Friday 24th August 2007

Today was my big day to go to the conference.  I dropped Kathryn off at Akanyijuka for school and stayed for a while to play with the children and took some photos – check my flickr site for some of them.  After this I went to Jackson’s place to talk and pray as we do every week, and we had a good time.  Then Annie asked for me to stay and have lunch, which was really enjoyable, simple but enjoyable.  After this however it was off to the conference.  I must say it was not enjoyable, but not quite as bad as I had worked myself into thinking it was going to be.  But Jackson and I were in agreeance of many things happening there.  The more I think about how we are to encourage one another and to reach those who are without Jesus, the more I think that we can really only be effective on a personal one to one basis.  I think of how Jackson and I are meeting and people back home that received this and those who did not.

Anyway I am feeling good that my visit to the conference is over and I am very excited that I am walking in God’s will with Akanyijuka.  To impact someone’s life, one or two at a time is such a good feeling, whether it is to help them materially (as with Akanyijuka), emotionally, spiritually or to just encourage them in some other way.  Enough rambling, just check out those photos!!!

Friday 24th August 2007 (Kathryn)

School again today but this was a slightly different day as I had two new students in my class.  Prudence and Junior.  They were a little hesitant at first but then Moses & Emmanuel were explaining to them where they were going (well at least I think that is what they must have been saying) and so Prudence and Junior followed.  I started off the day with just free indoor play to let Prudence and Junior settle in and feel at ease.  I took out the lego blocks and the three boys showed the new students what to do with the blocks.  It was very cute and pleasing to see. After about half an hour, Prudence seemed to start coming out of her shell and was talking to me as she was making something with the blocks.  Junior was still shy but I could see he was quietly enjoying the blocks as he sat on the mat with the other boys.  Moses was very loving and took it upon himself to look after Junior.  He would ask Junior every now and then if he wanted to go to the toilet and if he wanted “such and such” etc.  A bit later in the day it was playdough time and like the three boys did when they first saw the playdough, Prudence and Junior had a taste of the playdough.  I think Prudence must have liked the taste of it as she started to eat one of the little balls of playdough she had made. After seeing my two new students in class today I think they will fit in just fine!