Meet the Family

This week we went back to school. We haven’t been teaching this week but just planning. This however is much easier said than done, especially when the timetable still hasn’t been written so we don’t actually know which lessons to plan for! It looks like this term is going to be slightly different from last term though in that we’ll be specialising in a subject rather than in a class. Over the last couple of months we’ve had a few training sessions for teaching and a lot of experience too so we all feel a bit more equipped to plan lessons and I’m really looking forward to helping the children to rely on God in their studies.

On Monday we had a day of rest because everyone was so exhausted from our mission last week and that was definitely very beneficial (I slept for 11 hours!) and then on Wednesday it was a public holiday and I must still have been tired from the mission week because again I slept for 11 hours! So we’ve had quite a relaxed re-introduction to school this week which has been really nice.

There’s not really much to write about this week, and so I thought that I’d treat you to some photos and introduce you to some of my family here...

Innocent

Innocent is our brother who lives in the Smile house with us. Although he’s actually a few months younger than all of us he insists that he’s actually older. He loves everything to be clean and his most commonly said word is ‘no!’. We love Inno so much as such a brilliant brother. He copes so well with living with 4 English girls which can’t be easy!

Olivia

Livee is our sister who lives in the house with us. She can seem quite quiet but she’s definitely got a cheeky side! Livee is so lovely and we often come home to find that she’s cooked for us or cleaned everyone’s shoes and other such things. We all love her to bits!

Alex

Alex is Smile Uganda’s project coordinator. So basically he’s the guy that’s in charge. He often goes by the name of either ‘Rebel’ or ‘Mr Mango’. Alex works incredibly hard and is so dedicated to his ministry. On Sunday afternoons I sometimes confiscate his phone to force him to rest for a while! There are few people that I’ve met who are as servant hearted, caring and wise as Alex. We know so many people that address him as 'Uncle Alex'. Alex has many catch phrases including 'lovely jubbly', 'what a blessing' and 'get saved!' As you may have guessed from the nicknames he is also great fun and has a brilliant sense of humour.

Brian

Brian is my other big brother. Of all the volunteers he is among those that we spend the most time with. He is just a big kid really and is prone to awful dancing, crazy driving and ice fights. Brian loves to have fun but he also has an incredibly caring and sensitive side. There really is no other word to describe him than ‘brother’.

Marina

Marina is another of the volunteers that we spend a lot of time with. She’s absolutely crazy in every way and is great fun to be around. She is also very dedicated to her work with Smile and takes it very seriously. Marina is quite a western girl, she loves her western clothes and pizza! She loves to bring people out of their shells and is really good at getting people to enjoy themselves.

There are so many other people here that are so important to me but I’ll have to introduce them another time.

This week I’d really appreciate prayer in a few areas...

- In true English style I’ve caught the ‘first week back to school cold’ so please could you pray that I’ll be well again soon!
- Please pray that we’ll feel well organised at school and be able to plan and teach well.
- Please pray for financial provision for Smile and Smile Uganda.

Thank you so much. God bless,

Lorna x