You will be pleased (I hope!) to know that I have uploaded some pictures onto Facebook, and for those of you who don't have that please click/type in the address http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=40656&l=f4381&id=503957996
Today has been another quiet day - the dull before the storm as Mari said! And we have had time to come down to the internet cafe again so I thought I would take advantage of the time and leave another little note, even if we have hardly done anything!
Tomorrow Emmanuel has asked Mari to speak in church, and asked me to take the "mature youth" (about 13+) out of the meeting for about an hour and a half to lead a bible study type thing. They don't already meet separately as young people so I am going to see what they think about starting something up regularly, as there are about 12 of them or so. But this morning we were basically mostly preparing that. There has been quite a lot of rain over night which we are grateful for because the mains were blocked for a few days, so the only water we have is collected off the roof! And actually you would be suprised how much water it takes to wash clothes by hand, especially when there is me, mari, florence, emmanuel, william, judah and norah all living there!
This afternoon we went around to a neighbours who was having a thanksgiving service as she lost her sister last week. It was really moving because they were all so strong and so focussed on Jesus, I was hoping that they weren't just suppressing the grief but that they really found comfort in God. We ate the biggest meal you have ever seen, adding to the stigma that we have already created that muzungus don't eat a lot!
So next week I am anticipating starting w0rk in Bweyogerere Multipurpose Primary school, which is run by emmanuel and florence. They have asked me to take some RE and English lessons with the older classes (years 5 and 6ish) and also help where they are short of classroom assistants with some of the younger classes. I am hoping that the kids will help me learn a bit of L'ugandan! There is also a nursery teacher called Gladys who is about my age who leads a little bible study group with some kids at lunch time, so I will probably help her at some point. Also on Thursday Mari and me with emmanuel and probably florence will be trekking across to Ishongororo in the west to visit the church there for a few days. The journey will take about 8 -10 hours.
God is really here with us, thank you so much for praying. We are having a really great time and feel so at home!
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From the end of the earth to the ends of the earth...
Community Church Sheppey is a Pentecostal church on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, and is working through the Christian organisation Connections in partnership with a church in Bweyogerere in the suburbs of Kampala. This church oversees a number of small village churches scattered around Uganda, and through it CCS has donated money and built friendships with many churches in this network, as well as another church outside this network (led by Pastor James Akolo, who was studying in the UK in 2005 and met CCS at a Christian conference).
This relationship was established when a member of CCS visited Uganda in 2001 and brought back reports of poverty and church activity in some of these places. Since this time money has been donated to build brick church buildings for four churches, support Pastors, pay for building work and equipment for schools as well as sponsorship of teachers and orphans at two of these schools. A close relationship has been established between the leaders of CCS, Connections and the Ugandan churches and the members of the churches are also involved in correspondence and annual visits to Uganda.
This Blogspot is intended to provide information and updated stories about the churches we support in Uganda and our own church, and enable you to get to know the individuals and communities you have supported. A partnership that is just about giving money doesn't really acheive anything in the long run. What is incredible about this partnership is that the friendships that have built up through regular visits and contact mean that we are both having an impact on eachother. Encouraging eachother in our faith and sharing the sense of God's purpose for our lives, we are working together for the good of our communities.
Villages all over Uganda will never be the same again because of Sheppey. Sheppey will never be the same again because of Uganda. God is really up to something.
This relationship was established when a member of CCS visited Uganda in 2001 and brought back reports of poverty and church activity in some of these places. Since this time money has been donated to build brick church buildings for four churches, support Pastors, pay for building work and equipment for schools as well as sponsorship of teachers and orphans at two of these schools. A close relationship has been established between the leaders of CCS, Connections and the Ugandan churches and the members of the churches are also involved in correspondence and annual visits to Uganda.
This Blogspot is intended to provide information and updated stories about the churches we support in Uganda and our own church, and enable you to get to know the individuals and communities you have supported. A partnership that is just about giving money doesn't really acheive anything in the long run. What is incredible about this partnership is that the friendships that have built up through regular visits and contact mean that we are both having an impact on eachother. Encouraging eachother in our faith and sharing the sense of God's purpose for our lives, we are working together for the good of our communities.
Villages all over Uganda will never be the same again because of Sheppey. Sheppey will never be the same again because of Uganda. God is really up to something.
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1 comment:
Thanks Beki for this I think it's a great blog. And thanks for the photos especially- though I'm not sure about the one of me..
Will continue praying for you as you begin work at the school. Miss you and all our friends there,
Love,
Dad
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