Thursday, July 12th


Today was another lovely day here in Uganda-temps in the 80s with a wonderful breeze. Praise the Lord for great weather.  Our morning devotion reminded us to be doers and not hearers only. Using the illustration of a beach covered with starfish-one person alone can’t get all the starfish back into the ocean but numerous people working together can do it.  So it is with our team, each person is a vital to getting the lessons done.

When we arrived following our 1 hr drive, we were welcomed again with songs by the children. Following the singing, welcome and introductions we had 2 hrs for teaching and an hour for distribution of the filter buckets. Distribution includes completing a questionnaire and practicing the method for backwashing the filter. We ask that they tell us how many times it should be backwashed (3), what kind of water to use (previously filtered) and practice removing and reattaching the filter to the hose. We gave out another 10 filters today.

Bethlehem congregation in Mbogo was started in 2004 by Pastor Dan Schneider.  Their church was built in partnership with Immanuel Lutheran in Brookfield, WI and dedicated on April 27, 2014. This is the first place which has a concrete floor instead of dirt for the floor.  Even the floor on the latrine was concrete instead of just a hole in the dirt.  It is the first congregation we visited which has its own building, not renting space for the congregation to worship. Praise the Lord for the assistance from Immanuel Lutheran in Brookfield.

Pray the Holy Spirit continues to enable us to speak boldly about the Lord.
Pray the Lord helps us see the people from His perspective-as his children and our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Pray the Lord continues to supply our physical, emotional and spiritual needs

Many thanks is for your prayers-you enable us to be Christ’s hands and feet as your prayers provide protection for us.


Blessings,
TEAM 1821

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