Today I got to spend some time with my new sponsor child, Philomila (had the wrong spelling of her name before). I took her to the zoo, lake Victoria, and out for lunch and ice cream. She had never been outside of Kampala or her uncle's village before so it was a lot of fun.
I was glad I got the time to get to know her better. She was just beaming in smiles the entire time. She usually walks home to/ from our Empower a Child guesthouse by herself, but when I found out that it's an hour walk I insisted on bringing her home....in a cab of course!
I'm glad I did because I got to see her home and meet her family. Her siblings are all so sweet. The home really is only a shack the size of my spare bedroom. She sleeps there with her mom and 6 siblings. I dont know how they do it!
I was very sad to say goodbye. It's hard to think that realistically I probably wont ever see her again. At least I know that I can write her and send her gifts. Empower a Child will meet with her a few times a year to help her reply to me.
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