Uganda - Village of Hope

It's the end of Thursday and we've been working on site now for three and a half days. We are beginning to get traction now. We are waiting for some bitumen to arrive from Kenya that has been held up at the border. We need this for the external walls so it has slowed us a bit. Not that we've not found work to do though. We've been painting, cleaning, fitting skylights, re-fitting solar panels, cleaning houses after construction, checking and making sure sewing machines work properly, cleaning out and re-organizing the whole tool shed and more!! We hope to see the bitumen tomorrow sop that we can pull up the external walls to match what we've done internally. The temperature has been high the last few days (unlike Melbourne we hear!), and the heat takes it's toll, but all in all, the team is doing a fantastic job!
It's been fun interacting with the kids as they come home from school in the afternoons too. Teaching them songs and learning (sort of!) a few ourselves. On Friday evening we'll be eating with children and doing evening devotions with them, then on Sunday afternoon we'll take them out swimming. This is always great fun and a treat for the kids. For us too by the way!
The power here is irregular. The government is having trouble keeping up with the demand which means we have power for 12 hours or a day, then not for the next day or 2. Water is also a little unpredictable, but we've had enough when we needed it albeit slow...
We are eating well, very well in fact. The weight loss some of us were counting on may certainly not happen! We have a wonderful young lady called Lucy, who has just graduated from YWAM's vocational training school, and needed to have some experience cooking for a group as she'd like to be a cook. We have enjoyed her work and will be able to write a recommendation for her CV.

We are all still well, and keeping safe. We'd appreciate your continued prayers if you're following this blog. We do not take for granted anything in Africa and know that God is with us.