Visitors!

By Sara:

We were blessed to have one of our Calvin Theological Seminary professors, Mary, and her husband Skip, come visit us in Soroti.  We regularly extend invitations to people to visit us in Uganda, knowing that for many, if not most, it won't be possible to come. It was very exciting, therefore, when Mary was willing and able to visit us and teach at a theological conference in Soroti. She and her husband, Skip, spent the whole week with us, including the weekend before the conference, when we visited a rural church in Morulem, Abim. We had a great time with them and enjoyed seeing Uganda through new eyes. It was so fun getting to know them better during their time with us. 

During the week, Mary and Anthony taught at the LEMA theological conference in Soroti.  Skip got to sit in on as many sessions as he wanted and also go off on his own to explore Soroti town.  I did a lot of cooking because they got home late every evening from the conference and we hosted several other people for dinners too.  Here was one of our dinner groups including Skip (who took the photo), Mary, Bishop Emmanuel and his wife Joyce, and Jonny.

Skip loves taking pictures so he became the unofficial photographer, and we now have some excellent new pictures of all aspects of daily life here.  He even took pictures of things as we were traveling, something pretty difficult for us to do when we're the ones driving!  As an example, here's a lovely home in the village: