BEACH!!!

So this week we began teaching again. Although difficult because we haven't been able to plan any lessons its been great fun. Its been interesting to see the differences in the start of term between here and in the UK. Lots of the children didn't turn up to start with because they hadn't yet found the school fees or because the parents didn't send them as serious teaching doesn't usually start straight away. The same has been true for the teachers in that not everyone turned up for the first few days!
All of the lessons that we've taught this week have been very last minute - in that we've been asked to teach it as it is about to start (or has already started!) so we've been getting good at improvising! What has been great is that we've had two opportunities this week to teach the message of salvation as we were told to teach 'anything you like'. I've mainly been teaching Primary 2 and Primary 3, so at a guess the children are between the ages of 6 and 11.
I've been trying to incorporate some phonics into the lessons as lots of the children really struggle with reading and writing. It was also really lovely this week to do some work with one of the children who doesn't speak any English or Luganda at all which obviously makes it really difficult for her at school, but by the end of one of the lessons this week on prepositions she was able to write "The chair near door" and understand it.What was more special than just the fact that she could do that though was the look on her face when she was praised for it!

We've also re-started our weekly outreach in the community with door to door evangelism every Thursday and children's clubs in two different areas every Friday. I've been asked to lead one of the bible lessons at one of the children's clubs next week so please pray for me as I prepare it.

On Saturday some of us took a trip to Aero Beach near Entebbe. It was such a new beach experience with no one sunbathing, music playing across the whole beach on loud speakers and no salt as the beach was on the edge of Lake Victoria which is fresh water. It was such a great day out and had such a family feel to it and we all really enjoyed ourselves.

So its been another good week!

This week I'd really appreciate prayer in the following areas...

- Please pray for the school that we teach at called Chosen Children's Centre. Pray for the children and the staff and also for us 'gappers' as we serve there.

- Please pray for Alex, our project coordinator. Thank God for the blessing that he is to us and to Smile.

- Please thank God for health and safety this far and pray that that would continue.

- Please pray for me as I prepare the Bible lesson for the Friday Children's club, and for the others who are also teaching.

Thank you so much as always and God bless.

Lorna