Well after eight days the team from Colorado has gone home and the Ogongora clinic has a new roof. It was such a blessing to work with these four guys but we did not get enough time to fellowship. I hope there will be days next time we are in Colorado. But for now let me share some highlights.
1. Louis tossing down a saw blade which was supposed to fit but did not and then saying. "I hate a Africa." If you've been here you have undoubtedly felt the same emotion when the simple task becomes an all day chore.
2. Rich banging his head on the truck rack for the 10th time in one morning and then smiling in the grace of God.
3. Grady looking stunned at the poor conditon of the wood he had to work with. This was the first thing he saw in Jinja. But three days later we had 45 trusses loaded in the truck ready to move. Who said it could'nt be done? Not God!
4. Mark telling me that if he doesn't get up off the ground in five minutes then we should come help him. Then changing his mind and say "Just leave me there."
5. The smoke pouring out of the motor on the new saw while we were at the clinic, knowing that the nearest replacement is 250 kilometers away.
6. Richie tearing the saw apart the next day, taking brushes and bearings from an old angle grinder fitting them to the saw and it now works better than ever!
7. Watching a small shower turn into a full blown storm on the last morning. Everyone was soaked to the skin but remained upbeat and some of us even danced in the rain!
8. Seeing the enemy attack the project to the point of our despair but God turning it into great victory as we looked for His intervention. He is so good!
9. Seeing the comraderie grow between the visiting team and the local workers as we struggled through communication problems, heat, rain and lack of tools. The guys from Ogongora learned a new style of truss making which they are now excited to try else where.
10. Louis getting stranded on the highway while taking a pregnant woman to the hospital in Soroti. If he hadn't taken her she would have died.
11. Grady's hat. A unique combination of the Hoss Cartwright ten gallon and the Pancho Villa sombrero.
12. The tears in Pastor Stephen's eyes as he saw what God did through four men committed to Him. We can never say thank you enough for God bringing us Grady, Mark, Rich and Richie. For He is good to us!
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