Monday and Tuesday we were traveling for the book ministry. We departed Mityana at 8:30 Monday morning and met with the artist for the books at Makerere University at 10:30. Books Two and Three are still being illustrated, but we hope to have them to the printer by the end of this month. We are still busy distributing Book One. Leaving Kampala, we then traveled to Mukono where we met with several pastors who want to receive books and training for their churches. We were invited to travel to western Uganda at the end of the month to present books at a pastors’ conference. Although we hope to be able to go, we have no definite plans yet. Late afternoon we traveled east to Jinja where the Ugandan Baptist Seminary is located. Lutwama Henry began his three week session on Tuesday and I was able to teach a group of incoming pastors about” training for teaching” using our books on Creation. We had a great response, and all pastors were eager for us to come to their villages and train and work with their churches and leaders. We left about 50 copies of the book with them. Tonny, another I AM worker who was traveling with me, and I left Jinja and traveled farther east to his father’s village for a visit. Tonny had not seen his father or other family members there in over a year. It was a special visit for everyone. Tonny took 3 kilos of sugar, 1 kilo of salt, 4 sticks of soap for bathing and clothes washing, and enough kersoene for light to be used for three months. All of those supplies cost less than $10.00 and were so gratefully accepted.
We arrived back in Mityana Tuesday night at 7pm thankful for the long but safe journey.
On Wednesday we returned to the village of Gema continuing to work on gathering a group to meet with there. We taught the book to a group of children. Today we formed a new group in Mityana we will be meeting with on Thursdays.
We are making good progress at the orphanage. All three water tanks have now been repaired, and since we had our first rain today, hopefully we can test them out! We have lined up workers to break the hard ground at the orphanage for the gardens. That work will begin next week and take two days. Tomorrow a group of young guys from the church will begin painting the interior of the hostels. I purchased the paint, the rollers and the brushes today and we will get started about 9Am. We will also put a group of the kids together picking up trash on the grounds. Ugandans have not yet learned about “Do Not Litter.”
We placed our order for 300 chicks today and the day-old chicks should arrive next Thursday. In preparation for them, there is much work to be done at the old chicken coop. Some will begin to work on that tomorrow, and we have already purchased many of the supplies and items we will need.
I hope to get some good before and after photos for you. We are busy in Ugandan. Thanks for your support!