Wen June 30th

Hello. It has been many days and I have not been here. The first reason was that it was the weekend. Then I was planning to come yesterday and it got to be a crazy day. But first let me say a bit about the weekend.

On Saturday our house girl (Betty) was sick. That means that I was at home the whole day doing what most women have to do everyday. I cooked lunch of beans and posho (that is a food made from flour from corn). Also just trying to keep the house in order. David spent a lot of the day at school working on weeding and cleaning up the compound. That is a battle that never ends. That was about all of the day.
On Sunday was church, of course. And on this Sunday it was extra long. Pastor David was preaching about Water Baptism and why we are commanded to be baptised. By the way, I am not sure how many of you know that we are now having three services on Sundays. The first service is from 8:00-9:30 and it is only English, then the Luganda service that is from 9:30-11:30, and last is the Rwandan service that is from 11:30 to 1:30. This makes a full day, but we are able to meet even more people and that is what we are trying for. So yesterday in the Rwandan service there was one lady that had some misunderstandings of Baptism and we did not leave the church till 2:30 and we were exhausted. But like I told Mom when she called, it is not like we just get to go home at that point and rest. One of the boarding students was caught stealing 5,000/= and we had to solve that issue. After that our sister-in-law from Entebbe came to visit. By the time we reached bed we were ready for it.

So now let me tell about yesterday. We were invited to attend and David to preach in a conference. For me this was last minute news as I was waking up, but we went and it was good. We left around 8:30 in the morning and traveled just outside of the city, but on the other side of the city to a place called Seeta. There were two sessions, one in the morning and the other after lunch. In the first session David shared about how we can be blessed because of who we are and not what we have done. In the afternoon session, he preached about having a vision and dream and fulfilling what God has called you to. By the time we left we were so tired, him from preaching and me from sitting on a wooden bench the whole day, that we did not go to the crusade that they were also having. It was a long enough day for me. David loved every minute of it, and I am having to get used to it. He was letting me on the way home that this is what he would like to do more of. I have still a lot to learn about what it means to be a missionary I think.
See you later.
Heather

Friday 24th June

You can now see that I have taken the time to add a photo today. This is a picture of us harvesting Ground nuts or G-nuts as they are commonly called. (In America we call them peanuts.) It is a bit strange to think of harvesting in June, but I guess it is good too. It is now the dry season and everything is getting to the end of the growing season. This was my first time to see and harvest G-nuts, so I was enjoying. It was really easy too. Now we have to set them in the sun for awhile and let them dry and them take the time to de-shell them. That is what will take the longest time. Our maize (corn) is also over now, but it sure was nice to have fresh corn. The avocado tree that is in the back yard is almost out of avocados too. I hope that the rains will begin again soon so that things will start to grow again.

By the way, I love the house that we are in right now. That we are able to grow all these things. I am already trying to plan for the next growing season so that we will make the best use of the space that we have. I want to try onions and potatoes this next time, and maize and G-nuts again. If I can I even want to get some other seeds from town to try. We will see. Just waiting for the rain to start again.

Oh yeah, I was talking about how much I love the house that we are in right now. It is self contained meaning that we are the only house in the fence and that we have our own water and electricity. The only down part is that we are renting it and that we have to pay three months at a time. That is to happen in just a week and we are just praying that the money will come in time. I know that God is in control though and that is all that matters.
See you later.
Heather

Thursday 24th June

What a dreaded day. It was the day for deep cleaning of our bedroom. I am thankful that the rest of the house gets cleaned often, but the bedroom is always put off. I was there from morning to evening and it is shining now. I hate mopping though. I think that is the worst job in the world to do. The best part is that now we have a new arrangement and a change and I like that.

Then in the evening was church. We always have a mid-week service on Thursday evening of just an hour and a half. It was an interesting service too as we were learning about Water Baptism and asked for some testimonies of peoples experiences. On Sunday we will continue and help to clarify some of peoples thinking that are off on the subject. (Will say more on Sunday of this.)

Funny story. While I was cleaning and organizing the bedroom, the girls were around and playing. At one point there was an airplane that was flying over and Abijah went to the window and pulled open the curtain and said, "Uncle Zach, Airplane." I am still just amazed that she can be remembering my brother Zach who left here over a week ago. I think that she is missing him.

Wednesday 23th June

Today was an interesting day. For David he said that this day he had his greatest achievement. Now can you guess what that would be? We were driving to the Uganda Revenue Authorities and we saw a guy who was selling things that came up to the car. It was just a bunch of this and that, but one thing that David has been waiting his whole life for. It was a cutter for trimming the bushes. (Sorry I can't think of the name of it.) So he HAD to buy it. He asked how much and the guy told him that it was 20,000 shillings (about $10) and that was too much for David so he started to bargain and talked the guy down to 10,000 shillings (about $5) and it was then a done deal. That was my husband's greatest achievement of life. Not to mention that we were on our way to the Revenue and he got his Permit without any problems, which he has been waiting for for months. (A side note also, here the permit is the real thing. In America we call it a Licence but for here it is a permit.)
Well that was the day in short. I have had a hard time reaching the Internet today, but I just had to come and say hi.
Bye.

first day

Hello to you all. This is my beginning. Today I am just setting things up and we will see how this goes. Wait for tomorrow so that I can begin for real.