I honestly can't believe how fast this time is going, and I know that my remaining weeks are going to disappear quicker than the ones that came before them. As this was the week before the team from Canterbury arrived, there was a lot of preparation for their arrival taking place, a lot of meal planning, and a lot of food shopping!
This was another difficult week in terms of missing home because it was my brother Andrew's 21st birthday and my Mum's birthday on the Thursday. It was sad not to be there for the celebrations and be apart of it, but I was able to skype them on the day of their birthday and it gives us an excuse to celebrate it all over again. I also skyped my home church house group, which was so encouraging and uplifting but at the same time, it made me realise just how much I miss them.
I was able to visit the hospital again this week to do ministry with the patients there. I went with Betty (a Jenga intern) to pray for the ladies and babies in the maternity ward. People here are so open to prayer and are always so thankful. Even if they don't believe in God or follow another religion, they will almost never decline your request. We then bought butter, sugar and bread for a few patients that we felt were in really need. The girl we gave the food to was so unbelieveably thankful, you would have thought we had given more that we actually did.
This week I was given another opportunity to visit Grace and Vinnie for dinner, which is an invitation you would never decline. For starters, thick fluffy American pancakes with maple syrup - not you traditional African dish but absolutely delicious!
The team arrived late on the Saturday night after their bus broke down, so we ate at a time not normally associated with dinner. However they were shortly forgiven when they presented me with a gift bag from my good friend Anne, who had enclosed various luxuary items which I had been missing since being here. The bag mainly contained cereal because apparently I'm a real sucker for it, but sadly it was a bit difficult to send over some decent milk too!
On the Sunday I was preaching again, but this time it was at Victory church which is a branch off of the main Bethel church in Mbale. I preached a similar thing as before, because the whole subject of endurance in the faith has really been on my heart and seemed very relevant. It will be the last Sunday that I will be preaching at, but I have been so grateful for the experience, the opportunity and the words and peace that God has provided.
Much love Han xxx
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