Blaza Blaza is filled with happiness!

Blaza Blaza is so happy he can hardly focus.  In the photo he is opening a gift including a new shirt and tie. It was so precious to see him ask Bill to teach him how to tie the knot. Bill graciously and fatherly showed him how, but I think he was so happy in the moment that he will need the lesson again...

Michael Simbwa (Blaza Blaza) graduates!

October 17, 2014 marks a day of great happiness, pride, and a new Christian graduate of Business Administration Management. After 6 years at Ndejje Christian University, the fastest growing university in Uganda, Michael met his goal. His mother, surrogate second mother (myself) and his surrogate father Isaac Sanyu woke at 4:00am to make it for the 9:00am program. At least a thousand received graduate status six and a half hours later. There could be only one other time he was this happy...when he was gifted a used IPOD... To God be the glory for all of His provisions.

Road trip to the Nile.

Wednesday was a fun day to relax while the workers in Wakiso finished with building a brick platform for the tank. So, we took a short road trip to the Nile. 

On a side note, Mr. Mbaziira is always great at spotting God's blessings. Once it was decided brick was needed, a truck was sent to go to the city to find it. Just as they were leaving our area, another truck full of brick being taken to the city drove by. They bought it and made the trip a very efficient one. 

The video shows literally the source of the Nile in Jinga Uganda. To the right of the shiny flat water is Lake Victoria which flows south and to the right, the Nile flowing north. It takes the water from the source 3 months to reach the Mediterranean.

A visit to Wakiso!

The purifier installation in Wakiso will take 2 days before training can begin...although the team is also learning on the go.  

When we arrived the first time in Wakiso, 43 CRF sponsored orphans were learning in the new and freshly painted classrooms. Sure enough, when we arrived, class was finished... I hugged every single child as they stood in line to receive my love and all of yours that you sent with me. It was so overwhelming to see and touch them, to see the progress on making the old house a place to gain knowledge and learn about God... I needed a walk out into the garden to cry to God thanking Him for this experience. 

In addition to the school on the one acre property, they have planted a very large garden of corn, peanuts and potatoes to feed the children.

After a bountiful plate of Ugandan traditional food, we played and played and played...as Bill worked on the water. It was wonderful to see him take a break and play the drums with the children and play frisbee... You should see how cute these kids are running around in oversized purple school uniforms!!!

Every day gets better.

Every Day gets better. Elishama Junior Academy in Ndejje became the first recipients of the Fountains of Hope water purification systems.  Francis Nsubuga, Owner and founder of the Christian primary school located in a heavily populated Muslim community, was overjoyed to receive the gift.  The school has about 43 children now after four years of development.  It was the pilot school for the Kampala Church of Christ to model in future locations of Church plants.  Though Muslim parents support the quality education, we learned children may be persecuted by their parents if they pray Christian prayers at home.  Please pray for the Holy Spirit to keep the children safe and warm the heart of the parents to hear the message of Jesus. After school hours, a team of about six people were trained by Bill Farrar to operate the system.  When completed, we prayed, sang songs with some of the children and blessed Francis and Judith who will become the expert users of the system for this location. It was poignant to hear the twice daily Muslim call to worship as we left.

Every Day gets better.

Sunday at the Mityana Church of Christ.

Sunday was literally heavenly. We were invited to the Mityana Church of Christ legally established in July 2014.  Michael Simbwa, with a burdened heart for his home village had been educated in the Lord's Word at the Kampala Church of Christ preparing him for this great task. He began going door to door making friends and teaching his community about Jesus. After about 12 Life Care Groups were started in homes, the people wanted to start meeting for Sunday services. The church was birthed and now meets in a school building owned by one of the members. 

Today, after Michael delivered a Bible class from Acts 2:1-4, we praised the Lord in song, I led the communion comments and Bill delivered the sermon with a very transparent testimony. During the service, Michael and Bill dedicated nine babies to the Lord with their parents. The climax was seeing Ten souls won to Christ with a public confession and baptism.  Oh how we praised the Lord for His and mercy!!! 

First weekend in Uganda news!

Saturday was a great start for our work in Uganda. Many friends greeted us at the church. Their kind words reminded me of the many reasons I love being here. Being Bill's first time here, the Ugandans have broken him in to the constant joy and laughter due to the seemingly endless challenges of the day. While Bill was shopping with the guys for tanks, I was with Rebekah teaching about the Samaritan women at the well for a Pentecostal conference near her home. It is such a blessing serving our gracious Lord! Our cups overflow! 

Made it to Uganda!

Hello everyone!!! Greetings from Uganda!! We've made it smoothly and safely. God has blessed the journey already! We flew over on British Airways using Bill's frequent flying privileges...  We are staying at a different place this time which is very nice with hot water.  Today we will meet with the leaders in the morning and get started purchasing what is needed for water purification. As an extra blessing, Bill had someone donate a second purifier for KCC. We will be honoring them with the news today and see where they would like to install it. God is good. Thank you for praying!!!