Quite a week

I figured I had better let people know what's been going on of late. Last week Dennie Krivo came and spent a few days with us. It was a blessing having him here to bounce ideas off each other. Dennie has agreed to be on our board of Elders to hold me more accountable. One of the problems with the culture here is that it frowns on challenging the big man whether he is a pastor or mayor or any authority. It causes men to go unchecked until the time comes to remove them. It's one of the reasons democracy struggles on this continent. You don't stand against the incumbent unless you are sure to defeat him or your name will be ruined. So if you want change here you are more likely to see it come by the gun than the vote.

The same is true for pastors. No one says a word to them when the sin is creeping into their life. It is only when they have broken their qualifications and have to be removed that anyone speaks. Hopefully Dennie will keep that from happening.

Saturday Bev and I taught another marriage seminar, this time in Kajjansi. It did not have a great turnout but the 20 people who attended had a lot more chance to discuss problems so it was still very good.

Then Sunday I was blessed to teach the 3 services at CC Kampala. Bless Bev's heart she sat through all three services. It made the weekend very long but the highlight was spending time with Josh Carlson the asst. pastor. Another guy that always blesses me with his wisdom! At Calvary Kampala I am always amazed at how many people there, have been in our church in Jinja either as regular attenders who have shifted to Kampala or have just visited us in Jinja. The body of Christ is a very living thing.

The front page picture on the newspaper Tuesday was of two little old nuns arrested for growing marijuana in their banana plantation. Police said it proves that marijuana is habit forming.

The other interesting article was "Two murdered, one in comma." Police said at first doctors thought the victim was in an apostrophe but on the bottom line it is a comma. If he is the murderer, will they pause before they sentence him? That's all they said period