update on today...

Today was a good day.

We traveled into northern Iganga District to inaugurate a catholic church. The money from this church actually came from San Antonio – St. Hedwig. We started out leaving the hotel and going to New Grace. All of the children were there and sang to us. Since we were only there for a few minutes I was unable to hand out the Miller’s clothing or find Ben and others. I look forward to going back later this week to find them. The Catholic Church is close to a river about 2 hours North of Iganga town were our hotel is. The service was very formal and had about 250 in attendance. Distric representantives, 4-5 church leaders, 4 or so other people who I never figured out who they were all came to speak. We worshipped under tarps that whipped in the breeze, and it was HOT. They handed out a letter describing the place, the land that was given, the missionaries that had been there and how blessed they were to finally have a REAL church to worship in (remember, we were under tarps). I should note that the land and prayers have been given since 1890 - they have waited a very long time for a church. The sitting missionary looked young; he had come to the village in 1993 and was only the 4th in succession! Kemper is tired but always ready to preach or chase a child. Tomorrow we plan to travel into the north-eastern part of Iganga and stay for 2 days. Thanks to every one for your prayers. Pray for favor with the drilling company that the rates, quality, and speed of drilling would be the best! As soon as I sign off here, we are going to meet with a drilling guy to see if he accepted my proposal from yesterday...if so, we will hire him and get it going. Very exciting. Being with Richard and Peter and the kids at New Grace has raised my excitement level about investing in this place. Surprisingly, the more we talk about it, the less overwhelmed I am by it. There are some good systems in place it seems...

So glad to be here!

Brian