Leaving

June 27

This week we had a team of 15 from Calvin Christian High School. They arrived Wednesday evening and came to our house for supper. Thursday morning they heard from former child soldiers. It is only by God’s grace that they can tell the horrors of their stories and still say God is good. In the afternoon we went to play soccer with the street boys and heard their stories. It was powerful. Teens from Michigan who have everything they need to hear from teens living on the streets, eating one meal a day, no where to sleep, afraid, longing to go to school, unwanted… The more I get to know those boys the more I love them. On Friday the Calvin group spent time with the blind leaders and saw one of the orange orchards. In the afternoon we all went to the blind school and played goal ball with them.

Josh and I both agreed that it is a bit overwhelming when the group first comes but by the end of a few days it is hard to say good bye. We love that the Calvin group comes each year. They are so easy and fun to have. It is exciting how God can use us in a short time. It is our prayer that God uses this trip to change their lives. That they will by touched by God and never be the same again.

We now have two more days in Soroti – oh my. So exciting and yet today at church in Obule as they prayed for us I could have cried. I love them. We are wrapping up all the details around here and packing up. We will be in Kampala a couple days to help our new teammates buy their appliances for their house, then we will be in Mombassa, Kenya for an IT conference, after that we will fly to MI.

We bought a washing machine this week! A missionary in Kampala was selling theirs so we got it. It is so exciting! I have never owned a washer before. Unfortunately we haven’t been able to use it yet. It took all week to get it ready and then when it was ready our water pressure is too low to fill it and then when I filled it with buckets I blew the stabilizer box so it ran all of one second. Hopefully we will get it to work and be able to use it. What a bummer.

Sunday we had a pasta making and eating party with the team. Our new teammates have Italian roots so he took a pasta maker. The kids loved making the noodles! I have never made pasta before. It tasted great! Thanks Jim for teaching us.

So this maybe the last blog for a while. I will try to keep writing here and there but we will not have internet in MI at our house. Can’t wait to see you all! Thanks for all your prayers!!!