God has been doing some amazing work in the village of
Naigobya and we are blessed to be a part of His accomplishments. We have been busy leading Bible Studies,
Pastoral training, vocational training, and managing the school at St.
Paul.
Enjoying their porridge under the classroom veranda out of the rain |
Bye Bye old classrooms |
We have completed three more classrooms which brings the
total now to eight classes. What a joy
it was to move P1-P3 students from the wooden shacks with dirt floors to the
new classrooms as the rain season arrived.
Needless to say the children will not be learning while their feet are
in the mud. We only have two more classrooms
to build. When the last two classes are
finished the Baby class and Top class will move from the church building to the
school compound. Exciting news may be
coming soon!
All the ministries bring about a sense of excitement in the
two of us! We have now shifted some of our focus to children’s ministries. Each Thursday the teaching staff held chapel
for all the students combined at the church.
We are now able to hold chapel in the school’s P1 and P2
classrooms. These two classes are open
in the middle to be used as one big class when needed, and soon we will have a
curtain to separate into two classes as well.
Each week a different teacher would rotate and teach a
scripture message with no rhyme or reason. Thank you Mary Sutherland for
allowing St. Paul Learning Centre to use some materials previously used by
Olivet’s children’s church. The “ABC’s
of God” We are training three teachers how to use the materials and they are so
excited to have the subject matter provided.
WE are excited how each lesson builds on the previous lessons!
Simon reading along in Chapel |
For fun we have incorporated the music that was used by
Olivet for Vacation Bible School last year.
“Sing & Play Base Camp Music” We have been teaching four songs from
the CD including the dance moves. Yes,
Simon and Bruce stand up front and show the children all the moves. Well, at least the ones they can
remember. If they can’t remember the
moves they just make them up.
The children love to watch Simon and I make fools of
ourselves. The reactions from the
children differ from giggles and laughter to outright screams of
enjoyment. Yes, we are a class act or
legends in our own minds. LOL! We also rotate the participants we invite up
to join us. We invite both teachers and
students up front to make it more exciting.
singing "My God is so Great, so Strong and so Mighty! There's nothing my God cannot Do!" |
We have gone against the norm for chapel at the school.
Usually the message is presented to all students, Baby class-P7. We now break them into two groups after the
music. Baby Class-P2 now separate and
meet in a separate building or outside with Janine. Janine is spending about an hour reading
books and Bible stories to the children from a variety of books. And she is adding some crafts, just what she
loves!
"What does the Sheep say?" |
I slip out of the older class to watch Janine and find
myself caught up in the story like the children. She is so animated when reading and does a
great job of bringing the stories to life.
I love to watch the children as their faces and attention are glued to
Janine as she narrates.
So Proud of their pictures! |
Janine and I both feel such a joy when ministering to the
children! This is something we have been
longing to do ever since we moved to Uganda.
Joyfully Serving with you!
Bruce
& Janine
Prayer Needs & Praises
·
We need our Work permits –they
have expired and we were given a temporary special pass, which will expire soon
also. Immigration is holding our
paperwork. We need it soon to stay in
the country.
· Praise
God for all those who accepted Him this month – pray they learn and grow in their new found faith
· Protection
– while traveling on Ugandan
roads it is now rainy season and roads are even more dangerous
· Stay
healthy
· Vision
in ministry – Pray our plans align with
God’s and that we listen to His voice as we minister to this community