Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 9:33am by Harrisons.

As most know we arrived back home on the 17th. We are so sorry we were not able to update again but as we say here, TIA (This is Africa).  Next year when we go we will get one of their mobile internet cards for a month so we can update.

The last week there was again full of joy. We traveled to the far west to Fort Portal to interview more kids. Of course, TIA happened and due to miscommunication the children were on holiday (summer vacation). The really cool part about that trip though was that 5 lions that had escaped from the game reserve and were terrorizing the village, so we were in by dark each night. From there we traveled back to the music academy for a night then off to Busia (boo-see-ah). This village was deep in the bush and was amazing. There are people in there that have never left the village. That means they have never seen many things that you and I take for granted. Just pick one and I guarantee they haven’t seen it. The church service was amazing, full of the Holy Spirit and full of love. They are such an amazing people. The interviewing was again definitely hard as we wanted to take every child.  We were in worship for about 3 hrs and spent another 2 with the kids then the most amazing thing took place. They fed us!! And I don’t mean just rice and beans, I am talking, chicken, goat, pork, rice, beans, and sodas. While this does not seem amazing to most, you must come and see, because most people do not have the resources to acquire this kind of food yet these people pulled it together for us, their visitors. It was truly an honor to eat with them. It reminded us of the scripture that talks about the old woman who gave her last possesion, how blessed they are in the site of God.

This will be the last post for this trip. We again wanted to thank everyone for their prayers and help as this trip was so physically and emotionally exhausting. The people of Uganda thank you too. They love to know that there are others in the world that care what is going on there and that we are interested in their lives. We can’t wait to take others back, so that you may experience the love, the trials and the great times we experienced.

We love you all,

Eric and Becca

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 4:36am by Harrisons.

Winstons email was stolen, please disregard the request to help a sick family member with money. Winston and his family are doing fine.

Eric

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 4:08am by Harrisons.

Hello everyone!! We are sorry we have been absent for a few days but the internet of Uganda is not the internet of the USA (Kevin we need you here). It has taken me 11 minutes just to get to the post page of the blog. The last few days have been amazing! We have been to several villages, visited several churches (one in Jinja just 2 yrs ago had 5 members and now has 150, PRAISE GOD!!!), visited a womens facility, visited Humble school (which is beautiful (my plug) and still needs support (Please tell your friends!!! Contact Rebecca for more info), visited two villages in Gulu (Layibi (lay-e-b) and Opit (o-peet)). The highlight of our trip is getting to stay with the children in the Music academy, all of which are doing great (they say “Hello to our friends in Texas!!”) and making new friends. The Bishop and his wife have been so wonderful to us and can’t wait for more to join on the next trip. Uganda in a beautiful country, the people are fun and full of smiles and have a faith in our Lord and Savior that I have only witnessed in the Bible. Please continue to pray for them. I was going to send some personal emails but it takes so long, so….. I will just say we miss you all, love you all (especially our Nick and Mady) and cannot wait to see and hold you again. We will be traveling to some other villages in search of other choir members so please pray as this is incredibley hard because you cannot bring back every child. Thank you so much to all who have helped us and the people of Uganda both financially and in prayer. We will write more when we can and can’t wait to share with you all that we have wittnessed and participated in. Have a blessed week!!!!
Love Eric and Rebecca

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Tuesday, September 2, 2008 - 3:05pm by Harrisons.

God has blessed our travels. We have lost a day in the 17hrs of flying but arrived safely and tired in Uganda on Tue, Sept 2. Along the way we met a Pastor who is evangelizing in Kampala, a sweet old lady who lives in Kampala and gave us her phone number with an open invitation to come and stay at her house anytime. People here are amazing and very friendly. We are staying the night in Kampala tonight (to our surprise it is a large and bustling city that does not sleep) and will be on our way tomorrow traveling throughout country.

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Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 6:34am by Harrisons.

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Sunday, August 31, 2008 - 6:30am by Harrisons.

Colossians 1:6 NLT

This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit
everywhere by changing lives, just as it changed your lives from the day you first heard
and understood the truth about God’s wonderful grace.

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