Youth Camp Pictures

The kids had a great week at the PCU youth camp in Entebbe.  They brought home lots of fun stories, great memories and hopefully some good learning too.  Eric spent the week with them (as a speaker and counselor) and I'm told survived the late nights and early mornings on coke and biscuit crackers.  

Here are some pictures that I got from them!

December Photo Project: Day 24

Today the youth of our church gathered to do Christmas Eve Christmas Caroling in our neighborhood.  Before they left, they gathered under our mango tree to do one last practice.

They had a cute little audience...

As the youth were leaving, I also snapped a few pictures of the littles just hanging out...

Then while we were eating dinner, we saw one of our Eastern Grey Plantain Eaters surprisingly eating plantains... which is actually an unusual sight...maybe because the people tend to get to the plantains first.  ;-)

December Photo Project: Day 23

Sunday evening once again brings "Circle Time" (we used to meet in a circle until our group became too large, but it's still affectionately referred to "Circle Time" because "Line Time" just didn't have the same ring to it. haha!)  During Circle Time we sing, review the Sunday School and Sermon topics, practice the catechism and Biblical timeline, read a Bible story and pray.  

This little one is holding a bottle of "Makwagwe juice" (otherwise known as a Tamarind plant).  We have a Tamarind tree in our yard and when the kids come, they love to collect the seed pods this time of year and make juice out of it.

December Photo Project: Day 5

Tonight we had the youth over for supper and Bible study.  We were joined tonight by 7 young men from Karamoja who are in town for Eric's class this week and next.  We also were joined by men from the Committee on Foreign Missions.  They have been visiting our team here to see how things are going and to encourage us...and what a great encouragement it has been.  We've been thankful for their ministry to us and our team.

 

Hockey Tournament

What happens when you plop a Canadian into Uganda?  A hockey tournament, of course!  Today, Uganda celebrated Independence Day.  Schools and many businesses are given a holiday.  So Eric organized for the youth to play hockey at the church.  Some of the youth made lunch and they had a great day! (Photo Credit: Eric Tuininga)