World Renew Story about my Work!

By Anthony:

Go to this link to see a story World Renew shared about my work.  I think you will find it interesting and encouraging.  It was awesome for me to see how one of my students put into practice what he had learned.  The link goes to a pdf file, so it might take a minute to load.

The Fruits of a Theological Education:
https://worldrenew.net/sites/default/files/2017-09%20Kenya%20news.pdf

Here is another photo that goes with the story.  This is Sammy talking to some of the orphans their church is supporting:

Kampala Traffic

By Anthony:

A friend shared this first video below on facebook and I thought it might be interesting to you.  These videos (not taken by us) will help you to understand why we get stressed out and exhausted while driving, especially in big cities like Kampala, and why I struggle with road rage, and why you should keep praying for our travel safety.  The boda bodas (motorcycle taxis) pop out of nowhere all the time, coming past you from any direction or side.  It's common for them to break people's mirrors.  We've seen this happen as well as other accidents. We used to take bodas all the time when we were first in Uganda, but now we try to avoid them.

The first is a BBC news video that is on youtube.

The second is a random video I found on youtube of people driving on boda bodas through Kampala.  There are plenty more videos there on youtube if you are interested!

Pictures of Life in East Africa

By Sara:

Here are some fun pictures from our lives these days, both in Kenya and in Uganda.
Buses tend to have unusual things written on them.  In this case, Stalingrand - what?

The sun setting over Lake Victoria when we were there for World Renew East Africa team meetings:

Below are a few pictures taken by our friend and colleague Edward of some team activities we did after the meetings: sack races, an East African game kind of like mancala called Bao, and football (soccer):

We really love the people we get to work with in World Renew! 

In our time in Uganda recently, we also got to visit Edward's home and see his rabbit "wildlife park".  He has about 40 rabbits and they run free around his yard.  They keep his grass cut for him and are super cute.  It's great!  Anthony wants to do this at our home, but I want to have a garden too so I don't think it's quite so practical for me.

In Kenya, we've got our crazy dog, Caleb.  He'll be moving back to Uganda with us, but he doesn't know that yet.

Unfortunately for him, he gets carsick, so we'll have to feed him some dramamine on the trip.  This is how we give him pills:

Here's a cool flower from my banana passion fruit plant.  It's a passion fruit that is yellow and kind of shaped like a banana.  I check them every day to see if they're ready, but they are not yet.

This is one of my favorite fruits in East Africa: jackfruit.  It isn't available in this part of Kenya, so I'm looking forward to having it again when we're back in Soroti:

Here is Anthony in his official pastor uniform:

We bought bikes in Uganda which we'll be using regularly once we move back there.  We're looking forward to getting around by bike instead of having to drive a long distance to get to town:

Something fun about these bikes is that they have a person-carrier on the back.  Anthony carried me to church on the back of his bike one day.  People were extremely amused when they watched us go by:

While we stayed at our friends' house in Uganda, we discovered that Anthony is the cat whisperer.  Their cat really loved him:

I, on the other had, was usually attacked by the cat while I was trying to get work done:

The cat also loved climbing into Anthony's backpack:

Back in Kenya, we found a Chinese restaurant in Nakuru, which was a fun treat:

Scones on the Farm and Cake at the College

By Sara:

After becoming cake bakers, the workers at the Anglican Church Farm across the street wanted to learn more.  So, to build on their baking skills, we baked scones and biscuits together.

The men did a good job being involved and weren't afraid to get their hands dirty mixing the dough.

The best part of the day was when the biscuits and scones were divided up and passed around for everyone to taste.

At the end, when I asked if there were any questions about how to make these things, the only response was that they were "really sweet!"  They were confident that it will be easy to put into practice on their own.  Several of the people there even told me they were going to go home and bake some for their family that very night.

The same week, I taught the students from the college about how to make cakes.  I'm not sure if I've explained this before, but we use an easily-obtainable plastic cup for a measuring cup.  I figured out where to mark the cup for American measurements (1/4 cup, 1/3 cup, etc.).  The cups only cost about 15 cents, while American measuring cups (if you can even find them) cost $5-6.  Here are some students making measuring cups:

 They were very pleased at how well their cakes turned out:

Here's the whole group with one of their cakes and the bowl of pink frosting they made for it: