Mission Trip May 2026

Day 1 in Uganda

After two days of long airplane flights, our six missionary pilgrims are traveling through Uganda’s largest city, Kampala. The bustling traffic and many stops made it a very long but nourishing day. Here are the stops: after celebrating Trinity Sunday Mass with Fr Jude and many Ugandan Catholics who included multiple Sisters of Charity, we visited a home for approximately 62 disabled adults that is run by the Good Samaritan Sisters. Their love for those who will spend a lifetime in their home is an example of how to follow Jesus’ commandment to love thy neighbor. Next, we visited a little over 20 children who are under the age of 5 and are now orphans. Due to Ebola concerns, we were not allowed to play with them, but we were able to see their love and joy for life, even though they have been abandoned or left without family. Our next stop took us to the first of two clinics to check on projects that people in America have financially funded. We were able to see the computer that Jesus Loves Me purchased at the first clinic. The computer is their only computer and is vital for jelling patient records for this clinic that is 10 km away from the hospital in Kampala. Then we visited St Luke’s Health Center, where Jesus Loves Me was a major contributor to completing their ‘theater’ or, as it is called in America operation room. A part-time doctor has minor surgeries such as C-sections and hernia operations. Just this month of May, out of 24 births, 10 of those needed c-sections in this theater. God is good!

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