Ministry Partners,
Today, we needed to have breakfast and then quickly
get into the van and head for downtown Kampala to finish our banking needs
before they closed at noon.
Along the way we picked up a woman who was in the
refugee camp and went to school with Alfred from Kindergarten through Seventh
grade. Her name is Betty and she is now a Catholic nun. Betty is such a sweet
person with a smile and laughter that will steal your heart, I so liked her, especially
when we ganged up on Alfred to tease him. After leaving the bank I handed out
scarves and tracts as the three of us walked along, it was such fun!
Arlene & Betty
After our banking needs were taken care of Betty
took us to a Catholic hostel and a Catholic guest house just for ideas of where
we might stay next year, if need be. I have been unhappy with the stay we have
been staying at in Kampala so now we have some other ideas. In Rwanda, we
stayed every year that we traveled to Butare in a Catholic Guest House and it
was lovely, clean and quiet with good food so I had been hoping for a couple of
years to find one here.
I was able to gift Betty with a beautiful white donated shawl before she left us and Alfred found a shady spot to park
and finish the government report so he could take it to get it printed. We
could then get a copy to the Commissioner of Prisons before we leave. It is
something we have done every year and I still remember how shocked they were
the first year when we presented them with a copy at the end of that trip, they
carefully looked through each page.
Pastor Geoffrey arrived and kept me company as
Alfred went to get the report printed. Over an hour later Alfred returned and
as he waited for the document to get printer he also ordered a couple pizzas,
one got immediately quickly eaten. We stopped and made reservations at another restaurant
for a farewell dinner with partners for tomorrow evening.
Then Geoffrey left for home and we headed for our
hotel to do the final bookkeeping for finances. I had so much to do, packing my
suitcases and getting a few supplies ready for storage as tomorrow morning we
do ministry in our last prison and then with the evening dinner there is no
time to do packing tomorrow. Needless I am dragging my feet; it’s so hard to
leave!
We enjoyed the pizza and a fresh pineapple Alfred
bought for dinner and I am now finishing this post for the blog.
Please pray concerning tomorrow:
- An unusual outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of the prisoners
- A fresh anointing for the team
Thank you partners for faithfully praying.
That none would be lost,
Arlene
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