We’ve been here a few weeks now, so it was good to be visited by one of the other CMSI mission partner families this week. Aart and Geesje, along with Anne Fleur, Reuben and Jan Lucas came down from Arua on Sunday. They are a great family full of energy and fun, and obviously also doing great work at the vocational training centre at Arua. Last time we saw Aart he had driven a 5 Tonner the 6 hours down to here to collect some equipment which came on a container from Ireland. As there was a bit of spare room in the truck, he filled up with some timber and charcoal to make the journey particularly worthwhile – I think this time with the children the timber has had to wait. Thankfully though there was room for an apple cake from Geesje’s kitchen which was jolly tasty.

The Ekisa team from Ballyholme left us today. I shared in staff prayers this morning from Psalm 133. It has been a real encouragement to see Irish youngsters working with Ugandan’s and to note God’s blessings upon their efforts as they worked together with differences and similarities to share the gospel with children in local schools and around the hospital.

We have a team from ASPEN with us next week. ASPEN is a multinational reinsurance group who support some of the work at Kiwoko as part of their corporate social responsibility. They have been significant donors for the new maternity ward which should be receiving its first patients by the end of October. A team who visited last year had a busy programme and despite enjoying their trip were deeply challenged by what they saw. Hopefully the same will be true again this year.

Denise (sleeping beside me on the sofa as I write) and I are doing well. Denise is enjoying teaching at the nurse school, and certainly the reports reaching me from students are extremely positive. She has also been made the ‘set mother’ for the final years – to look out for their administrative and pastoral needs.

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