Africa New Year 2022

 Happy New Year!

Well I haven't posted here for awhile but I am going to try to do better this year.

Last year ended on a sorrowful note.  Pastor Tiondi's wife died suddenly.  They think it was due to a heart attack that was caused by a blood clot from the laceration that she had sutured 3 days earlier.  No autopsy was done so we will never know for sure.  Jesca was only 36 yr. and she leaves behind a husband and 6 children.  She was my best friend here and she taught me a lot about people, culture and children and helped me through many things here is Africa.

We had the last Memorial service January 9th here in Lugazi.  She was a woman that loved the Lord and was always helping people.  Her children loved her and she taught them to love the Lord.  She supported  her husband in his Pastoral Ministry and was always willing to share the Gospel of Jesus.  She will be missed.

We have Pastor Moses as our assistant pastor at church.  He is a man that loves the Lord and is easy to work with.  He fell ill Jan. 6th and they thought it was only a very bad case of Malaria, but it was also complicated by an appendicitis.  They tried treating it and to make a long story short it ruptured and he had to wait for the emergency surgery.  He is still in the hospital and will be there for another 3-4 days at least.  Hopefully I am through with hospitals but Pastor told me today he is going to the hospital to be checked out for chest pains.  Pray for us!

The school has opened and we have about 70 children.  We need about 125 for the school to really be in good financial standings.  One lady was telling us that the public schools are overcrowded and that she might be able to get us about 150+ more.  If that happens we will have really increase our building project and finish the permanent building sooner.  We will also need some more land which is available if we can raise the money.  We will obviously have to hire some more teachers too.

We trust the Lord to supply all our needs as we work with what He has given us. He is also opening some new ministry doors that I will tell you about in another blog.

Take care and God bless

Picture 1: The School with then temporary rooms that we are adding

picture 2 &3: The frame of the new kitchen

Picture 4: The foundation of the new building as seen from the kitchen looking back up to the school.

Picture 5: Jesca's Memorial






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