HughHarris

We are heading home! Hard to leave.

Sunday was a great day of worship and teaching at Mountain of the Lord Church with Pastor Benjamin. We were in service from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm. They are serious about having church. Dave Deloach did a great job preaching and our version of their Ugandan worship songs wasn’t too bad.

We finally had to leave even though the service was still going. We had an appointment with a beautiful beach resort at Lake Nebuganu, We had a picnic on the ground in a lakeside setting and relaxed after a long week of work and play at Jireh Children’s Center. We finished the day with a desert at the Cafe Felkerren a Danish Cafe that many Omuzzungus (white folks) go and where we had the barbecue on Friday night. Several of the team have been fighting some dehydration and the “Ugandan Hustle” as we call it here but everyone is doing better. It’s been great to have Dr. Mullett on the team to help with health issues.

The extension for the teachers quarters is going well. We finished all of the brick to the exterior and interior walls and now the roof framing is still needed to be completed with the tin roof coming on last. A team from Texas (yeah) has just arrived and will be helping complete the teachers quarters.

Monday was a teaching time with both the older boys and girls on sexual purity. Setting the vision for abstinence is critical in this culture due to the high rate of HIV/Aids and other sexually transmitted disease. We also presented the  6 drums that Stuart and Dr. Boyd gave to the Center and the 2 guitars that Dave Deloach brought and donated to the Center. The students were overjoyed! They wrote letters to our team and gave us a going away “program” of songs and skits. We struggled with the many tearful goodbyes.

It’s Tuesday morning now and we are about to load up for the 4+ hour bus ride to the Entebie Airport with a quick stop at the Equator gift shops for some last minute buying of African articles and memories. This has been a life changing trip in many ways and this has been an incredible team! I am very proud of how they have served and learned throughout this week.

June 12, 2012 - Posted by hughharrisfca | Uncategorized