More Stories from Africa - Fellowshipping with the Seniors

I am going back in time to include more stories from Uganda. These pictures below are the once a week fellowship that ROTOM supports and encourages in its ministry to the elderly. As they gather in small places.....as you can see from the pictures below, they have a time of prayer, weaving baskets to sell at the markets, and lunch is provided which insures at least one really healthy meal. We were greeted by singing and dancing. They were all dressed in their finery and swinging to the beat of a classic African song. The harmonies of their singing is so primal and different than anything I've ever heard. No other word for it but WOW.

















You can see how crowded it was in that little room. Somehow we managed to mostly find a little space to call our own.



















Just before lunch, one of the care workers brought in a wash bowl so that the ladies could wash their hands. The staff of ROTOM show so much compassion and respect for the seniors.

We also did a worship time with Sarah on the guitar. Steve, Jon, Evangeline and I sang songs, then, after having lunch with them, we gave out our gifts brought from Canada. They included lotions, vitamins, latex gloves, shampoos, razors and toothbrushes.

We ended the day with a war with a boa constrictor? NO!!!!! Just a hunk of wood that looked like a big snake. Amongst the seriousness of our work for eMi, there's still time to play and laugh.

In His Service

On the road again

Life is moving along at a breakneck pace. Since my last blog, we have moved into our new home on the Elbow River in Calgary. As quickly as we unpacked our belongings, we were again packing for our trip to Jackson Hole, WY for the World Conference for eMi. To read more about Celebrate Hope Conference :

http://www.emiusa.org/conference2007.html

Pat and I are both taking the disaster responce courses here and the speakers and teachers have been great. We listened to Ken Isaacs of Samaritan's Purse relate his stories of the past 20 years in relief work and of the important things he's learned. We now see how first responders like Samaritan's Purse and World Vision have a role that eMi can fulfill as we come along side these outreach agencies in rebuilding the infastructure of an area hit by disaster.

We ask that you pray for us here, that people be empowered by all that they learn and that God's good works be commissioned through this conference.

In His Grace and Service