Joseph I never thought that I would be analyzing the business merits of a vegetable stall or road-side tailor; but  that’s exactly what I found myself doing in Uganda.  I spent a lot of time talking to women about their businesses, all with less than $5 a day in revenue.  The foster home where we…

Penny All the children at El-Shadai are unique and the stories of their person al histories have really touched us.  But there is one child who from the moment we arrived has kept us on our toes and has made us laugh.  That kid is Caesar or “Little Caesar” as Joe calls him.  Caesar is…

Penny While volunteering at the El-Shadai home, we have had the opportunity to attend a Ugandan wedding.  On Saturday, we made  our way to Kampala for one of Stephen’s (the director of the home) friend’s wedding.  As usual, we arrived on African time which means that we were over 2 hours late.  Thankfully, the couple…

Penny When we arrived at the El-Shadai Family Foster Home, most of the children were home from school.  They all had a one month holiday between the end of Term 1 and the start of Term 2.  But this week, the house feels empty.  This was the first week back to school!  During the day,…

Joseph It’s been a while since our last post.  We’ve been kept busy here at the El-Shadai Foster home in Eastern Uganda.  We arrived in the capital Kampala on May 10th and made our way to the Foster home which is about 2 hours drive to the east.  We were picked up at our hostel…