The week that 6 became 5

Well you’ll be pleased to hear that I’m now feeling much better – thank you for your prayers.

On Monday this week we got up at 5am to take Andrew to Entebbe Airport. The whole day was very overwhelming; from being back at the airport where we first arrived in Uganda, to having to think about what it will be like to leave here in 3 months time. And of course we were all really sad to see Andrew leave. On Sunday afternoon and evening we held a party for him at our house to say goodbye. It was a really lovely time, and the number of people that turned up is a testimony alone to the impact that he has had here. We will all miss him a lot but we know that God will be using him in the UK over the next three months until we get to see him again.

So the next day we were back to work; teaching at Chosen again. Every Wednesday we teach a reading lesson with Primary 2 for two hours. This week it started to rain just before the start of the lesson. The noise of the rain on the iron sheets made it impossible to teach a lesson (let alone the effect that a storm has on the attention levels of children!) So we decided to give the children some reading books. We only had four so they had to share, but watching the kids with these books and how excited they were to read was absolutely magical.

The next day the rain returned – just as we arrived at our base for slum ministry, and so we spent the majority of the time sat under the iron roof of the temporary structure for the church at Blessed Word of Life. We took some time to talk about the visions and prayer concerns of the church with Pastor Davidson and we shared some time together reading the bible and praying, before the storm eventually passed and we were able to visit one home to pray with a woman who lived there.
It was brilliant to hear all of Pastor Davidson’s visions for such a humble church. At present, we still need the money for another 15000 bricks to complete the building, plus extra materials like cement, but we trust God that he will provide at the right time.
On Friday fortunately the rain held off and we were able to run our Friday children’s clubs which went really well.

This Sunday, Esther, Joe and I will be travelling back to Goshem, Kuffu to continue teaching in the school there. Esther and I are due to come home again after a week, and Joe will stay for two weeks with Clare and Finch who will join him next Sunday. We’re looking forward to seeing the friends again that we have there, and to the challenge of village life. But it’s also such a beautiful and peaceful place, and the whole atmosphere is really friendly.

Please pray for...

-         - Our time in Goshem - for God to use us for his will and for us to really enjoy our time.

-          -Good health and safety for the whole team in Goshem and in Kampala.

-          -Andrew to settle back in well in the UK.

-          -Alex – Smile Uganda’s project manager. Pray for God to bless him in all the work that he does.

-          -Provision for Smile Uganda and for Pastor Davidson and his church – Blessed Word of Life.

Thank you so much.                                                                                               

God bless,
Lorna