Greetings from Uganda. We spent the day at Kisubi doing various jobs. I will present some fun facts/events from the day in list form. Many of us got to put Deb's devotion to good use. In Colleen's absence, there have been a few hiccups and miscommunications. So when faced with some situations we weren't prepared for, we just tried! We feel that God was able to use us - maybe not the expected way, but God was present with us!
- Caleb was still feeling under the weather and stayed back to rest. Good news is that he is looking mighty perky this evening!
- Denise interacted with 8 young men nearing the end of high school to get acquainted with their career goals and what they can learn on the computer to be helpful to them. Internet didn't work, so that was a challenge. There are 4 computers in a lab, with intermittent internet capabilities for a high school of nearly 300 students (there are also 500 elementary students at this school). These students are hungry to learn technology and trying to compete in a global market. This is such a stark contrast to what our students in the US have access to in a world that runs on technology.
- The group watched with joy as Deb was reunited with her friend Josephine. They cinematically ran across a field to embrace each other. It was adorable.
- Angie, a licensed mental health counselor - not a physical therapist as some may have thought initially, was presented with a group of 12 families of children with physical disabilities. She handled the situation with grace and poise. Laura and Michaela did their best to help. While we weren't able to give medical help, we listened to each families needs, took notes in hopes to set each child up to be sponsored (If you're interested in sponsoring a child with special needs, please contact Angie, Laura, or Deb.), and prayed over them. Most of the women were raising the child alone, as it is typical in this culture for the man to leave when faced with a child with physical or mental disabilities.
- Laura gave Emily lessons in squatting - very useful for our many adventures.
- Deb fixed a broken toilet. She also ran into Josephine and Grace who were preparing for a women's conference in Rwanda this August. It is set to have 700 women! Deb, Sue, and Michaela were able to pray over the women as they prepared. It was an unexpected encounter that felt so good to pray along with them for the success of this event and their leadership.
- Laura sent approximately 7,438 Children of Promise photo attachments through email...note that tomorrow Laura will be teaching Edrin about Google suite.
- All of us worked either part or all of the day in one of the Children of Promise offices getting much needed clerical and correspondence work done. There are at least 800 children from Uganda being sponsored from the USA alone. COP in Uganda has only 4 full time employees that are responsible for COP Uganda, Canada, and Germany! Help from these groups visiting the Stevenson's make vital contributions to keeping the programs running smoothly.
- Deb led Greg and friends in some relaxation yoga - see Angie for video evidence.
- We ate our first traditional Ugandan meal since getting here. Yummmm peanut sauce.
- It rained ALL day. Which actually made for nice temperature, but did mean we weren't able to go on some jja jja visits that we were looking forward to. Plus, it added to the craziness of traffic and bad drivers.
The group set off to return home at 5:00, not getting home until 7:40 because of the horrendous traffic. "A ride like that will really get your prayer life going." -Jim Kriebel (or something pretty similar). So again, continue to pray for rest and recovery each night. And add a prayer that the internet will be working in time for the 2nd part of Denise's technology class.
Many thanks,
Uganda Team 2018
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