Our last week in Africa!

Hello to all our friends and family!

We are finishing up our time in Africa.  It has been a great trip!  We have less than one week left here in Uganda.  It's hard to believe.  It's gone quickly, but we've done so much, it's hard to believe we've only been here 1 month!

Today, I stayed at the school and handed out more gifts from sponsors in America.  One girl in 9th grade got a new dress, she tried it on immediately and was so excited!!  Another little boy got a package of goodies and toys, one of which was a yo-yo.  I had to explain what a yo-yo is and show him how to use it.  And another child got a package with one of those slimy/gooey-feeling balls.  I think the 2 women helping me had more fun with it than the child will!  They kept trying to touch it and squeal and throw it at each other.  I wish I had a video!

While I was playing :)  the rest of the group went to visit a bush church.  We had tried to go last week, but got stuck in the mud.  And then we were supposed to go earlier in the week, but it rained and we knew we would get stuck in the mud again.  So, today was the 3rd attempt.  From what I hear, it was beautiful!  It was very much out in the bush.  They took the van as far as it could go and then had to walk the rest of the way in.  There were about 30 people in the church there.  They had a church service and Mike preached.  Then they had lunch at the pastor's house.  As a gift for the visitors (us), the church gave a goat and a chicken!  So, there was a little extra company on the way home.  It was such a huge gift for them to give!  But they are so thankful to have visitors!

Tomorrow morning (Saturday) we will be driving about 2 hours to Lake Victoria to visit a bush school and bush church.  Tomorrow, Mike and Dr. Brenda will be doing medical checks on all the children at the bush school - we are expecting about 250!  It will be my job to keep all the children entertained during this time!  I am going armed with 1 helper and a tote full of paper, crayons, scissors, glue, and bubbles!  I'm sure we will all be worn out by the end of the day, but I know God has so many blessings in store!

We will be spending the night there in a local "hotel".  I'm not sure what we can expect - it only costs $2 USD per night!  SO, things could be interesting :) 

Sunday, we all will be teaching Sunday School, Mike will be preaching, and we will also do a training for the pastors after lunch.  We hope to leave there at the end of the training and be back "home" in Busia by 7pm.

Monday and Tuesday we will be finishing up things around the mission house and the school.  No one will be back for a few months, so we need to leave things in good order.  I will be finishing up things with the Child Sponsorship Program.  I think Mike may be doing another pastor training on Tuesday.  On Wednesday, we head to the airport to begin our journey home!

I will send out another update (and pictures!) as soon as possible.  Thank you all so much for your prayers!