Africa Here I Come!

Children in the Gulu church, 2008

Imagine how heavy the baby would feel after 5 minutes?!

Writing a newsletter is a lengthy task. I found a great template, which helps, but it is so important to me to let friends and family know the details of the mission trips because their prayers are so vital. I was able to email it off today. It is such a blessing to have messages of encouragement come back! Thanks!

I will be away for six weeks. Peter will mind the fort. My time will be divided equally between South Africa, Uganda and Kenya, but I will have time to be with my family first. Mum turned 86 last December, so it will be good to see her again after a two-year break. I have two sisters living in South Africa plus a deal of extended clan members! We are many!

In Uganda I will spend the first week with Operation Uganda in Kampala and Ps Russ has indicated that we will also travel to some outlying districts for ministry. I will go to Gulu for the second week to distribute the Bibles I hope to access to the people who asked for them on my last trip. However, my main task will be to cooperate with Watoto to teach in their Discipleship programme. We have not yet settled on exactly what form this will take.

It is just a hop-skip-and jump into Kenya. I am working out how I'll travel once there. Getting to Nairobi is not a problem, but from there things begin to get murky. Shall I then fly to Kisumu then take a 4x4 or a bus south? Should I try to fly to Masai Mara and find transport from there? What will I do for transport once I'm in the right town? I have been promised very clean accommodation, but there is no indoor plumbing. I can cope with that as the "no paper rule" in India is much trickier! I have tentitively enquired about a mozzie net, wondering if it would be prudent to take my own. They were freely available in Gulu, so probably will also be in Kenya, except that Pastor Alice says they are "very remote!" Mmmm! Decisions! Decisions!