September 2012

 A look back at September, 2012

We had to wait for days for our teammates the Tuiningas' container to clear.  We were there with our teacher, Emily, Phil, from Rochester NY (RP).  We visited a number of schools while we were waiting to be called into action, all in the Mbale area - first a nursery school at Bungokho Rural Development Center.  We've been friends with those folks for years - it's run by the Church Missionary Society out of the UK, the same org. as sent Miss. David Livingstone so long ago!  We were also interested in seeing their rabbit project, as that could be something very good for the Karimojong, too.

We went to the Namatala slum in Mbale where many K'jong live.  We were happy to see their standard of living was much higher than we had expected, and that some folks have begun an excellent primary school.  Many children were shocked to hear us greet them in their own language, Karimojong!

Another nursery school is run by a Korean missionary, Deborah, who has also been a good friend to our mission in Mbale.  One of our Mbale OPCU pastors even sends his twins there.  There are at least 30 Korean missionary families in Uganda, from one denomination alone, and many more throughout East Africa.

We also went to the pool one day with the Tuiningas.  We were tired of waiting for the container!  We also went out to lunch, went to the internet cafe in town & had some awesome coffee!!! 

You can see some of the process of bringing in the Tuiningas' container.  All was well in the end!