Things always getting better!

Hey everyone! :)

The title to our blog is part of a song that the mamas always sing with the children here at Amani. Things are still going great over here in Jinja! There are three different baby rooms at Amani, baby A, B, and C. We have been in the room called Baby B the whole week. The babies in baby B are any where from 9-15 months and there are about 10 kids in the room right now. They are very sweet and so much fun, because most of them are just getting a hang of walking.
Yesterday we got to go to two other orphanages the first one we visited is called Home Sweet Home Uganda and it is run by two women who are both originally from the Netherlands. The home opened in Janurary and house children with disabilities and right now there are 11 children there and tomorrow (Saturday) one of the children from Amani is going to be moving in there to make it 12. The max age limit at Amani is age 5. When one of our children reaches the age of 5 they are either then adopted, reunited with their families if they have any, or moved to another home where the house older children. He has reached the age of 5 and is also physically disabled and we feel they are better equiped to care for him than we are. He has Aaskargs Syndrome, which is a genetic disorder (sorry that I have to keep saying "he", but we aren't supposed to use the kids' names for obvious reasons). The second one we went to is called Our Own Home and it has around 45 kids of ages infant-15 and it was so much fun to play games with kids older than the age of 5. Our Own Home only houses children who are HIV positive. It was a great experience to see other orphanages and how they differ from Amani. It was great to meet some more of God's beautiful children! Today we're taking some of the babies from baby C to the pool. We're hoping they all enjoy the water, because it's hot here today!

Happy Forth of July!

Melanie & Megan