More Pictures

Here are two more pictures from my visit to Kibbuse Vocational School in Nyamarwa. The first was taken in the courtyard of the Kibbuse school compound. Missionary teacher Arden Van Norman is standing with the Kibbuse carpentry instructor beside a display of student-built products. The second was taken outside the mud-built Anglican church where Brenda and I will be worshiping next year. I was "babysitting" the little kids while an ENCOUNTER UGANDA medical team spoke with parent about STDs and AIDS prevention and treatment.

A quick visit continued

Please bear with me as I learn this new technology. I'm apparently not finding the path to a smooth entry! This is the house Brenda and Bob will call home for the next two years, the Lord willing. It sits at the back of the KIBBUSE school compound and has been recently remodeled by Arden and Joy Van Norman, the missionary couple who preceded us. Hopefully, we will move in around February 1st. Arden is at right. You can also see the seventeen-year-old Suzuki jeep we are hoping to replace with a Toyota Hilux pickup truck, enabling us to much better serve and provision this growing school of seventy-plus students. Pray with us!

"Faith House" is a tidy little cottage. Behind the french doors is a bright and airy living room. Adjacent, to the right, is the dining room. Behind that is a small hallway leading to the kitchen and bedroom. Behind the bedroom, along the entire back of the house, is a long, narrow bathroom. Even though there is no plumbing or sewage system in Nyamarwa, it has a flush toilet and shower. Water is delivered from the tower at left of the house.

The courtyard you see serves many purposes, from parking lot to classroom to product display forum to student assembly hall. All the female students are housed within the walls surrounding the courtyard - nine at the house to the right and twenty-seven more in three rooms at the back of the building that forms the front of the compound. It is a busy place throughout the day. Arden and Mary Joy both said they will miss it - especially the cheerful sound of the girls as they got up each morning, often singing praise songs while preparing for classes.

Brenda and I are more and more looking forward to being there!

November - First Entry

November 10 - This is our first entry on this wonderful communications tool. We hope you can use this to join us on our path to Nyamarwa and the KIBBUSE Vocational School. At right is the Nyamarwa village square. The third porch from the corner is the KIBBUSE compound storefront and courtyard entrance. The store on the corner offers a few retail items and non-perishable foods.
It also contains a tailor shop.

Across the street in the direction from which the photo was taken is the village clinic. To the left is a small village "park", at the intersection.
The winding road on the left goes down into the village, mostly houses, to the Catholic church, about a quarter of a mile away. The Anglican (Protestant Church of Uganda) church is up a hill to the right, just a short walk from the school.