Beverly had a great day teaching 5 classes on the parables of the lost sheep and the lost coin. She had students playing the parts of the parables as she read the Scripture. The students really get into playing their rolls, and the rest of the class really enjoy watching them.
We brought some blowup globe beach balls, and Bev had the class singing, “His got the whole world in His hands” while tossing the beach ball around the classroom. They thought that was great fun, especially when Bev couldn’t catch the ball.
We were also able to give them guards some of my old uniforms. They were very excited to put them on and have a photo taken.
Yesterday, 8/26, I went to the school to be greeted by the students. Bev was very tired as the jet lag really got her, so she stayed and rested at hotel.
The student guard greeted with demonstration of their maneuvers and sang the Ugandan National Anthem. Then we went to the Assembly building and the student choirs sang and danced.
It was a long day for us today 8/25. Pastor Lewi arrived to pick us up about 6:30am. We were still very tired from the long flight, but it is a long drive, so we have to get up and get going. We did go in to eat some breakfast before we left, which turned out to be a good thing as we did not stop for lunch on the way.
We got loaded up and left the Entebbe hotel about 8am, 7 hours later we were at the Golden Crane Hotel just outside of the entrance to the Nakivale Refugee Settlement.
Our roomWalkwayMy dinnerCourt yard
The photos of the hotel look better than it really is. Again, this is Africa and the standards here are much different than what you would expect in the States.
The internet is out, so we will have very limited access to posting up dates. We are told they may have the WiFi working in a few days. I’ll not hold my breath.
It was a long travel day, about 35 hours, but we made it with all our luggage. Praise the Lord!!! We got to the hotel a little after midnight and thought we would go right to sleep. That was not the case. We were both lying there until after 4am. Then woke up about 8am, so went down for some breakfast. We have been able to take a couple short naps today.
I, Ken, just walked to a market to get us a case of water. Got a case of 12 bottles for what 3 bottles cost at the hotel.
Our breakfast, outdoor seating area, and views from hotel. The hotel, 7 Seasons is what we call African nice. Appearance is nice but lacks function. (Nice from afar, far from nice). Not a complaint just “TIA”, This Is Africa.
We are packed again, actually we never really unpacked, we have our tickets and our VISA’s. Our travel time will be longer this time, we’ll leave the house tomorrow morning at 6:00 am, we have to take an earlier flight from Orlando to Philly, and will have a 6 hour layover in Philly. The remainder of the flight should be as before; from Philly to Dohr, Qatar and then to Entebbe, Uganda. Arriving in Entebbe just after Saturday midnight.
The above map will give you an idea of where we will be while in Uganda. The Entebbe airport is on the coast of Lake Victoria directly south of Kampala. It is about a 6 hour drive from Entebbe to Nakivale.
On our return flight we will fly from Entebbe to Dohr, Dohr to Chicago, Chicago to Orlando; arriving Orlando a 9;20 pm on Sept 10th.
We thank you all for your prayers as we fly and drive to visit the nearly 400 refugee children at the Emmaus Primary School on the refugee settlement. This school offers a free primary education and security to these orphaned and underprivileged children who have no means to otherwise go to school, as there are fees to be paid for all schools in Central Africa. Our school offers a government approved curriculum with a Christian worldview and taught in English. It is offering children that would have no opportunity to go to school a chance to receive, not only an primary education, but also is teaching them English and keeping them safe from the prevalent child trafficking that is rampant on refugee settlements. It is only by your prayers and financial help that this school can remain open. We have a giving page at http://www.bit.ly/EmmausGO or your check made out to Emmaus Gospel Outreach, and can be sent directly to us, our address is on the contact page. Thank you and God Bless.
This has been a stressful day (for Ken). First of all I, Ken, forgot to make the application for our Uganda VISA’s until this past weekend. (no excuse, except an old brain). I made the application wish a 3 day rush order, thinking they would get to us before we landed in Entebbe on Wednesday. So we made the drive to the Orlando airport with all our baggage, 6 suitcases and three carry on’s. (I did not say we were traveling light). My brother, Rob, was driving our car back for us and picking us us on our return, Thank you, Robert. Before I unloaded al the baggage I went inside to Customer Services just to make sure everything was good to go. Well. it wasn’t.
My plan and the Airlines regulations did not match up. We cannot board the airplane here in the States without having those VISA’a in hand. And we are only a few hours away from having to board the airplane. I called our travel agent and told her my tails of woe. She was very nice and told me it happens quite often. She did her magic on the computer and rebooked us for Friday the 22nd. We should have the Visa’s in hand and my brother is still willing to run our shuttle. We did extend our return from the 6th of September to the 10th.
Thanks for all of you that have been praying for our trip. God is still in control.
We give a big THANK YOU to all the CCV ladies who gave up their Wednesday morning to help assemble over 400 Salvation Bracelets that we will take to the students in Uganda. They did a fantastic job and had some fun and food to go with it.
The following is a list of the names of the teachers at the Emmaus Primary school in Uganda. Please pray for these teachers as they instill academic knowledge, biblical principles, and moral character into these young minds.
Today, choose to do what’s right – even when it’s hard. Choose to love others – even when they’re difficult. And choose to follow God – no matter what.
The 18th of August will soon be here, Bev and I will by winging our way across the Atlantic to visit the school in Uganda. We have been packing suitcases with items to take with us for the students and the staff. It is like a Tetrus puzzle trying to get everything in and still stay under the weight limits. It has been such a blessing to us to see that people’s hearts have been touched. They have given suitcases, clothing, sports equipment, school supplies, and financial support to purchase Bibles and new school textbooks. I wish you could all see the smiling shining faces when they recieve the gifts you have given.
We will also provide a large meal and fun day for the students and staff. There again people have given to help defray the cost of that meal. This meal is about the only time the children ever get a piece of meat. You cannot imagine the joy that such a simply thing like a meal can bring, something that we just take for granted. We hope to post a number of photos while we are there.
Emmaus Gospel Outreach 