Saturday Morning

It's Saturday morning around 9:30 am and we're back in Kampala.

Headed to the village of Bufuula yesterday morning and had the privilege of dedicating their new well. There was a ribbon of toilet paper around the perimeter of the well and we ceremoniously broke it for the dedication! This village has a Lutheran church that was "planted" by the church in Nakabango! Their gardens were absolutely beautiful. An amazing irrigation system.

From Bufuula we headed to our afternoon at Nakabango. We staged an awesome Nativity scene with some of the kids and handed out hundreds of treat bags. We were concerned about the kids getting back in line for a second treat bag, but it was actually the women we had to watch like a hawk! Always looking out for their babies.

We also performed our dramatic interpretation of "Noah's Ark" and the "Good Samaritan". Don't know if I can even describe 20 kids and some of our team in their cute little animal masks. John was a wonderful Noah and Mark was an amazing Jewish man. They have acting skills we never knew existed.

Thinking we were leaving soon, we ended up getting to sit around and hold kids and visit for about 3 hours before we ate "lunch". Afterwards, Charles showed up with the goats we were giving them. We had a great time handing out bedding kits and mosquito nets, too.

Then the hard part came - time to leave. The villagers are so gracious and sent us off in style. I'm always amazed at the connections we form in a short time. Suffice it to say, the bus was very quiet as we went down the road from Nakabango.

On a personal note, I got to visit with my sponsored child Rachel. She was there as I came off the bus. She is so precious! She is 15 and beautiful. She asked about each of my 3 kids and wanted me to tell Mark "hi". She is now in boarding school and wants to be a nurse.

This is possibly our last time with internet access before we get home. We are going to Kateete this morning, doing some shopping in the afternoon, and going to the African Dance Troupe dinner theater tonight. Tomorrow we are going to church at Charles' church here in Kampala and having dinner at his home. Please pray for our safety as we head home.

Pastor Chuck, keep up those computer skills. We love hearing from you!