More of this week

Yesterday we had our second official meeting with the Jenga people who will be on the committee for the health clinic. It was exciting to plan more of what we’re going to do, and see the vision unfold. Like I said before, I am in charge of the survey, which is the first part of the plan. We are going to conduct a survey of Mooni, asking about health status and what the people do when they are ill; living conditions; diet; income; and many other things to give us a more complete picture of the lives the people of Mooni live and what their needs are. Jenga has already done a similar survey in Namatala, the slum area in Mbale, so I have been writing a survey for Mooni based on the previous one.

Today we spent the day in Tororo, a small town about 30 minutes outside of Mbale, where we participated in a day prayer and worship, simultaneously with 1 million people in China and 35,000 people in America. When I arrived, I was asked to lead worship, which was a bit of a surprise. I had expected to maybe assist with the singing, but it ended up being just me playing piano and singing for at least an hour and a half, which was exciting but stretching for me because I didn’t know what songs the people knew, and their style of singing is so different than ours.

By the way, thank you so much to everyone who has been emailing me, my profound apologies if I have not had the chance to reply, I’m having a lot of trouble with my email while I’m here. I am going to switch back to my hotmail account again because outlook will not work with my telus account, so if you are sending me emails, please send them to gazingupward@hotmail.com. Sorry for the confusion, and even if I don’t have a chance to reply to your emails, they are always such an encouragement and I love hearing from you all!