Dongo returns

So it seems that I'm not very good at keeping this journal/blog up to date. Maybe because I just wonder sometimes if anyone reads the nonsense that I post. Well, I guess I just can't worry about that and just keep posting as i feel led. I am going to try to get a post every few days. Maybe someone will help to remind me to do that.

It has been somewhat quiet with Pastor Dongo gone in the US. Ismail told me that it has been almost a month while I was thinking it was only about three weeks. A month! No wonder I'm bored. The one person who checks on me constantly and drags me to at least a quarter of the places he goes was gone for a month! No wonder I felt lost with too much time on my hands. However, just as I'm getting used to him being gone and finding ways to be productive on my own, Pastor Dongo returns in about 2 hours. I can't lie, I missed him a lot. He is very much my dad here in Uganda. But tomorrow I will hear those familiar words...."Darren, Darren...what are you doing?" It will be a blessing, I love this man who has such a heart of a servant, a heart of a father, a desire to see that the kids here in Uganda have a hope and a future.

On a side note, Pastor Dongo's trip has been reported as a huge success. Although he did not speak at any churches (that I know of), he was able to make valuable connections with people in Northern California. In fact, there were almost 100 children sponsored on his visit to California and Texas...Praise God. I don't think there has been any trip that I know of where that many children were sponsored. Thank you to the faithful people who were praying for Dongo's trip. However, we still need over 100 children to be sponsored for this year and even more as we bring in new students to the nursery section of the school in 2009.