Geoffrey took us back to his home church today, Calvary Temple in Bukasa.  Bukasa is two hours from Kampala with lots of traffic along the way.  After we turned off the main road, I lost count of the number of different dirt roads we turned onto after eight.

It doesn't matter whether you are early, on-time, or late, you have to go by his mom's house for tea and a snack before going to church.  Yesterday, we had bread and fresh fried eggs with our tea.

Worship was very lively and so was the preaching.  Geoffrey preached today (We have always wanted to hear him preach.) and he is very animated.  He preached on faith and made the comparison of faith to air time on our cell phone.  If you run out of air time, there is no communication.  At the end of the service, he asked for all those who needed healing and had faith that God could heal them to come forward.  Several people came forward and Geoffrey began to pray for them one at a time.  I'm sorry (but really not) that I don't have a photo of this part, but Geoffrey asked me and Kathy to come up help him by laying hands on some of them and praying for their healing.  The power of the Holy Spirit was there and was felt by everyone present.  What an awesome experience!!!

About the time church was letting out, a really big storm came up and we were all stranded at the church for a while.  Kathy did her thing by keeping the kids occupied singing Sunday School songs.  However, the fun ended when she tripped over a bench and got her "boo boo."  Get the full picture in Stories.

 After church (after 2:00) we had lunch at his mom's house, which is always a feast.  Kathy prepared some Mazungu (white folks) food to add to the mix and it was really great.

After lunch, we were able to deliver five donated water filters thanks to our friends and family back home.  You can check these out in the Stories section of this webpage.

We didn't get home until after 8:30, but it was a great day, "boo boo" and all.

Blessings on all who pass this way,
Edd

I was invited to teach Gary Chapman's 5 Love Languages to some young couples from Daniel and Wilter's church this morning.... or was it still night?  We met at Daniel and Wilter's house at 7:00 a.m., which means we had to leave our house at 6:30...not our typical Saturday morning, but it sure  was worth it.

The response of the group was overwhelmingly positive.  Some had a pretty good idea what their spouse's love language was going in, while others were very surprised.  What we did together today will have the greatest impact on the marriages of those who were surprised.

One couple, Kephous and Rebecca were running late, primarily because Rebecca had been out of town and just arrived home this morning after traveling all night.  From their testimony, our discussion was extremely helpful to both of them.  Afterwards, Kephous told us he had a vision a few days ago about being at Daniel's house and there was a white couple there.  A few minutes later, Daniel called him and invited him to today's class.  Of course, he immediately said yes, believing God wanted him to be there.  That's why they did not allow multiple barriers keep them from being apart of the 5 Love Languages class.

It looks like I may have a chance to do it again next week.  The ones who were there want to gather some more friends next Sunday evening and have another class. This  time they are thinking about having it at Cornerstone where there will be more room.

Please continue to pray that we will see and accomplish God's purposes while we are here.

Blessings,
Edd

The Hancock kitchen turned out another Southern home cooked meal tonight.  Isaac's grandparents, Dantes and Beatrice and Uncle Gracious came over for some Mazungu food.  Isaac stayed home with his auntie.  Dantes was Edd's interpreter in the first medical clinic five years ago.  After that, Edd had to find another interpreter because Dantes wanted to do his own evangelism groups. 

Of course I taught Bea how to fry chicken and make sawmill gravy.  To my surprise I had bought English cucumbers instead of zucchini.  FYI, they do not fry well!  The cucumber zucchini didn't work out too well, but the banana pudding was a hit. 

It was really fun for them to be able to meet Frances through Skype.  The only down side was that on their way here, they had to take their daughter, Hilda, to the hospital. She has malaria, we think. All of us were so disappointed. Pray for Hilda that she will be well and home soon. 

After knowing Dantes and Bea for five years, we never thought we'd be entertaining them in our home. Katunda Mlunge... , all the time!

Thanks for keeping up with us,
Kathy

Yeah!!!  Kathy didn't have to cook tonight!  We were invited out to eat with Daniel and Wilter (TivaWater) and Tim and Kathy (Cornerstone Development).  Tim founded Cornerstone way back in 1981 and, since that time, it has grown into multiple Christian-based people-empowering ministries in and outside Uganda.  Most of the initiatives we are working with here are connected in some way to Cornerstone, e.g. Daniel and Richard (the poultry school) are both graduates of Cornerstone Academy.  So this was an awesome opportunity and privilege for us to get to know Tim and Kathy. 

By the way, we ate at The Mediterranean, considered one of the finest restaurants in Kampala.  Kathy and I both had the grilled mushroom chicken...delicious!  Be jealous, very jealous.

Thanks for dropping by for a visit,
Edd