Another great day in Uganda. God showed us yet again that He is in control and it is His plans that will be followed. Construction went well today, everyone was safe and they got a lot accomplished. They even let me help a little. They are doing a great job working with the "lumber" that is available here, and all of the changes that God has made to their plans. Tomorrow sounds like it might be the best day of the trip for them.
We had a team doing church visits today and they were able to encourage some pastors, and their followers. We also had Sarah shopping for the kids yet again today. Now ladies let me tell you she has bought 60+ pairs of shoes in the last couple of days, new bedding, and some clothes as well. I know it does not sound like work, but she had to trace the kids feet to find the right shoe size and then match the tracing to shoes in town. The bedding was mattresses that some wonderful sponsors had donated. She has done a wonderful job.
Today I got to go to sports camp where I got my first chicken. We went to Pastor Samuel's school and church. They have little money, little land, little resources, and a bunch of love for God. I think his school had the most parent involvement that I have seen here. They even have a PTA. They are trying to build a new addition to their school and they need several pieces of tin for the roof, so they organized groups to raise money and they have bought 10 pieces so far. Each piece costs what a week's wage here would be. They were awesome. David led a great camp today and Kim taught the ladies. Several people were saved today it was wonderful. When the church leaders came out with two chickens I had no idea who they were for, but I knew it would be funny. One chicken was for David, the leader, and the other was for "the son of Joy". That is my new tribal name Bryan, son of Joy. We had chicken for dinner. They killed them outside of Mom's room and she had to go to the other side of the property and cover her ears while they did the deed.
The most amazing thing of the day was when we heard about one of the latest church plants. When we were here in July we went to a land site to pray for the Village of Eden. We attracted a crowd who wanted to know what a bunch of mzungus (white people) were doing out in the bush. Well some people got saved that day. One of those people donated a small piece of land and they built a small stick and tarp church there. Since July, they have grown to 30 members. When we asked Samuel how many of those 30 were new believers, he said with a smile, thirty. I have grown so much this trip, and I cannot wait to see what God has in store for the rest of the week.
Bryan E.
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