Day of rest

Hi....it's Beth again. Today was a good day. We took it slow today. I think every one of us were able to take a much needed nap. We have not heard about our 6 lost suitcases. It's actually 3 of us that do not have our personal bags....Mo's did not arrive either. Please pray for my dad. He has pain in his feet and he only brought a few days of his meds in his carry on, the rest are in his lost bag. His diabetes meds are in the lost bag as well. I know that Jesus is taking care of all of us, and it will be okay in the end. The sports tournament is on Sat. and we only have enough shirts for 5 teams. WE NEED THOSE BAGS!!! PRAY, PRAY, PRAY! Today started out with no running water...we thought we would not be able to get a shower today. That was bad news...I looked a fright and Sarah and Todd could not stop laughing about it. But, our most gracious hosts brought in water and filled the tank and everyone was able to take a shower...a freezing cold shower...but it felt wonderful!!! We then had a great breakfast...they made french toast (which they didn't know that is what we called it) They said we have bread with eggs...so now it is known as Ugandan toast. They also had bread with peanut butter or jam, sausage...not sure what kind, mango-passion fruit juice and bananas. They feed us well here. After breakfast we went into town and bought some items needed at Pastor and Sarah's home and also beans to fill the fish that we will be giving out to the children when we tell the story of Peter and fisherman. We ate lunch in town at a cafe called the Source and then came home and that is when everyone took a nap. Sarah and I went through the suitcases we did have and organized them into groups...tournament stuff, sponsorship gifts, medical supplies, school supplies, gifts etc.  We then had a wonderful dinner of  chapati bread and beans, yams, potatoes, fried chicken and watermelon. After dinner we sat in the living room and filled the fish with beans and had wonderful conversation with Pastor Robert, Sarah, Sarah's sister and brother...Irene and Israel. They are such gentle and kind people with lots of questions. They love the Lord so, so much! Sarah learned much about Israel's schooling. Israel is in highschool...level 4. He has 2 more levels before he graduates. They study very hard and education is so important to them. He wants to be a pastor someday too. While we were sitting there our driver from our last 2 trips walked in....PETER! We were so happy to see him. Todd and I are very close to him, he is family and he told Todd, if you would have been here for my wedding, you would have been my best man. We love him so much! Vicki Gamble...he was so appreciative of all the gifts you sent for his family. Everyone was fascinated by the dog you bought for his daughter, Precious. They could not believe that it could actually say her name. It got passed around a lot.  Their next child is due in September. Well, that was our day today. We are very excited to wake in the morning...We will be going to Fountain of Hope! We will also be making a list of things we need to buy for the school....Sarah and Robert always have children coming to them and saying we don't have paper or pencil or toilet paper, soap...it could be anything. So our goal is to have a stock of the basic neccessities to be given out as needed. Hopefully we can keep it replenished. I will make sure that I add some pictures to the next blog. It's 11:45pm so I better get to bed. God be with all of you! Goodnight...or Good Morning for you.

Beth