What a week!

This week I've been back in Kampala with Clare whilst Esther, Finch and Joe were teaching the second reading week in Kuffu. The children here are still off school for the school holidays so we weren't teaching this week. This has given us a bit more free time than usual and we've had a brilliant time!

On Monday we were sitting on the front porch of the house writing up the report from the reading week, and Brian and Shavan came back - they has just driven the others to Kuffu. Brian walked around to the boot of the car, opened it up, and inside was a chicken! We decided to name her Beatrice.

We thought that Beatrice might get a bit lonely, so on Tuesday, Clare and I went with our friend Jacob to a local market where we bought two more local hens which we named Clare and Lorna. We chose them to match the colour of our hair, and the idea is that when we leave Uganda to go back to the UK our family here will still have Clare and Lorna in Uganda. Genius!

Clare and I with the new additions to the Smile family

Now, Clare, Lorna and Beatrice had nowhere to stay, so on Wednesday we spent the morning building a house for them. We named it 'The Kitchen Hut' because Jacob gets the words 'chicken' and 'kitchen' confused. We had great fun building it and the 'kitchens' love it!

In the afternoon we wanted to bless Alex, our project manager, because he does so much for us and for Smile, so we confiscated his phone and went for a walk to the top of the hill behind our house. From there we sat and chatted until the sun went down and we watched the beautiful sunset.

On Thursday we had our weekly slum ministry when we go around the community talking to people about God and praying with them. This was a lovely time as usual and I had the opportunity to meet some people that I hadn't met before.

On Friday we had our weekly children's club. Clare taught the bible lesson to the older group this week about Moses and she did really well. She had made a story board and the kids loved having something to look at.

Of course, we definitely didn't miss the opportunity to bake and cook some exciting food this week with more time on our hands, so in the past 7 days we've enjoyed home made chicken pie, banana loaf and even mango crumble!

I finally got a memory card adaptor this week (thanks mum!), so now I can take the photos off of my camera... I've included some here that you've missed over the past few weeks.

Collecting water in Kuffu

Primary One class at Goshem - Kuffu

This is where we cook at Kuffu

Everyone gathered to say goodbye to Andrew

Esther and some local children helping to clean the community

The men that came for the KBC men's walk

Clare teaching at Reading week

We've had such a lovely week this week. This Monday I'm going back to Kuffu for the third of three reading weeks. I'm going to be the team leader this week so please pray for me as I lead the team.

As always, I really appreciate your support and prayers.

My prayer requests this week are...

- Thanksgiving for such a great week.

- Pray for me and the rest of the team as we run the last reading week. Also for the children.

- Pray for provision for Smile.

Thank you so much.

God bless

Lorna