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Trip 18, SOH Uganda, Update 4

Running in rural African is awesome.  Getting off the main dirt road and into the winding two tracks and trails beyond the trading centers at dawn is beautiful.  Mist settling in the acacia trees in the valleys, chickens and cows being the only noise, children waking to school fascinated with seeing an old white man running, people carry their farm tools walking to their fields …very cool.  Many times someone will take off and run with me…dress pants and sandals and do well.  One guy was on his way to work in the next village.

When the SOH kids are out of school, several will run with me.  A few use sandals and others prefer to just go barefoot.  They will go 4 or 5 miles at a good pace.  It is special for me when they join me.  I peek in their rooms 1/2 hr. Before dawn and say “who wants to run?”, and they jump up out of bed.

I know to get in shape for running here since we are in a hilly area at about 3500 feet elevation, on the equator.  Yeah it’s hot.

 

Trip 18, SOH Uganda, Update 2

Mission completed for three of the team.  Jon, Emily, and Rick are heading home and I will stay a few more weeks.  It was a good two weeks at SOH, accomplishing our plan and an addition of Medical/Dental/Reading glasses outreach to the community which turned out to be the most important part of the trip.  The outreach lasted 3 days and reached the entire area around the orphanage.

We served roughly 250 people with basic medical and medicine by Dr. Ben from Kenya,   Dental assistance including teeth pulling by a clinic in Kamuli, and reading glasses.  We have tons of stories, many very appreciative people, and a very elderly man who finally accepted Christ as his Saviour in the dentist office due to the love and care we showed him.  Praise God!

Several projects were completed including lighting, gutters for rain collection and furniture building.  Here are a few photos….

Trip 18, SOH Uganda

Four of us, Jon, Emily, Rick, and myself are in route to the Stream of Hope Home in Byasi, Uganda.  This is Jon’s 3rd trip and first for his daughter Emily as well as for Rick.  The team will be together for two weeks then all return except I will stay an additional two weeks.  Between us we have nearly 700 pounds of stuff to bless the kids with and complete our projects.  We will arrive there Saturday afternoon.

We are bringing over 1000′ of heavy wire, 4 electrical boxes, security lights for outside, lights for inside of the new girls dorm, a fan for the kitchen, a folding aluminum ladder, plumbing valves for water collection, tools, books and toys for the kids, a laptop and 20 solar powered audio Bibles for the Teso ministry, and a keyboard for the church at SOH.  We have a lot planned and look forward to being with the kids and staff.

Pastor Paul’s prayer request is for rain.  It has not done so in months, even though it is the time for rain.  The well there I see not functioning because of the drought.

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Emily, Jon, Rick, Bob, and 700 pounds of luggage