Farewell to Kuffu

Well as far as a final week goes this was a pretty good one in Kuffu. Today we packed up and left Kuffu for the final time. It was a bitter sweet moment at we drove away - excited to come back to Kampala for the rest of the weekend, but really upset to be leaving our family there and knowing that we might never return.
The opportunity to return to Kuffu this week was a blessing though as we thought that we had already said our goodbyes a few weeks ago. It was a bizarre week as a new team from the UK were visiting for a short term mission that they do annually from their church. It was exciting to be on the 'African' side of the welcoming festivities. We've been around for the past few months as the children have been practicing their dances and songs that they were to perform for these visitors, and we arrived in Kuffu on Monday amid all the preparations of decorating the school, making last minute touches to the dances and making grass skirts.

Preparing flowers

On Tuesday we stood in line with the children singing 'Welcome, we are happy to receive you' as the new visitors walked between the two lines of singing children. What a brilliant experience for everyone involved!
All morning the kids performed their songs and dances and then we had games before the children went to class. Having these visitors around all week was such a great reminder to us of how much a part of life we have become at Kuffu, for example that we are now viewed as teachers and not visitors, and that the children call us all by name instead of 'mzungu'.

Lining up to wait for the visitors

Dancing

Every morning we each took a class for a reading lesson, and for the rest of the day we helped in various classes as usual. Having the visitors around meant that the timetable was a bit different from usual and so we had games every day. On one of the days we got to get involved with a teachers race which was great fun.
On Saturday we took part in a huge medical mission. We were able to provide medical checkups and treatment for people in the surrounding area. I think around 450 people were seen. It was a brilliant day and was so good to see so many people at Goshem. I spent most of the day working in the pharmacy section, dispensing prescriptions. It took me back to the two years I spent working behind the pharmacy counter in the UK.

Our weekends at the moment are very short but we still manage to fill them to overflowing. Last Sunday Clare and I enjoyed an afternoon out in Kampala with Brian and Terry. It was a brilliant day and we created some memories that I will cherish for a very long time. We're home again for just over one day before we leave for Kayunga again on Monday to work with the same school that we were at last week, so we'll see what we end up getting up to tomorrow!

Thank you as always for all of your support and prayers. I appreciate it all so much.

Please continue to pray for us...
- That God will prepare us to leave Uganda and return to the UK and help us to feel at peace about it.
- That God will use us in Kayunga and that we'll be able to see him at work.
- For health and safety.

God bless,

Lorna