Birgungi is a close companion of your heart by now if you follow Jennifer’s blog (paradoxuganda). Brought in with a severe case of malnutrition by a mother who hadn’t seen him in a while and found him near death (family separation), everyone was sure he’d succumb. I visited him Easter week and could hardly stand to watch him suffering. At four and a half, he’s as small as an infant, only his eyes and teeth giving away his age. Two weeks ago he was almost totally unresponsive and tubed up. Today, when he saw me he exclaimed “my friend” (in lubwisi) and high-fived me! He’s truly a living proof of God’s answers to prayers. I sat and watched him and marveled.
Here he is beaming shyly at the camera and giving away his “sweetie” because that’s the kind of kid he is.