I stand amazed at how amazing our God is and the goodness He shows us on a daily bases. About the 2nd week of June I began volunteering at Bethel Christian Academy in Bukoto. It is an international school, meaning they follow the American curriculum and not the Ugandan system. There are less than 100 kids in the school, the location of the school is restricting the growth so currently Bethel is looking for a new location to expand. The kids are so interesting and full of energy and the teachers are just so caring and a blessing to me. I help in Grade 2 on Monday and Tuesday, Grade 4 on Wednesday and Thursday and then the Seniors (Grade 7-12) on Fridays.

Also, since I have come to Uganda in April, Denny and I have been using the same Boda-Boda guy named Mark, to transport us from different places mainly from the Karibu market back to my home. A couple of weeks ago, Mark invited me to his place which is just up the street from my place. When I was there Mark informed me that he had only finished P7 in school which would be about Grade 5 or 6 in the US, he is in his early 20's. And He has been wanting to go back to school, especially to learn better English. After some prayer and consideration, Denny and I have decided to help Mark out by locating Him an English teacher that would be able to help him learn. And then God-willing in January, we will be sending Him back to school. Please pray for provisions as we work out details and locate a place for him. Denny and I pray the Lord will use this as a means to allowing us to share the Gospel with this young man. Plus it is giving us training for what we believe God is calling us to do. 

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Last weekend I traveled to Kenya with Denny because my Visa expired soon. I was advised by some people here to just travel out of the country to Kenya where I would leave Uganda. And then re-enter and would then be given a new visa of 3 more months in Uganda. Denny and I traveled last Thursday for 12 hours by bus during the night reaching Nairobi at about 8:30am.It was so very cold when we reached. It was like a winter day in Michigan... Berea Baptist Church has some Kenyan missionaries living in Nairobi that Denny and I were trying to contact but for some reason Denny's phone was not working. We bought some Orange airtime to load on to his phone but it would not load, so we went to an Orange shop where we were sent to their customer care service up the street. When we reached the customer care service, Denny was told that he could not load Kenyan Orange airtime onto him Ugandan line. So he then tried to buy an Kenyan line but it would not work in his phone. We were wondering what we should do because he could not make any calls nor receive. We decided to just walk and find a place to rest before we got on the bus to return to Uganda. While walking, a man stopped us and asked where we were from and where we were going. He told us he was from the US as well, from Texas. His name is Mahammad, he is a Christian. He was heading to a meeting with some important people. But instead he took Denny and I to breakfast at Java, then he took us back to his place to shower and freshen up. After that we road around looking for the house he had just bought, we spent 2 hours without finding it... then we went to the home of Max and Dorcas. Denny and I were welcomed with warm hospitality. Dorcas fixed us some nice meals. and then they allowed us to stay with them for the night so we didn't have to get right back on the bus. 

The Lord was so good to Denny and I while we were in Kenya. I really saw the hand of God and it reminds me that I don't need to worry about anything that the Lord will always provide. I have heard of stories before of how God works in these ways, a person goes to a foreign place not knowing any one or where they are going but somehow God provides the way...He is perfect in all his ways! 

So Saturday night we got back on to the bus and head back to Uganda. We reached the boarder early Sunday morning and then it seemed that the evil on would distract us from the blessings that God had just shown to us. the custom officer started questioning me and telling me what i did was wrong. that it was illegal for me to leave Uganda and go to Kenya then back into Uganda to extend my stay there. He told me that he was only going to give me a week, but then he gave me a month... It was disappointing but God is faithful and I believe that He is in control. He will make a way... whether I leave in August or December my God is still in control. 

*Please pray as I begin to sort out the visa thing again :)

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One last thing, please continue you to pray for Denny's visa. We still are waiting to hear back, which we probably will not hear anything until October. We are waiting upon the Lord... we know He has a perfect time and a perfect will for our lives.