Handfuls of Blessings

Last Sunday our family went to a village for Keith to preach.  Singiro is on top of a mountain making the weather very cool.  These are poor people, yet they fed us a breakfast of tea and bread when we arrived, and then a lunch of rice, beans, beef, and matoke (green cooking banana) after the service.  These are very dear people. Since the village is over half-way to Mbarara where Keith's parents are, we had decided to just continue on down the road and spend a couple of days with them.  Keith's brother and his family came up from Kasese, and we celebrated our Stensaas Christmas since none of us were together in December. Kimberly, Kirsten, Savannah, Kendra, & Shae-Lynn One day, we went to a see the Mbarara Falls - just small falls, but the area was beautiful, and we took lots of pictures.  The children had a great time climbing, wading, and exploring. Shiloh & Skyler We are very blessed to have part of our Stensaas family so clos...

I feel really embarrassed that so much time has passed since I last posted.  Before another month creeps past me, let me do a quick review of what has happened since October. After our Ugandan Independence Day celebration, we were privileged to host the Operation Renewed Hope medical team once again.  We love having them come, and their clinics in the villages where churches are just starting is a big blessing to the pastors. Keith decided to attend a Ugandan Cranes "football" game and took several of our church members with him.  However, he suffered hearing problems for several days afterward.  I believe that next time he will remember to take ear plugs. For Thanksgiving we hosted a get-together at our house with plenty of delicious food.  We enjoyed playing games, fellowshipping and eating too much! December began with our annual Missions Conference.  We encouraged our village pastors/leaders to attend, and afterward we saw two of the ch...