The first two days for the female members of the team were spent visiting widows.  Praise God! were the first words out of their mouths.  They were raising their hands and singing and dancing and gave us a wonderful Ugandan welcome.  We were humbled.  We shared our testimonies and sang for them and then they entertained us!  They planned special dramas for us (they were very funny and told about real issues that the widows faced).  We provided hot food for their lunch then gave them dresses for their little girls, reading glasses and toothbrushes and toothpaste.  They were thrilled and so very appreciative.  They blessed us with their joyful hearts and strength in the Lord.  They also taught us to dance which required a great deal of flexibility in the hip area).
Another highlight was buying flour and handing it out to the widows.  The young girls (Courtney, Kaila and Hattie) filled about 80 bags of flour.  They were doing well until Rick Sadler decided to help.... meaning that, he started a flour fight... the Caucasian girls were whiter than ever!  We helped the widows make and stuff fleece pillows.  They were delighted with them and it was good for us to be able to interact with them in this way.
Our plan is to return on Friday with the whole team to deliver mattresses to some of the widows who sleep on the ground.

On the third day the women on the team were joined by Victor and Ronnie.  We performed a drama for the children at a Christian primary school.  Victor was Jesus who rescued Courtney from the temptations of life.  It was well received.  Most of the team also shared their testimonies including Ronnie, Kaila, Victor, and Courtney.  The team members fell in love with the kids and were mobbed often.  We worried about several of the team members trying to smuggled children home in their backpacks:)  Thank you for entrusting your young people to our care... you would be proud of them... we are.
Patti and Riley

Well, what do your expect from a total nerd. At least I finally got some photos on blog!

Sunday morning we worshiped in the sanctuary that prior teams helped to build. There is a regular week of worship activities that take place. The seats are very serviceable, thank you to the 2011 team and of course the roof and fine roof trusses are thanks to the help of the 2010 team. Lots of testimonies from the congregation.
The pastor's school just began classes for the next year. They meet on the second floor of the large Lubas building and there are dormitories for students who come from all over Uganda.

Cairo wait, all is quiet, thank you Lord.

Here we are patiently waiting at Cairo airport. A ten hour layover. Seems like Egyptian Air likes to have folks wait, both in New York city and Cairo. The team was in good spirits. Dane is the best sleeper in the group!

Matt and Dane at church entrance. Terrazzo affect as we ran out of pavers

Before shot at main church entrance

Finished View of the sidewalk at Lubas, white stones are new

Back again, I must have something correct since I see a posting for 2013. The girls had a food (flour) fight yesterday and returned with flour coated from head to toes. Someone claimed that Rick started it but that is yet to be confirmed. The guys returned with red clay and cement dust coating their clothes from cutting the concrete pavers with a diamond blade which makes a clod of white powder, Yuck! Next challenge will be to  figure out how to post photos. Sorry for being so slow about this.

Did find my original posting filed away in the "draft" file!

Dave