Kyabazaala Village

On Sunday, we left Masaka after church.

Taylor, Ashley, Jackie, Pr.  Kintu, Rebekah and Blessed, Tim, Bekker, Jireh, Shadai, Nisse, and Shammer

We dropped Tim and Rebekah off in Kampala for their journey back to America . We stayed in Kampala for the night at a hotel with Pastor Kintu and his son Shammer. Monday morning we headed east to the village of Kyagazaala. Pastor Kintu has started a school in this village because there is a stronghold of witchcraft and children were being abducted and sacrificed. This village is where the current chairperson of witchcraft in Uganda was born. There are many witches there and they often abduct children and cut off their private parts, limbs, and heads and offer them as sacrifices to spirits.

So he started this school to prevent children from having to walk too far. Some of the children even live at the school where there is a guard to watch at night. He has asked us to consider being sponsors for the school. There is no support of this school so sometimes the teachers don’t get paid. More about that later.

We did a lot of speaking- we spoke in the school, the Bible school, and the local church. We’ve found that Taylor is an excellent teacher of the Bible, while I am more of the preacher. We are beginning to operate in our strengths which has been wonderful and fulfilling. We’re excited to go back to Korea, refreshed, and see what God has for us this next year.

Our bed at the school in the village- it basically took up the whole room

They were fascinated by Taylor clipping his toenails. He took his pants off right before this because he literally got ants in his pants when he was using the bathroom. Biting ants!

We brought a bag of stuff for the children, so they are about to receive the gifts.

There weren't enough shoes/supplies for all the children so we made sure that each child at least got a sticker.

New shoes!

Ashley speaking in the village church.

Sugarcane!

Eating sugarcane- the African candy.



Taylor learning how to take a shower in the basin.



In Africa things are not easy. Clothes are handwashed and hung outside to dry. Then you have to iron them so the heat from the iron kills the larvae of a worm that will crawl into your skin. In the village, they didn't have electric irons. This one was super old-fashioned with coals inside to make it hot.



Someone went overboard with the stickers.



Some of the members of the Mountain of the Lord Church in Kyabazaala Village.



This little bucket was our overnight bathroom so we didn't have to walk outside to the outhouse. You don't want to see a picture of that.