Uganda - Village of Hope

It's Thursday afternoon, and we worked a long morning so that we could come into town to celebrate Jasmin's birthday! We had a little rain this morning, but now the sun is out and it's hot and sunny again....sigh!!

So far the building is going well. We seem to be getting into the swing of brick laying and everyone is either laying bricks or cleaning up the mortar joints behind the laying team. You'd be impressed to know that one of the brick laying teams is all girls... and they're good! Missed calling?? Yesterday Jasmin, Melissa and Andrew went into the surrounding village to pray for a few sick people. We must have prayed at 6 different homes. Some people weren't necessarily sick (physically) but needed some encouragement. One family we prayed at was a family of Mum, Dad and 8 children. Both Mum and Dad have HIV and are beginning to suffer failures physically so we prayed for them and especially that the children (who are all HIV free!) would be well looked after, but we also prayed for healing. One elderly (80) lady we prayed for was so ill and suffering so much neither of us had the heart to pray for healing. She had a broken hip, a broken leg, was blind and her stomach wasn't working. I think we all prayed silently that God would take her home! She lives in a room not much larger than a toilet in Australia and she could not take care of herself. Lastly we prayed for a young boy (Peter) next door to our village, he is 9 years old. In fact he worked with our teams last January and wears a Bowens T'shirt with pride! He is very sick. He has sickle cell anemia and he is urinating blood. He has medication from the doctors but cannot afford to stay in a hospital. He has no energy and lies under a blanket outside, his outlook is not good. he needs a bone marrow transplant and heer you may as well hope to go to the moon! This broke our heart, and we prayed heaps for healing! Can you pray for Peter! He needs a miracle and you could be a part of it happening!

Apart from all these impressions, the team is doing well. It's exciting to be in Africa, making a difference and sharing Jesus with them. We are giving out, but also receiving so much!

Please continue to pray for our health, and our safety, we don't take these things for granted. Pray also for Andrew as he goes to Kampala (the capital) tomorrow so take care of a few things. Travel is not always smooth or safe here!

Blessings

Team 6 in Uganda!!