Visitors in the Night

Have you ever woken up in the night from a dream that something was crawling all over you? Unfortunately for me this was not a dream. Last night I was rudely awaken to the feeling something was moving on my bed. I quickly jumped up, ran to turn on the light to see what it was…to find a BIG NASTY ROACH!! YUCKY! It was running fearless all over my bed. Standing in the corner near my door wondering what shall I do, everyone is asleep but I can’t get back in bed with that nasty beast! With a deep breath and a silent prayer, I grabbed the closest weapon possible, my flip-flop. Drawing closer to the bed to get a closer to the minas who caused me to lose some z’s. Running to and fro, up and down my bed, I waited for the opportunity to attack. I swung once and missed as it ran under my sheets, shook my sheets until it came out and then as it moved closer to me I swung again this time not missing but hitting it several times making it pay the ultimate price for the disturbance. Leaving it under my shoe until the morning. After the killing, the decision came to of what to do next…do I dare lay back down in fear of another creepy crawling things to come or will I keep watch? Carefully I re-inspect my bed making sure there are no others to disturb me. When nothing else was seen, slowly made my way back to turn off the lights and crawl back into bed.

First Few Weeks Back

Sorry for the delay in updating, I have been without Internet connection on my computer. I was having to go to an internet café so my time was very limited pretty much had enough time to check email and Facebook.

I arrived at Entebbe, Uganda on Tuesday at 9:50pm went through customs and picked my luggage (yes, it all made it even through the short change over in Brussels). After I picked my luggage, I went to the exit where I was greeting by my sweet Denny with white and orange flowers in hand. What a nice feeling it was when he took me into his arms and gave me a warm hug! He came with David Baguma to pick me from the airport. We got in the car and made our way to Agatha’s where I will be staying for the next 7 months.

My first two weeks Denny set aside for me to rest and to re-adjust to my surroundings. Wednesday, I slept in awhile, got dressed then Denny came and picked me for lunch at his home with his family. I had met his sisters and brother the last time I was here but I was able to meet his mom for the first time. And the last time I saw Simon (his nephew) was just a tiny baby. He is now 2 nearing 3 in August. I gave Simon sweets (candy) the first time and now whenever He sees me, He ask for them (reminds me of some other little children that I know).

Thursday was another day of resting during the day and then in the evening Denny came and took me to the cell group fellowship which is operated through their former church Agape Baptist Church.

Friday, Denny and I went to Ntinda to exchange money and buy food.

Saturday, Women’s meeting, at the women’s meeting I met some very nice lady who had been praying for me, many of which I had not met before. Afterwards, Denny took me out for lunch

Sunday I met Denny and Duncan down on the Northern by-pass and we headed up to Bukoto where Berea Baptist Church meets. It was nice being back and praying with the people of Berea.

For the remainder of my time here in Uganda, Denny and I will be working on a project, putting together the ministry that Denny has been praying about for many years. And also getting involved with the different fellowships at Berea. Also, on Wednesdays I will be going to a Bible Study Fellowship held at Agape Baptist Church with Jacky (Denny’s sister). We are going through the book of Colossians and then in September we will begin the book of Genesis.

Take Care,

Living For Christ,

Cassie