Village Bible Church || Aurora | Indian Creek | Sugar Grove | IL

Well, Keith, Max, Michael, & Natalie have left Uganda and now our team is now down to three!  I think we would all agree that having our team gradually dwindle down has helped us adjust to our new, mini-team.

Before we dropped down to only three, together, we said goodbye to the ABIDE students, and enjoyed brunch & fellowship with Matt, Crystal, Asher, Stephen, & Adelynn Kehn on Monday.  It was a great day for all of us.

Hayley, Linda, & I spent Tuesday visiting with some of our friends at Juna Amagara in Mbarara, and Crystal and the kids again.  This time Linda gave some swimming lessons to Asher and Stephen & then some sewing lessons to Crystal.

On Wednesday, Linda was a teacher again: both swimming and sewing.  Meanwhile, Hayley & I were able to spend the day with John Jude (or JJ), an ABIDE alumni God has given me the privilege to help with university fees.  We were taken into the village of Karamurani, which is about a 45 minute drive outside of Mbarara.  We were taken to the top of a mountain (or hill—it’s somewhat debatable) where we found one of our friends working at a radio station there.  The four of us went on some hiking adventures before sloping down to JJ’s home to meet his family and eat lunch.  We had a great time of chatting and sharing pictures of each other’s families.  They sent us home with a giant basket full of watermelon, mangoes, lemons, grapes, and bananas….But since it was a bit heavy for the two of us women to attempt to carry on our heads, JJ’s mom followed us up the hill with perfect balance, carrying that heavy basket on her head:  no hands.  We are still in amazement…and still eating away at all of that fruit!  JJ took tea with us at the hotel before going back home, so he was present for our Bible reading time.  Yet again, God had our Scripture schedule perfectly aligned for the situation as we were reading Philippians 1:1-11.  (Please take some time to read through it to see what I mean.)

This morning began bright and, errrrr, dark and early as we left our hotel by 6:10am to drive to Kampala with our friend Herbert.  So, we are now in Kampala for several days and will be working with Lilian on some sewing projects.  Before heading back to the hotel tonight we enjoyed an evening fellowship service at Watoto church, which is right across the street from where we are staying.

We are praising God for the all the different opportunities He is giving us during our time here, as well as all of the good people of Juna Amagara that are always taking such good care of us.

Thanks for your prayers!