Hi Everyone,
I attempted to get a post up yesterday....took a boda (motorcycle) into Mpigi to the one computer internet cafe only to find the power had been out in the town since 5:30 am.
"When do you think it will be back on?" I asked the owner.
"Hummm" with a shrug of the shoulders was the response.
Translation: "It will be back on when it comes back on"
So back to the 10 acres I go.
Type A personalities have to do a lot of self-talk in Uganda. It's not that tasks aren't important...there is tons of work to do. But everything takes longer than you think it should. Coming here you quickly realize how much we value time in Canada...in fact, if we were honest, we might say "worship" our time. Here in Uganda you are confronted with the way we expect our time to be maximized....like wasting our time is a personal affront. Efficiency as the highest good. The rural life of Mpigi challenges our values.
The team is doing great. Two more days of Care and Compassion, washing clothes, and a ton of painting. We were able to complete both rooms in Suubi house (the third children's home) that were left unpainted by the 2007 team (we ran out of time)....as well as paint a mural on their wall (which the other two homes already had). Great day of ministry and practical work.
Tracey and Shannon headed off for home on Saturday and they will be missed. The Dycks and Davis, who work in Kibaale with PAOS, stopped by for a few days and it was good to see our PPAC people who are here in Uganda for 2 years.
Today the Youth are running a day VBS camp for 230 kids in the Masembe's school....they will be tired. Pastor Paul is doing a one day Pastor's training...he will be tired too. And a few of us went into Sanyu Baby house in Kampala to help out with the 52 babies that call this place home.
Tomorrow the youth will be at Sanyu and another team will go with Brent to do ministry in the prison.
Early Friday morning we start the long drive to the safari location to start our debrief. Please pray for safety on the roads. It's about a 7 hour trip and the rules of these highways are not the same as Canada!
All are healthy and expressed appreciation for this opportunity to be here during our last team meeting which we held outside at night around a big camp fire. Tonight we shut off the generator and all the lights so we can see stars we've never seen before.
Thanks for all your prayers. The next post might not come until after the safari/debrief as I'm not sure about their internet access.
Grace & Peace,
the team
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Scott - it's good to be able to read your posts, even as spaced out as they are...it helps to imagine what you guys are doing, and will be a good record when they come home (to spur on the many questions I already have :) ).
ReplyDeleteI remember you preaching a sermon a few years ago about how time would be what we worshiped in our land...how interesting to hear you comment on this now.
We are praying for you. When you say all are healthy I am trusting that means Jon is over his cold...phew!
Looking forward to having you all home!
Hi Scott,
ReplyDeleteYour blogs are very well written, great communication style. Thanks for keeping us informed as if we were really there.
Vel and I have been praying for all of you specifically each morning, then throughout each day and through the night. God bless you all.
This morning in prayer God reminded me of an old song that says, "Give of your best to the Master, give him the strength of your youth. Pour your fresh glowing ardour into the battle for truth." Our prayer is that each of you will have much more a JESUS EXPERIENCE than an Africa experience. That young hearts will be set ablaze for Him and His service that will last throughout their lives. Having set my life on Him as a young person, I can say wholeheartedly this is the best of ways to live - so much good stored up for His glory, so much meaning to life itself. It is so obvious when I compare my life to others my age who may have gained wealth or status or just misery. God is the best!
So we pray fervently for each one of you. God bless you richly.
Don Kinnie