Thank you for praying for us! We have moved around quite a
bit the past month, so we appreciate so much your prayers and support.
Dennis goes to Calo Me Lare, the orphanage, every weekday.
He drives our van. Sometimes he runs errands on the way there or on the way
home. Sometimes he goes back to Lira for materials used in building or items
used for compound maintenance. The past few weeks he has been setting up the
Football Field (soccer field). He also set up volleyball poles & Friday he
added a net we had bought in Kampala.I on the other hand go to CML at least twice a week. I’ve been doing bookkeeping from home, corresponding by email and preparing each week as director of Children’s Church (in Cami Flege’s absence) for Bungabunga Bible Fellowship which meets at the orphanage on Sundays.
Dennis, Irene (social worker) and Emiku Dennis (orphanage administrator) had an interesting trip through a swamp to see some of the girls who are potential children for CML. (This is our rainy season, so every road with a swamp nearby is nearly impassible, and a challenge for Dennis). They spent about an hour’s drive on that type of roads. See photo below.
Dennis has also been helping a young man from the village who is in college at Ngetta, about 10 kilometers from Lira. Last Sunday Thomas’ dad asked to see Thomas, so we brought him home for lunch. We had 3-way (spaghetti, chili with beans & cheese). This was probably his first time to eat American food, but he cleaned his plate. He spoke no English. Dennis took him to see his son, Thomas, and took him to a boda boda (motorcycle taxi) for transportation home. Dennis took a bottle of antacid tablets to Thomas this week and he was improving.
Aduku Road which goes to CML is so bad that we saw an
overturned truck in one of the bad spots this morning on our way to church. On
Friday, September 7th we took 33 children to the dentist &
medical doctor at Otino-Waa (another orphanage that has a medical clinic). This
time we used the passenger van (with another driver) and our van. It was just
by the grace of God that we did not get stuck.
We’ve been watching our banana tree produce bananas. The cone will get lower each time it produces bananas and soon
there will be several rows of bananas.
On September 10th we took our second trip to
Kampala, just Dennis and I. The goal was to pick up Andy and Cami Flege from
the airport. We almost made it through the city without help, but took one
wrong turn near the south end of Kampala and hired a boda to lead us to Entebbe
Road.
We stayed in the American Recreation Association hotel one
night in Kampala. It had beautiful landscaping, any type of recreation you
could want, and a nice (affordable) restaurant. (See Dennis’ photo below).
We have a photo of part of the city.
It is surrounded by
hills and very beautiful! It is also very congested!!! Dennis drove the whole
trip but Andy navigated from Tuesday on. We shopped for the orphanage and
ourselves and returned home late Wednesday. This time we shopped downtown,
looking for mosquito nets for the new homes. Each building had multiple shops
and levels. Dennis and I followed Andy. It was quite an adventure walking
through that maze! We are happy to be back in Lira!
We are glad to have our good friends back. This is part of their welcome...
Prayer Requests:
- PTL that my infection seems to have cleared up. To God be the glory!!!
- PTL for giving us wisdom and direction during the Fleges’ furlough.
- PTL that several children at CML trusted Jesus as their Savior.
- Dennis will be preaching Sunday, September 23.
- We are contemplating getting our visas renewed for the month of November. We may have to leave the country for a few days and re-enter.
- Pray for the new children coming into the orphanage in a couple of weeks, that they will feel at home and have sponsors.
- Pray for the new house moms coming in.
- Pray that the road to the orphanage will be repaired.
We appreciate your interest in our blog & your prayers!!!
Blessings,
Dennis & Margie
