Back to Work

We've been starting to get back into work this week.
On Monday and Tuesday we had training for teaching Bible lessons for the whole Smile Uganda team, in preparation for the Bible week that we're running this coming week but also as training to help us in running the weekly kids clubs where we teach bible lessons. The training went really well and was really helpful. Everyone had the opportunity to plan and present a bible lesson from the book of Joshua which was really beneficial but also a lot of fun because we all had to pretend to be children whilst everyone else was presenting their lessons.

On Wednesday we all went through all 48 pages of our Child Protection Policy which was actually surprisingly interesting! We also spent a lot of time doing some planning and talking about some ideas to raise some extra money for Smile Uganda.

Then on Thursday and Friday we split into groups to plan all of the bible lessons that we'll be teaching next week at the Bible week. This was a really good experience and I'm looking forward to teaching the lessons that we've planned. They include getting the kids shouting at a blanket (the walls of Jericho) and then running through it, also we're planning a bit of a leaders vs kids water fight at the crossing of the River Jordan ;)

What has been really special this week has been getting to know the family of one of our brothers. I mentioned in my last blog that he moved house and now lives really close so this has meant that we've been able to meet his wife and daughter. At first his daughter was quite wary of us as she had never met mzungus before, but they've been visiting almost every day and after a couple of days, just as her Mum and Dad predicted, she learnt that we're nothing to be scared of and she even cried when I handed her back to Mummy the other day! I've also introduced her to English tea which she very much enjoys! Its also been really lovely to get to know Brian's wife over the last week. We get on well as we're quite close in age and she's so lovely so I can see that I'm going to grow very close to his whole family.

Tomorrow afternoon we're travelling to Goshem for mission; running a Bible week.We're expecting around 400 children and we're teaching about the book of Joshua.We'll be staying in tents and learning a new definition of 'roughing it' as showers involve a bucket of water in the open after dark (I've packed a swimsuit!) and the plan for lunch is African porridge (maize flour and water) because we just don't have enough money to feed all of the children a proper meal every day.
Still, we're looking forward to a fun week, we all feel really privileged to have the opportunity to bring this teaching to these children and we'll also be running some other events too like film showings and some practical community projects.

Please pray this week for our mission in Goshem...

- For the teaching to be of God and that everyone we meet would learn more about God's love for them.
- For health and safety.

- For good team work and high morale especially when people get hungry and tired!

- Please also pray for the youth camp that KBC(our church) are running this week.

Thank you so much, I hope you're enjoying the snow! It's still lovely and sunny here :)
God bless,

Lorna xx