We had three more tremors during the night last night. One woke Kathy up and another one woke me up later. Apparently, this is not a common thing for this area. We went online to check it out and found there have been a series of earthquakes in the 5.0 range under Lake Albert, about eight hours from Kampala. I would hate to think what it felt like just an hour away. Just another reminder that we are always in God's hands, whether the earth is shaking or the sky is falling. Thank you, God, for you ever abiding love and protection.
It was a festive day in the Hancock house today (appropriate, I think, for the fourth of July). Richard came over to work on poultry school curriculum and Daniel (Mr. TivaWater) came over to take care of getting our car serviced and stayed for three hours. He helped Richard and I with the curriculum some, answered a lot of our "living in Africa" questions, and fellowshipped a lot. It sure helps with the separation from home anxiety to have friends close by.... weather in Africa or Knoxville. It also helped that Kathy made chocolate oatmeal cookies.
The folks here seem very surprised to hear that Kathy cooks almost all our meals. I guess they assume the Americans are rich and lazy and eat all their meals out. Well, that's not the case for us...until tonight. Kathy spied out a nice restaurant at the mall where we get groceries the other day and suggested the fourth of July would be a good time to check it out. And, of course, I readily agreed (have to take care of my cook). We had fajitas and they were delicious. We will go back, but not too often.
Please pray for me as I prepare to speak at Geoffery's mother's church this Sunday. I found that none of the "messages" I brought with me are appropriate for this place and these people.
Thank you so much for your encouragement and your prayers,
Edd
It was a festive day in the Hancock house today (appropriate, I think, for the fourth of July). Richard came over to work on poultry school curriculum and Daniel (Mr. TivaWater) came over to take care of getting our car serviced and stayed for three hours. He helped Richard and I with the curriculum some, answered a lot of our "living in Africa" questions, and fellowshipped a lot. It sure helps with the separation from home anxiety to have friends close by.... weather in Africa or Knoxville. It also helped that Kathy made chocolate oatmeal cookies.
The folks here seem very surprised to hear that Kathy cooks almost all our meals. I guess they assume the Americans are rich and lazy and eat all their meals out. Well, that's not the case for us...until tonight. Kathy spied out a nice restaurant at the mall where we get groceries the other day and suggested the fourth of July would be a good time to check it out. And, of course, I readily agreed (have to take care of my cook). We had fajitas and they were delicious. We will go back, but not too often.
Please pray for me as I prepare to speak at Geoffery's mother's church this Sunday. I found that none of the "messages" I brought with me are appropriate for this place and these people.
Thank you so much for your encouragement and your prayers,
Edd
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