Invisible Children Day 1.

I have the amazing opportunity to be able to spend time with three kids from northern Uganda who have been affected by the war. I met them in front of a hospital where they stay the night. When I first saw them I was shocked. One of them had a bandage covering half of his head, and another had crutches and a cast on her foot. The last one seemed perfectly healthy. They were very happy to see me and were very interested in why I was here. I told them that I had seen them in Invisible Children and I wanted to meet them for myself. The boy with the bandage was named Akiki. When I asked him what it meant, he said "Friend". The older of the girls, who was roughly 9, was named Namono, which means "Younger Twin" because she had another twin. Her younger sister, who was 5, was named Nabulungi or Beautiful. I told her that she was aptly named, and she was very happy. I asked them how they ad met each other, and they said they had been in abducted on the same day. Namono's twin was killed because he started to cry when they were separated. She can barely talk about this because they were very close. She started crying very hard and it was all I could do to comfort her. She told me that if there was any way she could bring him back, she would. Nine is way too young to die. I wanted to cry too. Akiki explained that they were able to escape two days later when the guard slipped and fell into the creek next to the road they were traveling on. They were able to slip away into the bush, and they ended up here. Then they told me that was only about a week ago! I told them that if they showed me how to get there, I would take them to their village. They were ecstatic, and wanted to go immediately. I said it was too late, but I would take them to dinner first. We went to this tiny stand that was in the middle of the city. They were serving a wonderful beef stew with potatoes and corn in it. We could smell it from down the street and it smelled delicious. Afterward, we went to a small inn where I stayed the past night, and had three mattresses brought up. The kids fell asleep immediately, and it was good to see them so happy. Akiki, Namono, and Nabulungi Near where I met the kids.