Mbale

We arrived in Uganda without mishap and a rather boring drive over from Kenya compared to last year's! Although we did have two hours at the border, which is typical and even a short time, I'm told. There was one tiny glitch—not with any of us (Roger, myself, Dawson or Omondi)—but alas, with our car! It seems a car needs to have papers, too, in order to pass through. With officials questioning each of us about the legitimacy of this vehicle and dreading what gyrations would need to happen to get us to our final destination, God intervened. Because Dawson knew someone who knew someone, everyone seemed appeased and willing to let us pass. However it happened, we were all thanking God and glad to get to Mbale … in the midst of a tremendous thunderstorm drenching us and our belongings.

Yesterday we spent with some of Henri's church planting leaders doing training. He has gathered them from around Uganda to be with us. I'm including a photo of Henri and several of the 20+ folks here. We'll be spending the rest of the week here in Uganda doing trainings in a couple of different regions with our base being here in Mbale. It's quite beautiful, the people warm and forever welcoming. We have a VERY large family all over the world … can you even imagine what heaven will be like???? The best is getting to worship with these folks … the Spirit joins us together so strongly even if we cannot sing one single Ugandan word. It's pretty awesome.