The team from E! was amazing!
The children each got small group time with the team and SO enjoyed them. I have included some pictures from their time. The first 2 pics are when we were sitting and having lunch on the field trip. Each adult had 2 children throughout the day. You can see Caley with, from the left, Beatrice, Lisa (with her back to the camera) and Margret. The other pic is of Abby with some of the boys. If you look carefully, you will see Ann and Glenn in the background. The 3rd picture is of Brenda 2, Beatrice and Hope playing ball. The other kids were learning baseball from Kevin and these 3 were just not interested...The 4th pic is of Abby holding her birthday cake. That cake fed 75 people. The kids were thrilled to celebrate in an American fashion. They each gave a gift of telling one thing they really like about Abby.
All is getting back to normal - even my weekly emails ;). We hope to move the bakery this week to Mbale - more next week on this one!
Thank you all for supporting what God is doing here in Budaka. We are so glad to be partnering with you to touch these children's and adults' lives. May God bless you today!
Laurie
Calendars will be ordered Nov 15, in time for Christmas giving season. Let me know if you want some sent to you to buy or sell. Each month shows a different effect Cornerstone has had on individuals and the community of Budaka.
- Workshops for our teachers and headmaster, teaching classes, spending time with teachers
- 2 pastors' conferences with a total of over 80 people in attendance...many pastors learning for the first time how to study the Bible and prepare a sermon (many people in the villages are appointed without any training)
- Saturday School with 250+ kids in attendance...singing songs, having a snack, playing games and hearing about the Lost Sheep
- Field trip to Kampala with our 30 orphans and the staff...first time on an escalator for all our kids, and most of our staff...learning some history of Uganda at the king's palace...playing at Wonder World, a small amusement park
- Fun "American" time for Abby, Ellen and me...playing games, sharing American humor, talking about the election, etc.
- Teaching both weekends at church (Ann one weekend and Kevin the next)
- All team members working with our kids and many others at Sunday School
- someone broke into our compound and stole our generator out of (what we thought was) its secure house
- a 2 1/2 foot poisonous snake which the night watchman killed - about 1am
- many frogs hopping in and making themselves at home in their rooms
- a break-in of a car in front of us during a traffic jam. A guy punched the occupant and stole his cell phone
- a speedy retreat, without our food, from a restaurant because we spotted a man who has threatened us
- planning by the airline's website for a delayed flight (almost 2 hours late), only to arrive at the airport and find the flight had already taken off on time. 24 hours' delay in getting home.
The children each got small group time with the team and SO enjoyed them. I have included some pictures from their time. The first 2 pics are when we were sitting and having lunch on the field trip. Each adult had 2 children throughout the day. You can see Caley with, from the left, Beatrice, Lisa (with her back to the camera) and Margret. The other pic is of Abby with some of the boys. If you look carefully, you will see Ann and Glenn in the background. The 3rd picture is of Brenda 2, Beatrice and Hope playing ball. The other kids were learning baseball from Kevin and these 3 were just not interested...The 4th pic is of Abby holding her birthday cake. That cake fed 75 people. The kids were thrilled to celebrate in an American fashion. They each gave a gift of telling one thing they really like about Abby.
All is getting back to normal - even my weekly emails ;). We hope to move the bakery this week to Mbale - more next week on this one!
Thank you all for supporting what God is doing here in Budaka. We are so glad to be partnering with you to touch these children's and adults' lives. May God bless you today!
Laurie
Calendars will be ordered Nov 15, in time for Christmas giving season. Let me know if you want some sent to you to buy or sell. Each month shows a different effect Cornerstone has had on individuals and the community of Budaka.
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