps her mother take her ARVs, and she’s agreed to help clean her mother's eye. Marianne is in school. Her mother, though sick and blind, continues to work in the garden to keep her daughter in school. As soon as we packed up to leave, Marianne's mother resumed her work, picking the peanuts off the branches she gathered earlier. So much love...
Posted by kmf23 at July 17, 2006 09:47 PM
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Hey there Kelly. This is so awesome that you're doing this and can share it with us via the internet. I just got to look for the first time today and I almost cried, but I'm at work so I had to buck up. I saved the pic of the two brothers tucking in their shirts ....as my background....to remind me to think of you and pray for these people. Remember that even though you're just one little person, you're really like a pebble thrown into a pond. Your actions will ripple out into the world. Take care Angel Kelly. Love, Amy
Posted by: Amy Saba at July 19, 2006 06:27 PM
Hi Kelly! Thank you for this amazing blog. It has been a great source of information for me.
I too shall be in uganda soon, actually at the end of the month. A group of us are coming out from St. Marks Church Gillingham,Kent England.,for three weeks to a village outside of Mbale.Excuse my spelling but I think it is called Bufakhula. your blog has given me a taste of things to come, thank you. My prayers are with you and all that you are doing .Thanks again Les.
Posted by: Les at July 18, 2006 09:20 AM
Hi Kelly! Looks like an amazing time there in Uganda.
Posted by: TJ at July 18, 2006 01:25 AM