We had a great time doing a Fatherheart Ministries A School in Uganda. The team was Trevor and Linda Galpin, Jane van der Merwe, Mark Johnson (who is still stuck in Uganda), Ingrid and Winette from Mto Moyoni and myself. We stayed at one of the most beautiful and peaceful places on the planet - the Mto Moyoni retreat centre on the banks of the Nile.
On the school there were about 30 people from four nations: Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya. There was a wonderful openness and desire in them to go deeper into Father's love. Ingrid and Winette had laid a fantastic foundation through their Fatherheart Encounters and Transformation weeks. This meant people came on the school having had a lot of their hurts healed and they were ready to grow as sons and daughters of the Father.
The teaching was well received and in the ministry times we knew Father was doing good things. During the school we ate traditional Ugandan food which was an interesting experience for us - having said that the cook at Mto Moyoni was excellent. The staff there were also very good and made our stay comfortable and enjoyable.
In the evenings we enjoyed different people's testimonies and also some African worship. All in all it was great fun and there is a hunger and desire for more.
At the end of the week I went to one of the villages where Helping Hands in Uganda is working. I preached in the church there and enjoyed more of the people whose lives are being affected by the work done by Joy and her team. Then on the Monday the whole team visited the school in Nankandulo where we took an assembly. We taught the children some songs, spoke to them about being princes and princesses and gave them crowns. We then visited our land and saw the foundations being dug for the first house.
Little by little there is change coming in the health of the community by the work being done by the Helping Hands team.
Of course there was a visit to a nice restaurant and swimming pool and a walk by the Bujagali Falls - but such luxuries are part of any visit!
There are a number of photos on my Flickr page.
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