Two of the Board members for Operation Ignite, Steve Dolan and Lisa Edmisten are in Uganda on a mission trip working in the Seeta orphan village as part of the annual uKids trip. Please pray for the groups safety and that God may use their efforts to expand his Kingdom and bless the orphans in the village.
Here are initial messages from Steve and Lisa:
Steve Dolan:
The orphange is quite an operation. Many hired people, activity everywhere. U-kids is paying to have another well drilled. They hit water at just 12 feet. That is a blessing. The water is so clean from this well, that is may not have to be filtered. If things continu e to go well with the water, they should have more than enough safe, clean drinking water. and yes, I am drinking the filtered water at the village. Next week is really going to be a busy week. Everyone will be busy with both construction and VBS. We are hiring Ugandans to do the digging because there is so much work. We will start on electrical next week as well. Tomorrow is church at CLC, then lunch at Chinese food (same place we went to) then 100 orphans are coming to the Ridar for baptisim in the pool. Then I leave with Robert. Traveling to his mother's house to get a goat. Someone from his village is donating it to th orphanage. We are going to put the live goat in the boot...yes the trunk of his car. I'm not making this up. I will get it on video.
Lisa Edmisten:
What a blessed first two days it's been! The pastors' wives greeted us at the airport with huge hugs and beautiful yellow and red rose bouquets for the women - we were overwelmed by their warm welcome. Little did we know that the children also had a surprise in mind for us. We headed to the orphanage around 11 AM and were greeted along the road by hundreds of children singing and waving palm fronds with such joy and excitement that it brought all of us to tears. The joyous reunion continued as we left the bus to hugs and were treated to an informal concert that began with a rousing national anthem and contained beautifully choreographed singing and dancing. A day of fellowship with the children and mums followed. It was so exciting to see everyone again and to catch up. Today we had another opportunity to visit with the children and mums. What a blessing to share our lives and find so much in common. Our construction crew began digging the ditch to the main building today - it will hold both water and electrical lines. CBS (Children's Bible School) for the older children begins on Monday, so we spent our morning preparing. Tomorrow we're praying that the container will continue to clear customs - God provided a key contact for us in Amsterdam and has worked miracles in the past two days to get things moving. Please pray that the final paperwork is cleared and we can begin unloading as soon as possible. Sunday we'll visit Christian Life Church in the morning and end the day with a baptism for over 100 of the orphans - I can't wait! Well, it's getting late and I'm off to bed. Hope all is well with each of you.
Mukama Akuwe Omukisa (God Bless You),
Lisa
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