Day 8 - Nov 5 - And the WALLS went UP!

It is sad to think this is our last week in Marare but we can be rest assured that our time here had filled us with enough joy to last a lifetime. It was nice to begin our day with devotions in Marare with FH staff and community members. Today was also monumental because our team began construction on the new leg of the school. Last week the construction workers poured the foundation of the school and today they were ready to begin the brick walls. Our main contribution consisted of moving bricks from the kilns to the construction site for use by the construction workers. The 6 of us guys were concerned this would take forever but to our surprise we had a few extra hands that wanted to help us out! Also in the morning Deon and Jenni had special moments visiting their sponsor kids.

In the afternoon Rita taught upwards of 25 eager women to sew. She was thankful that Moses was there to help with crowd control! Molex took Coreen, Diniz and John on a tour of 3 of Marare's 4 wells. John was surprised how long the walk between the wells was, which is great because this goes to show how well these wells serve the entire community. The new well built this year with Northgate's funds is a real blessing because it is in the school yard and provides a good central location. The Awana leaders (Chris, Jordan, Deon and Matt) had a blast today- we finally set up some soccer games! These kids are phenomenal players and certainly schooled us leaders. Deon will brag that his green team beat Chris' blue team, but just ask him whose team won ALL the other awana games.

We were saddened to learn at the end of the day that Paul #2 (FH Staff, and originally Moses' second hire upon starting office in the Mbale area) will leave for another community Kitgum in Northern Uganda. He has been a great source of joy for all of us and we are sad to see him go. We feel blessed for our time here and hope we can continue to give back to this community in our short remaining time.