Saturday dawned still without power, however the team was in good spirits and enjoyed a final breakfast of chappatis and Rolexes and then got ready to go swimming with all the Village of Hope kids.
We got to the Kingfisher Resort around 30 minutes earlier than the kids and the team enjoyed a little quite time in the water, which was a little cool to start.
Very soon the 3 bus loads of children arrived along with some of our staff and also Mama Naomi. It was awesome to see them all walk so nicely in a line to get changed and then the pool was suddenly full, and our team became life guards and swimming instructors, which was soo good.
The children had an amazing time as well as the team - even Mama Naomi slipped into the pool fully clothed - she could not stop laughing.
We then headed back to Suubi for lunch and the off to the Village for our farewell.
The farewell was a lovely celebration which included speeches from all our staff as well as our mothers. The children also presented some lovely singing including the Uganda HopeBuilders anthem. The them acted out an incredible drama that told the story of how life was in the slums and then how it changed when the came to Village of Hope, and finally how they anticipate it will continue into the future with graduations as doctors, lawyers and nurses, to name a few professions. This was quite an impactful drama even though at times a little funny.
The farewell ended with Johann thanking the whole Village and management team for welcoming our team and he also encouraged all the children to continue having Hope in God and dreaming. He then invited the team up and the prayed for the village and shared a couple of songs, somewhat impromptu. Robert and Ivan the presented each of the team members with a Certificate then it was time to enjoy a snack and share some final conversation and then the sad goodbyes.
We then headed back to Suubi on final time to have dinner and finish packing as our departure in the morning was 5am, to drive to the Busia border and then I to a safari on the Masai Mara.
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