Uganda, Saturday, July 14

Today was a very long day, not because we traveled a lot but it  was a warmer day than we have had and not as much breeze.  Maybe it was also that it was the last day and we are tired.     The congregation today was Kigando Lutheran Church of Uganda in Bugarama.  It was a small building with only a small window  but had doors on both side so we had a cross breeze.

Other lessons beside the transfer of germs include food preparation in terms of washing the fruits and vegetable in filtered or boiled water, washing hands before preparing food, etc, then the topic of common parasites followed by discussion of the formula for controlling diarrhea using a special spoon which measures salt on one end and sugar with the other to be dissolved in water. Children drink one cup and adults two cups.

In some ways it was hard to believe we had completed our 6 days of teaching already. Our comment to our team leader was we finally are able to do this smoothly having learned from the previous days.
The water at this village was taken from a pond in which the cows drink a also.  It was muddy looking and in the filter bucket looked  the color of cow per with algae and dirty floating in it. Again the water was clear in the filtered water container.  This trip made us appreciate the BLESSING of clean water from a tap, not a pond up to ¼ mi walk.

Praise the Lord for the people here who have faith in the Savior

Praise for continued protection and safety.

Pray for the churches we visited this week that the gospel will continue  to flourish.

SUNDAY we visit the grandfather church in this region.

Thanks for your prayer support.
Blessings

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