The first day I was here we prayed for the 15 year old daughter of one of our staff. They prayer was that she would be able to return to school soon after dealing with a long illness. She was having really serious nosebleeds that kept happening.
Throughout the next few weeks we've been praying for her almost every day. Matthew (the staff member) would update us that she's back home, she's back in the hospital, then she was in a coma, she was awake again. The blood loss was seriously affecting her heart. A lot of us kept talking to him about taking her to a hospital in Kampala, Kitgum just doesn't have enough doctors for advanced medicine but the drive is long and rough.
Yesterday morning he was finally convinced and Food for the Hungry helped by paying for ambulance transport for her and her parents. Sometime between the time they reached the hospital and this morning she passed away.
A bunch of us went to his house today with the plan to cook and clean. We filled 10 jerrycans with water, put them in the back of the truck that needs to be pushed to start and headed to Matthew's home.
As with tradition, there were already at least 50 people there. Men from the local carpentry school were constructing a huge tarp covering, the local high school brought plastic chairs and the women from the community were all cooking and washing. We went to town and bought them more food because they didn't have anywhere near enough for everybody.
Matthew has been with FH Kitgum since the start, he had been abducted and found God while in the bush and has an amazing story about how he escaped. My cook, Concy, lived with his family for a few years, he got her the job here. He's such a loving man who takes great care of his family and friends.
Tomorrow's the funeral, just pray for the family - the parents, siblings, everyone. They know that she has peace now but it's hard for the people that are left behind.
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