27th September 2009

Sunday 27th - Church this morning with Mama Rachael, Pastor Benedict and the family. We did a Sunday school thing with some of the kiddies which went really well. The church is very small, as you might expect in the village. We also went to see a man who had died of AIDS; a lot of people from the village were there to pay their respects, so we wanted to go too. Again, we saw the body - that's the culture here - but it doesn't get any easier. It seems like people really appreciate it when we talk the language and do our best to fit in with their way of life and customs. It really helps to build relationship up, and encourage them to trust us and treat us no differently to the way they would treat one another. Community evangelism didn't happen this afternoon, so we pampered ourselves :D washed our feet with this awesome soap (the dust here makes your feet DISGUSTING!!) then gave each other manicures and pedicures, then watched an episode of House on Nicky's MP3 player... Oh and then the main event of the evening: A COCKROACH IN THE HOUSE. Ah you should have heard our screams!! It was soooo funny cos we had the light off and couldn't tell what it was flapping and crawling against Lucy's arm.... And it was Sammy the cockroach!!!! Ellie managed to catch him after 5 attempts, while Lucy and I ran around the courtyard squealing and generally feeling all icky that there was a cockroach in the house :) Rachael found it so funny!

The family have some hens and chicks, one of which always runs too far behind his Mummy and gets lost, it's very cute! We've decided to call it Porky. We've also seen a pig here, which we've adopted and we've called it Chick. We want to bring them home :D Please continue to pray for my head, nose and general physical condition! I am still in a lot of pain and the last 2 days my whole body has been aching from the shock of hitting the ground, particularly now that the adrenaline has all worn off.

Thank you SO much for all your support and prayers, it really does mean a lot. Feel free to email or write whenever you want to! You could also text (for about 20p I think) to my Ugandan number: +256784490303
Don't forget to put the +256, it's vital!

Loads of love and hugs to all my lovely friends and especially the family. Thank you for all the prayers, they really do make a difference. Lovelovelove! :)

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