8 Days into our Uganda campaign we were violently awoken by a cockerels screech pulling our dribbling faces from our pillows. Silently uttering a prayer of damnation upon God’s creation of the cockerel, we rose and feasted heartily on a filling meal of egg and French toast. The devotional this morning featured the Oscar worthy performance of David and Goliath by budding thespians Mac, Adam and Rob teaching us to trust and put our faith in God.
Promptly, we rode swiftly upon our noble steed proving the local Uganda taxi service to the Duhaga Boys School where we carried on the holiday club we have been running there. The craft squad made rice shakers whose thunderous sound stuck fear into even the strongest of men. Meanwhile, the sports team led the children into parachute games and relays, whilst in worship we taught the creation story and forever infamous “If I were a Butterfly” song.
After an enjoyable, albeit arduous, couple of hours we left the children with many a wave of the hand and travelled to Hoima hospital where we visited the patients and handed out sweets and jumpers to children and new Berns in the maternity ward; the brand new building that housed the ward was well equipped and a huge improvement. Following this we visited the Azur clinic and we’re all so very impressed at the facilities there – including a Maternity Ward dedicated to St John’s church.
Upon return the The Crown hotel we dined on a lunch of the familiar taste of chips and samosas, to the dismay of no one. Later on, we visited The Mustard Seed again, handed out more present and had a great time playing with the kids. From The Mustard Seed, we made haste to the home of Bp Nathan and his wife Peace, where we were welcomed with pray, worship and brilliant food. We were humbled by the generous hospitality and the chance to talk to Bp Nathan, his family and the upcoming Bishop Sam.
We returned home having learnt, seen and eaten much and currently await the next adventures that lay ahead.
George and Ollie
Duncan Edit – Some of the girls went to the hair Salon to have their hair braided, Helen Sherlock decided to have her hair dyed, although I don’t think she expected it to turn a shade of green!! We also visited some of the trees which will provide much needed income to help facilitate future development.
Apart from me with a cold (and feeling very sorry for myself) everyone seems in good spirits and mixed feeling about tomorrow being our last day in Hoima but the excitement of Safari on Sunday!
