School Holiday

Last Saturday everyone came home from the village because school is now over for the holidays, so it was really lovely to all be together for the weekend before Esther, Clare and Joe traveled to Mount Zion school to work with disabled children for the week.
Wednesday was May Day public holiday and we hosted the KBC men's prayer walk. For Finch, Olivia and I this meant getting up at 5.15 to cook breakfast for over 40 of the men from KBC. I'm not sure how many hours I spent cooking pancakes! We also provided sausages, potatoes, tea, bread and lots of pineapple. It was great to have so many people at the house and they all seemed to enjoy the morning. The clean - up job was immense, especially as it had rained in the night so they'd been walking through mud all morning and then brought what seemed like half of the hill back to the house on their shoes! Many of these guys are close friends of ours and we all had a great time enjoying the fellowship with them and appreciating the opportunity to serve in this small way.
On Thursday morning we began this season's letter writing with the sponsored children. It was strange to be sat in an office with a cup of tea again, but it was great to help the kids with their letters. Education is in English here, so there's no need for their letters to be translated. We helped them with spelling and grammar, and also suggested some things to include. Unfortunately not very many children turned up before it was time for us to leave, but the letter writing will continue over the coming days until all of the children have written their letters.
In the evening I got the opportunity to go with a friend to visit her Mum and her daughter who is currently living with her mum for a while. It was brilliant to see her daughter again as I've missed her so much since she's been away, and I'm looking forward to next week when she's due to come home just in time for her 2nd birthday at the end of the month.
Friday morning brought a meeting about an upcoming project - This Monday we're beginning three reading weeks in Kuffu during the holiday season. We'll be teaching the oldest three classes phonics and helping them to read and write properly. We know that we're really going to be relying on God in this project, but we trust that he will lead us well.
Today, Clare, Finch, Marina and I will be travelling to Kuffu to begin the first week. As of yet I still don't know how long I'll be staying for - one or two weeks - so don't panic if there's no blog next weekend!

It might seem like there were a few days this week when I didn't do much, but throughout the week a lot has been going on with different people that I'm close to in the team here in their personal lives. For this reason, I've spent a lot of time this week supporting people in their situations. I believe that a huge part of my ministry here is to do with supporting people that I'm close to and being there to listen and pray with them. I'm sure you can understand how this is really difficult to blog about because I clearly can't write about people's personal issues. As a team (gappers and local volunteers) we all would appreciate prayer. I know that God has been using us to do some great things, and we're determined not to let anything stand in the way of his work. Please pray for us all...
- For protection physically, emotionally and most of all spiritually
- For health and safety
- For strength
- For people to be able to keep a good morale and for us to remain close as a team
- For us to be able to continue in the work that God has called us to

Please also pray this week for
- The reading weeks at Kuffu
- Those remaining in Kampala - pray that God will use them in whatever they do
- Provision

I'm sorry for the long list of prayer requests! Please just pick one or two and remember us in your prayers when you can.

God bless,

Lorna