Sarah's Family.

This special lady here on the left is Sarah. She has 3 biological daughters, but looks after over half a dozen more children. We had the pleasure of getting to know this family during our 3 weeks in Uganda and they became very dear friends.

We met them on our first day when we went along with Paul to deliver food to their house. They immediately welcomed us into their home with smiles and hugs. We spent just a short time getting to know them that afternoon, but then made plans to spend a day together that next week. :)

But before we left, of course, pictures. :)
How could we not take time to capture all these beautiful smiles!?

The next Thursday, we were able to spend the whole day out with the kids and take them all swimming for the very first time! Our first stop was the market to buy swimming costumes. :)

Shout-out to Ezra for always taking pictures when no one was prepared. ;)
Except for Chris. Chris is always prepared.

Precious modeling Rose's sunglasses. :)

Then it was off to the Hotel Paradise on the Nile. :)

beautiful girls. :)

Ezra. Swag.

 It was a gorgeous day and it felt so good to be out in the sun. :) 

Chris and Esther.

 

The excitement and joy on Precious's face explains it all. :)

The gang. :)

Yafesi and Ritah.

 Warming up in the sunshine. :)

After swimming for a bit, we took a break for lunch together at the hotel. 

Our view during lunch. The Nile River. :)

And then Peter showed up and joined us!

 Delicious burgers and chips. :)

Selfies. :)

After our lunch break, it was back to the pool for more fun! 

And Andrew made it in time to join us for the rest of our day too. :) 

Back home in Idaho, Andrew is a swim coach.
I think he enjoyed teaching the kids some swimming techniques. :)
I know they loved it.

We had a fantastic day together! I think we all went home exhausted, but it was a good exhausted. :)

It was such a joy getting to spend time with these wonderful friends and building relationships.
We took home many memories from that day. And for us mzungus, we also took with us a more painful reminder that the gorgeous Ugandan sun is harsh and sunscreen definitely washes off when you're in a pool for several hours. ;)
But it was so worth it. And looking back on the memories of that day, I just feel...blessed. :)