Visit from Stone

Stone from the Chain Foundation Orphanage visited Madison this week, stayed over our place on Monday night. He was not thrilled about the dog (as they are not domesticated in Uganda), but after a while he warmed up to her. Ellen and Mike Maguire oined us for dinner on Monday night.
Stone is very excited about our visit in November. Unfortunately we'll miss his wedding on Nov 29th.

Stone is the nephew of the Archbishop of Uganda (Abp. Livingstone Nkoyoyo), and program coordinator at The Chain Foundation Orphanage. His job at the orphanage is to basically run it. He has an office there, although he lives in the capital city of Kampala about 30 miles away. He works directly with Archbishop and is on the board of directors, he manages the facility's day-to-day operations, works with the staff of house mothers/fathers, social workers, legal assistance, teachers, lifestock/farming staff...and of course, all the children. He is the liaison for all program funding and sponsorships that come into the orphanage from United States and everywhere. He hosts visitors when at the orphanage. He takes children to the clinic when they are sick, etc, etc. He is here in the US retracing the footsteps of Archbishop's trip (back in April) so he can also establish relationships with those who help Chain. Archbishop is 77 now (well over average life expectancy in Uganda) and wants Stone to learn the ropes...so to speak.

I'm looking forward to playing soccer with Stone and the kids!