Latest update from Uganda Oct 2016
We have had a busy time at Maranatha Gateway planting various trees over these last few months. 500 eucalyptus seedlings were planted in May. Their trunks grow quickly, tall and straight and are mostly used for the building trade.
The eucalyptus trees keep on growing – most are well over 6 feet tall. The pine trees planted in early October need much more care and some are struggling to keep growing straight!! We have had more fruit trees planted – mango, banana and next week we will add passion and paw paw.
We have also had quite a lot of tree surgery done – dangerous overhanging branches, Large palm trees blocking out the light and some smaller jobs.
The grass on the recreation area is beginning to grow well and has even had its first slashing!! (ie cutting!!)
We had a successful carpentry course at the end of September and a team from US came for few days at beginning of October to work with Pastor Fred’s church. They stayed at one of the beach resorts and John ferried them back and forth to various meetings, hospital visit (to pray for the patients) etc… They also visited the local prison and 6 of the inmates received Jesus and want to be baptised. 2 patients from the hospital got healed and baptised as did 2 of the waitresses at the hotel. A great time.
The following weekend we went to Kampala with the truck. On the way we took some equipment to Pastor Margaret’s prostitute project in Namulanda. Sewing machines and various accessories and material to help train the ladies in a money earning skill. This equipment came as part of our shipment from Tools with a Mission – we also had equipment for carpentry, brick laying and ground working tools. It has been such a blessing.
We were also meeting up with someone who was going to help us achieve the renewal of our NGO. I had been getting some paperwork together and I wanted to see how we were doing. Well actually pretty well is the answer!!! In fact today (27th) I have just completed all the paperwork, got all the relevant signatures and photocopied all the pages to make 6 copies, put in files all ready to go to the various departments. Monday I shall be back in Kampala to give the file for the NGO board and hope that everything will be ok for our renewal in November. Praise God.
