Tuesday Evening

It's 5:30 on Tuesday and we are back at the hotel. A great day in Nakabango!! The church progress is wonderful - they are working on the beams for the roof - and it truly is a LARGE structure. The workers and the women cooking lunch for them are so very proud. It was a great affirmation of the partnership between Nakabango and Messiah Lutheran Churches!

Toni taught the women to make mirrors - complete with jewel decorations. We also made some glass bead witness bracelets. So much fun! Very hot in the small structure we were in though - wow! It was a new addition - a pole barn type building with papyrus siding. We also delivered all of the fabric we brought for the women; they were thrilled! They sent home lots of beads and necklaces, too. Watch for those at Celebrate Uganda this fall!

The school is growing! There are 200 children being educated in the smallest buildings imaginable for classes with 40 kids each. The teachers are excited though and many of the teaching resources we brought in January are being used! Pastor Chuck and Kelly both got to do a little teaching in one of the classes. Can't imagine the exponential growth when the church/school building is finished.

The women made us a lunch of rice, matooke, chicken, and beef; all washed down with an Orange Fanta soda.

The guys spent lots of time playing soccer, tug-of-war, and a new addition to our game repertoire - let the kids jump over a rope that is 4 feet off the ground! Great fun and some amazing jumpers in the group (the Nakabango group - not ours!)

We made tissue paper flowers with the kids in the afternoon. Again - lots of fun! Violet chose to wear hers in her hair. Gorgeous!

Rachel, my family's sponsored child, came home for a brief visit from boarding school. Pat Martens and Kelly Huning also caught up with their sponsored kids. We hope to meet with all of them tomorrow and deliver all the cards and letters sent by the sponsored families.

Most of the team is showering right now and we'll all get together for dinner and night under the Ugandan sky very soon. God is so good!!