In our little village
of Buluchecke we often had to cross
the river (luckily not the Nile) on
one of these high-tech bridges.

 


 

You may remember from an earlier blog that we visited
several schools – that’s where we
became jacks of all trades…a little singing, a little acting, and a lot of
praying with the kids.


            







These are a few of the children
who gave their hearts to Christ at one of the local schools.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here Andrew battles – and loses – against Hope as Kendall
narrates the story of David and Goliath.

 
 


All the people we met
were extremely friendly and always wanted to give us gifts. Sometimes people
have great intentions, but we have no idea how to carry all these gifts in our
backpacks around the world. Take this chicken
for instance. The boys were presented with this gift after singing and
preaching at one of the churches in our village. They named her Plucky and she
is not joining us for the remainder
of the Race.

 



We also spent a day rejoicing about the goodness of the
Lord with hundreds of locals who now live in a refugee camp. They have been
displaced by landslides in the Buluchecke area and now reside in tent
communities.

Ironically enough we
met some of the most joyful people here, like Sarah. She lost both of her parents in a landslide but her smile
can light up the world. She stole our hearts right after she stole Erin’s
sunglasses.

 
 


 

It was a privilege for us to spend an afternoon at a unique
development farm close to our
village.


 


At this farm they
specialize on growing crops for food and medicinal purposes without using chemicals. Then they teach
the local farmers how to do the same, all while keeping focused on the Lord.
Their motto is “Grow the crops to grow the people to grow the Kingdom.”

Another popular
farming product in our village is coffee. We literally could not walk anywhere
without seeing hundreds of thousands of
coffee beans laid out in the sun to dry. The farmers for these coffee beans
work extremely hard day and night at their back-breaking jobs. And believe it
or not, you may have tasted this coffee. Ever heard of a little brand called
Nescafe (a Nestle brand)? Yep, these are the coffee beans you’re drinking back home in America.
Unfortunately by the time the beans go from the hardworking farmers to the
government to the Nescafe company, the farmers make very little profit off of
all their effort. Something to think about next time you’re choosing a brand of
coffee at the supermarket. 
 


And on one of our
last days in Uganda our team was able to provide some long term help for a
friend we had made. This is Rose. She lives with her father and her 5 children
in this tiny house. Rose is an intercessory prayer warrior and when we met her
she asked us for prayer. We had
noticed that her roof was in bad shape
– filled with holes and rust and an entire section of the roof was missing.
That’s never good, but especially now during rainy season. But instead of
asking for money or clothing for her 5 kids that she works hard to support, she
requested we pray that her gift of prayer would increase and that she would be
able to draw even closer to the Lord through prayer. This lady has her
priorities in line. We did and will continue to pray for Rose. But our team was also able to provide Rose with a
new roof for her home.

 
 

“For every
house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.” Hebrews 3:4