Travels

i'm down in Mbale - had to rush to kampala for some bureaucratic stuff with leaving the pearl of africa - taxes stuff.
pray for me as my left eye has been  bothering me - got some dust in it and my ride up to Nabilatuk on Saturday. got the solar panels up and mounted for KACHEP new office and then left sunday morning for Kampala

was sweet to have some campfire time with Summer, Simon and Carina. they had a good week in language while i was down with the KACHEP staff in Mbale for strategic planning. it was so encouraging to realise all the strengths that KACHEP has and how their work fits in with the vision, mission and core values that we the founders laid out almost 10years ago.
just when the devil plays with my mind, God rushes in and uplifts me -praise Him

it was exciting to see the non management staff get a handle on all the Mukisa does in planning -fun to see them grasping it and acknowledging their work fits in with the grand plan.

it was discouraging to see some of their strengths underutilized -like all the work that we've done over the years, not being systematically utilized and developed - we hope that strategic volunteer partners can help fill these gaps -that means Summer and Simon with evangelism, Carina with vet, me with ethnovet followup - and maybe you! consider it

pray that visitors do not just visit - but partner in such a way that tangible outcomes/outputs are in place before they leave.
for example, we, as KACHEP have been doing evangelism, medicine making, agroforestry -but we haven't produced training materials.  i have yet to make a 'pre-literate' book on local medicines -a promise that 'has become a chorus' as they say

pray for the Uttermost Ministries team -Paul & Mary, Preston & Dawn - they start their journey today from Chicago. pray against jet lag and getting stuck on the karamoja roads. pray that they would be an encouragement to KACHEP and vice versa.

pray that we can finish up the solar setup -seems preston can help -yeah!

ok -i gotta go to bed - need to hop on my piki at dawn, and cross thru 6 districts. hope to meet both bishops tomoro and even get to the village where where were married 9years ago.

pray for board member, pray for fellow board member, Professor Francis Lomongin, he is in the hospital in Matany. we shall visit him on Wed. pray also for Bob Wright who had an accident yesterday

on the road.
jean

ps -thanks for all the support following my brothers burial -i think most of you have seen the obit -really grasped who tom was