Beginning 2013 in Uganda

Greetings from Uganda!

 We arrived in Entebbe on January 3^rd & in Lira on January 4^th. We are thankful that the time change did not affect us as much traveling east. We had a great time with family! Saying “Goodbye” was not easy, but we are happy to serve the Lord in Uganda.

This is a picture of Christmas in our home in Talala with our daughter Evie:

  We brought a dear sister in the Lord from our church, Connie Becker, back with us. She is gathering information from the teachers at Calo Me Lare, schools & school officials in the area about how school is done in Uganda in an attempt to make our school at the orphanage the best it can be. We want the children to have the best education they can possibly have.

On Saturday, January 5^th, we received the traditional welcome special guests enjoy at CML. As we drove in the gate we were very excited to see the new church building for Bungabunga Bible Fellowship. We were pleased to be a part of the dedication service on the 6^th.  Dennis & Andy cut the ribbon to the new church building & Dennis spoke along with Pastor Emiku Dennis. See pictures below:

Connie Becker brought dolls for the girls & trucks for the boys. They played with them all week. The girls made houses for their dolls from bricks left over from the church construction. The boys built roads. They had so much fun! See the girls from Joy’s house with their dolls. Connie is the Muzungu (white person) in photo.

Achola Molly & her boys show off their new trucks below:

We are enjoying life in Uganda again, although this is the dry & hot season. We have not had rain this week, so the grass is beginning to turn brown. It has been fun to have Connie with us. We came home to almost ripe bananas. Below is a photo of Dennis & our guard Robbin with the bananas they cut down. They should be ready in a week or two.

The past few days Dennis seemed to have Malaria. At first he thought it was a sinus infection & began taking antibiotics. Although he tested negative for Malaria three times, he has had the symptoms & the doctor recommended that he begin treatment. When he began treatment he improved quickly. He was able to preach this morning although he could not stand for the entire worship time, which is customary in Africa. He is resting this afternoon. We appreciate your prayers for a full recovery.

Again, we are grateful for your interest, support, encouragement & prayers. We are so blessed to have faithful prayer partners. May God bless you abundantly in 2013!

Blessings,

Dennis & Margie