Day 6 - Heinz Ketchup

Saturday! It’s hard to believe that we have been gone over a week now!

Today we spent the morning around Mbale, seeing the sites and doing a little shopping. David and Miriam accompanied us in town, and were great guides and barterers. Brian is relieved to have his pants staying right where he wants them with the new belt he got. ;) He also hit the jackpot, finding a bottle of Heinz ketchup, as the local tomato paste just doesn't compare.

After lunch we went on two home visits as the entire group. First was Matthew's family's (Hayduk's) sponsor child, Shariff. We learnt that the family is doing well. Shariff lives with his mother and grandmother, who was very happy to see him for a second time, and insisted that he comes to visit again. The second visit was to Brian's sponsor child, Shafik. It was very impactful to see how the family lives, and to know that they were doing well. As a surprise, both children responded that they wanted to grow up to be doctors! We are very hopeful this will come true!

We returned to the school and the new assembly hall, which is being put to full use, and we are told has made Marare the new central meeting area. The church leaders were gathering together after being out doing a missionary walk. We had the privilege to share a meal with them in the village. Boy did they ever fill our plates full! We then retired to the FH office for a light snack on some fruit and debrief.

We are looking forward to the church service tomorrow and the visit to Moses' home.