He Is Alive!

Easter greetings! Today is Good Friday leading up to Easter. We’re so thankful that we serve a Saviour who is alive & coming again! Thank you for your prayer support & encouragement. We greatly appreciate & need it.

We are planning a big Easter Celebration at Bungabunga Bible Fellowship. Our worship leader, Vicky, will lead us in some songs of praise & worship. Pastor Fred Musungu is our guest speaker for this special service. We’re planning some special Easter treats for the children. Today Cami, a teenager from our Bible Study & I made 330 sugar cookies. We average about 170 kids on Sunday, but we sent invitations out & expect many more. We are planning for each child to frost his/her own cookie & put sprinkles on it. Should be messy & fun!!!

Today is Good Friday. It is a national holiday as well as the Monday after Easter. Dennis worked at the church today & all of a sudden he heard the children wailing. He asked what was wrong. The mothers had explained what Good Friday means, and they all began crying because of Jesus death on the cross for the forgiveness of our sin.

We have really enjoyed our guest the past few months. Connie Becker stayed with us the month of January. We had a great crusade near the church March 7-10, & Pastor Fred Musungu & family were our house guests during that time. Connie Madden & Jesaca Gibson came for a special trip on March 12-23 & Connie stayed with us. They organized our store room at Calo Me Lare & brought lots of love & good cheer. This is Connie & I in our living room.

 The two new homes are nearing completion, structurally. See pictures below.

Work on the medical clinic is in progress. All the bricks are made on-site, More than half of the bricks have been made. We think it will be 40 x 60 feet. It will be so valuable to the orphanage & the surrounding community.

 The rainy season has started & Dennis has begun planting our garden at home. The white ants (termites) are out, which to the local Ugandans are a delicacy. They may roast them or eat them raw.

We had a great trip to Kampala Saturday – Tuesday of this week. This was our first trip to not get lost once. We took Connie & Jesaca to the airport on Saturday night. We enjoyed worshiping in an English service on Sunday & relaxing the remainder of the day. Then we had two full days of errands, returning home just after dark in the rain on Tuesday evening. We were unable to extend our visas, so we have someone working on that for us. Thanks for praying. We were able to change our airline tickets to return home on September 28^th.

Thank you to everyone who is praying for us. We pray for you also. “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

Blessings,

Dennis & Margie