The training itself was very encouraging. As we continue to handover the CHE ministry to the local church, they are doing more and more of the teaching and preparations themselves -- which is why (sorry!) we don’t have many pictures. The encouraging report which we received from the facilitators is that this group of trainers was the best prepared of any of the groups trained; they knew what they had come to learn, and they were eager and ready to put it into practice. We pray that this dedication will carry over from TOT1 to TOT2 and TOT3, and then to the ministry in their communities. We also recently heard an encouraging report from one of the groups that we trained in 2014. Reverend Patrick went to Odokomit to follow up with the team, and he found that 75% of the homes have achieved a healthy home award and the church mobilized themselves to finish roofing their new church building! It’s always encouraging to hear these stories, and see the ways in which God is using CHE to bring changes to Northern Uganda. |
We're a bit behind on our blog posts, and a lot has happened since our last ministry post! Schools opened for the third term, and the Understanding True Love course was restarted. Bishop Lee (the theological college we have been teaching at) is in full swing, with final exams finishing this week. We had a residential training for 19 church leaders to prepare for the restart of the Jesus Film ministry, and the launch of discussion based Bible study groups. And in September we started a new set of Community Health Empowerment (CHE) trainings in Lamwo West. In fact we're so far behind that this post about the first training is coming out just after we finished the second training! But we have to start catching up somewhere, and the other updates will have to come later... This CHE training was an exciting one for us, because it was our first venture into the northern end of the Diocese of Kitgum. Our venture began back in June, when we had a vision casting training for the areas north of Kitgum, and then last month we went to Palabec Kal (spelled wrong on the map...) to have our first CHE Training of Trainers (TOT1). It's quite the drive -- only about 100 km, but more than three hours of driving -- and quite remote, but it's a beautiful place with a vantage point that lets you see all the way to the border with South Sudan. And when we go we go fully loaded! (see the photo at the top) Unfortunately the vehicle broke down when the team went for TOT2, and Reverend Patrick was stuck there for three extra days before we could get him back, but we're glad to say that the vehicle is up and running again (and by a true miracle of God...but that's another story!).
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