Rukunjiri, Kabale and Spiderwoman!
So here we are, day before I leave. Whew, what a trip. Well, we left off talking about going to our cottage on the lake. We did. It was cottagey and lakey. :) The view was awesome - Lake Bunyonyi is the deepest lake in Africa, and it was very clean too! There were only about 4 cottages in the whole compound, so we had great service and it was very peaceful. That night we went home and slept so well.
The next morning we woke and drove back to Rukungiri to do some leaders training for those in the church there. Margaret talked with the main leaders and Yvonne and I talked with the children's leaders. It was well recieved and hopefully helpful to them. We talked about how children learn differently, how to teach a bible story with just the Bible, and how to use the natural resources for reinforcement activites. After recieving a huge basket of avocados (yum!) from that church, we drove the two hours back to Kabale to do the same training with the church there.
We had them come out to the lake where we were staying and met with them outside on this huge deck. Many of them, even though they lived so close, had never seen the lake before! We were glad we could treat them to that. At the end of that meeting, the women danced their traditional dance for us, and we joined in, and I even got some video :) Good Stuff. We then went to eat and come home to some fun critters - 5 huge brown recluse spiders! So spiderwoman (also known as Yvonne) took my shoe and went at it; I got one, but she conquered the rest :) Getting to sleep was a little harder that night, but as exhuasted as we were, we did just fine.
The next morning, Tuesday, we slept in and had Pastor Johnson and his wife Margaret (from the Kabale church) come back out and go for a canoe ride with us. We rode to Bushara, an island in the community that had a great ministry happening – they helped many of the orphans in the surrounding area by providing work and purpose to their lives, while also giving them schooling and a solid Christian base. We ate at a restaurant there and saw many of the crafts. All of the profits from that ministry went back to the community to help the orphans. It was really great.
We canoed back to our cottage and were greeted by the Bufuka Orphan group. This was made up of orphans on the surrounding islands who came together to dance and sing, hoping for donations, rather than just begging for money. They were great! (got video of that too). After they danced, Yvonne read a simple story to them and explained the wordless book to the group. Then Pastor Johnson invited them to accept Christ after explaining that this was a serious decision. They all chose to accept Christ! Now, as children, we realize they might have not been sincere, but if just one of them was, it was worth it! Seeds were planted! :) What an unexpected opportunity!
After all of this, we slept and woke up the next morning bright and early to drive to Mbarara where we meet Matt and Crystal (yes, used to be Crystal Marsh) and had a wonderful lunch with them. If you think of it, please pray that they would have opportunities to learn the language and the culture, have a break from the non-stop teams coming in, and some quality time with each other. It was so great to see them :)
From there, we drove on to Kampala and went to stay in Margaret's old house when she lived here for a year. I know she felt at home, which was a huge blessing to her :) We got to meet Ben, the guy that lived with them and cooked with them and is like their son. He's a great guy with a great heart and has been great company. :) We stayed up and folded laundry, cleaned the kitchen and made waffles to help lighten his load, as he has been overwhelmingly busy these last few days.
This morning, we woke up, and had a lovely breakfast, and headed to house of hope,where Pastor Milton is ministering to over 10 orphans. Margaret spoke to the house parents about good biblical parenting that is different than their culture's standards. From there, we took Yvonne to see our brigade boys again and Margaret and I are shopping for gifts :) yay!
Tonight we will have one last dinner with many of our friends to say goodbye. Our flight leaves around 9 tomorrow morning, and I will be home saturday night! I can't wait to talk with many of you about this trip. It has been amazing! I never thought I would love Uganda so much, but it has sparked so many exciting thoughts and ideas for the future. More on that later :) I might have a chance to email once more in the London airport. Otherwise, I'll see you in America! Thanks so much for your emails! I LOVE them!!!linz :) ps for those of you wondering, the hottest place we have been has only been around 85, and it has gotten VERY cold at night in the mountains. SO much better than texas heat :) what a blessing!! :)
The next morning we woke and drove back to Rukungiri to do some leaders training for those in the church there. Margaret talked with the main leaders and Yvonne and I talked with the children's leaders. It was well recieved and hopefully helpful to them. We talked about how children learn differently, how to teach a bible story with just the Bible, and how to use the natural resources for reinforcement activites. After recieving a huge basket of avocados (yum!) from that church, we drove the two hours back to Kabale to do the same training with the church there.
We had them come out to the lake where we were staying and met with them outside on this huge deck. Many of them, even though they lived so close, had never seen the lake before! We were glad we could treat them to that. At the end of that meeting, the women danced their traditional dance for us, and we joined in, and I even got some video :) Good Stuff. We then went to eat and come home to some fun critters - 5 huge brown recluse spiders! So spiderwoman (also known as Yvonne) took my shoe and went at it; I got one, but she conquered the rest :) Getting to sleep was a little harder that night, but as exhuasted as we were, we did just fine.
The next morning, Tuesday, we slept in and had Pastor Johnson and his wife Margaret (from the Kabale church) come back out and go for a canoe ride with us. We rode to Bushara, an island in the community that had a great ministry happening – they helped many of the orphans in the surrounding area by providing work and purpose to their lives, while also giving them schooling and a solid Christian base. We ate at a restaurant there and saw many of the crafts. All of the profits from that ministry went back to the community to help the orphans. It was really great.
We canoed back to our cottage and were greeted by the Bufuka Orphan group. This was made up of orphans on the surrounding islands who came together to dance and sing, hoping for donations, rather than just begging for money. They were great! (got video of that too). After they danced, Yvonne read a simple story to them and explained the wordless book to the group. Then Pastor Johnson invited them to accept Christ after explaining that this was a serious decision. They all chose to accept Christ! Now, as children, we realize they might have not been sincere, but if just one of them was, it was worth it! Seeds were planted! :) What an unexpected opportunity!
After all of this, we slept and woke up the next morning bright and early to drive to Mbarara where we meet Matt and Crystal (yes, used to be Crystal Marsh) and had a wonderful lunch with them. If you think of it, please pray that they would have opportunities to learn the language and the culture, have a break from the non-stop teams coming in, and some quality time with each other. It was so great to see them :)
From there, we drove on to Kampala and went to stay in Margaret's old house when she lived here for a year. I know she felt at home, which was a huge blessing to her :) We got to meet Ben, the guy that lived with them and cooked with them and is like their son. He's a great guy with a great heart and has been great company. :) We stayed up and folded laundry, cleaned the kitchen and made waffles to help lighten his load, as he has been overwhelmingly busy these last few days.
This morning, we woke up, and had a lovely breakfast, and headed to house of hope,where Pastor Milton is ministering to over 10 orphans. Margaret spoke to the house parents about good biblical parenting that is different than their culture's standards. From there, we took Yvonne to see our brigade boys again and Margaret and I are shopping for gifts :) yay!
Tonight we will have one last dinner with many of our friends to say goodbye. Our flight leaves around 9 tomorrow morning, and I will be home saturday night! I can't wait to talk with many of you about this trip. It has been amazing! I never thought I would love Uganda so much, but it has sparked so many exciting thoughts and ideas for the future. More on that later :) I might have a chance to email once more in the London airport. Otherwise, I'll see you in America! Thanks so much for your emails! I LOVE them!!!linz :) ps for those of you wondering, the hottest place we have been has only been around 85, and it has gotten VERY cold at night in the mountains. SO much better than texas heat :) what a blessing!! :)
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