I'm off to Africa - again!!

Ethiopian Restaurant, Kampala, Uganda

Jubilation! I depart from an extended ministry trip to Africa at the end of next week! This blog is intended to be mainly a record of my trips so I am delighted to be facing new experiences - there to be lived, enjoyed, suffered, endured and later relished.

All my plans are in place, the money paid, the teaching material written, the donations allocated. I have two new ventures this time. I will share aspects of discipleship with the Living Hope Ladies in Gulu, Uganda, many who have been traumatised through war. I have been to Gulu, but this will be the first time I've worked with Watoto. What a privilege.

My second 'new thing' will be in travelling to Kenya. Just the name evokes wonderful imagery, stories read long ago and movies from my childhood like "Where No Vultures Fly" and "Snows of Kilimanjaro". Definitely the 'olden days'!

The Ethiopian Restaurant in my photo was bombed recently - on the day of the World Cup Soccer final. Many innocent people were sitting nearby on rows of chairs outside watching the last few minutes of the game on a giant screen when the bomb went off, killing over 70 people (I think). Uganda has been through so much. What hate-filled people they must be, to do such a wicked thing?!