We have been in
Uganda for 3 days now, after a smooth flight on Saturday (thank you for your
prayers) and are thoroughly enjoying learning what our new ‘normal’ will look
like.
We were met at the
airport by Gabit and Innocent who are two of the Smile volunteers that we are
living with; I am thankful to have been laughing and enjoying fellowship from
the moment we landed.
On Sunday, we went to
church. It was fantastic seeing so many people joyfully worshiping and
yearning for unity in Christ. We came home to the Smile House where we are
staying and had a delicious lunch together, followed by a lot of singing (there
is a keyboard in the house) and a church youth event in the evening… I have
never heard so many good rappers in my life! It was great to chat to people there
and feel so welcomed into their community, and we are slowly learning a little
Lugandan too!
Yesterday started with an encouraging morning devotion where we met Alex (Project Leader who heads up Smile Charity Uganda). We then visited Ruth Mother Care School where we will be teaching English while we are here and were greeted by so many excited and curious children who sang to us beautifully! Then we drove into town to get phones. The evening was spent at Alex’s house meeting his wife and adorable baby daughter who is just 2 weeks old today.
Yesterday started with an encouraging morning devotion where we met Alex (Project Leader who heads up Smile Charity Uganda). We then visited Ruth Mother Care School where we will be teaching English while we are here and were greeted by so many excited and curious children who sang to us beautifully! Then we drove into town to get phones. The evening was spent at Alex’s house meeting his wife and adorable baby daughter who is just 2 weeks old today.
Today we began
teaching at Ruth Mother Care after an exhilarating ride on a Boda (motorcycle taxi)
which will be the norm for this week. Ruth has such a wonderful vision for the
school and it is exciting to hear already how it has grown. All the children
are wonderful and so eager to learn, it was a joy to play with them and teach
them what we had prepared and what we had not prepared as well…! We each planned
one lesson which we taught first thing in the morning but after that we went
into each classroom and were given a subject to teach and some children to
teach to, which was a good but hard challenge on our first day – I was grateful
to be with Emily so that we could share ideas and learn to think on the spot
together. After a boda ride home, we both collapsed on the sofas for a couple
of hours, happy, tired and glad to be alive!
Prayer points:
- Praise for safe arrival and how well we are settling in
- Continued safety for everyday things like Boda rides on bumpy roads and protection from illness
- Please pray for the school to be able to buy more land so that they can build a playground for the children and enough money to buy a van so that some of the children can be driven to and from school rather than walking such long distances. If you would like to give, please visit the Smile website - http://www.smileinternational.org/Give.aspx
- Finally, prayer for strength and energy for me and Emily as we continue teaching would be really valued, that we could be useful here and that we would be a blessing to those we meet. Thank you!
- Praise for safe arrival and how well we are settling in
- Continued safety for everyday things like Boda rides on bumpy roads and protection from illness
- Please pray for the school to be able to buy more land so that they can build a playground for the children and enough money to buy a van so that some of the children can be driven to and from school rather than walking such long distances. If you would like to give, please visit the Smile website - http://www.smileinternational.org/Give.aspx
- Finally, prayer for strength and energy for me and Emily as we continue teaching would be really valued, that we could be useful here and that we would be a blessing to those we meet. Thank you!
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