So my apologies for having not blogged over the past month. I can't believe that it is now March! The past 5 months have just flown by..! I will give you an update of what we have been up to over the past couple of weeks.
So on February 2nd the School 'summer' holidays finished and we started a new term. This season we have been teaching 3 days a week. On Mondays we run a 'catch-up class' for the children in the slum area of Nabulagala where we have the kids club and also ran a class in December. This is an exciting new project, in which we are able to work with children currently not at school because they cannot afford to pay fees, or are unable to attend for some reason. It is also a good opportunity to help the younger children who are not quite old enough for school to get a head start in learning English and Maths. We have been teaching the basic phonetics and the alphabet, as well as numbers 1-10 and helping them learn to count. Though it is still early days, it has been encouraging to see how the children have been improving in their English and counting. It has been very worthwhile and hopefully we will be able to grow the project and help the children even more.
On Tuesdays and Wednesdays we have been teaching at Ruth Mother Care. This term we have sorted out a timetable with the school so it has helped us plan more effectively for the lessons. Each day we teach all the classes English. This has been good, and as we have all been working in the same classes, it has given us more to teach one on one support with the pupils and help them understand the work, and ensure they are understanding what they are doing.
I really enjoy working at this school, the pupils and staff are so friendly and welcoming. As some of you may know we are currently running an online fundraising page to help us buy textbooks for the school. Back home in the UK people would be amazed to hear that the school runs without electricity and computers, let alone having no textbooks to help the pupils learn! A donation of £5 would be enough to purchase a textbook, which will still be useful for a number of years, Please take some time to read our fundraising page and please do consider fundraising or donating, however great or small you can spare, any donations would be very very gratefully accepted!
Fundraising page found here!!!
On Thursdays we have continued our community outreach in Nabulagala. This is a good opportunity to meet local people who live in the area, We spend time encouraging the local Christians, praying and helping to answer any questions they may have. Over the past couple of weeks we have met several Muslim families who have been very interested to hear the gospel about Jesus, and have spent time asking lots of questions about the christian faith, which has been good. Please continue to pray with us that we can share the good news and bring words of encouragement to the people there!
We also spend the time talking to families who Smile have built relationships with over the past few years. It gives us the opportunity to ensure they are all in good health and lets us see if there are any practical ways we can help them in their day to day lives.
On Fridays we have been running the kids clubs again which has been good. This term I have been at Family Believers Church in Nabulagala. We have continued teaching the parables of Jesus, as well as singing songs, playing games, and giving the children biscuits. This is always great fun, if not a bit chaotic at times, but also an exhausting end to the week!
I can't believe I will be heading home in just 4 weeks! It still feels like I've only just arrived! But I am very much enjoying the work, and very grateful for the continued prayer and messages of support I receive from home. Please continue to pray for us as a team and for good health as we have been a little bit ill this past week and a bit tired from the constant workload!
I hope you are all well!
Kenneth x
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