Friday SOS Departure

Today we said goodbye to everyone at SOS. We had a full and fruitful week, so grateful for all the people we got to know here at SOS.

Today was the last morning for the two daily book studies. The youth remarkably completed reading the entire book "Live Smart" and we finished the discussion. They were all grateful for having gone through it. The thoughtfulness of their comments and the receptivity of everyone was remarkable. Praise God for the godly families these youth are in. As we finished, we took a group picture of all the Hurley kids and Stapanian kids together. The second book study was with the book "Gospel People" and a group of 6 young fathers diving deeper to the structure of what it means to be gospel people. 

This was the crew that worked with me for the whole week. They were great learners and especially at the end, lifting and cutting the fig tree I left for them to clean up. May the Lord continue to strengthen these guys for the kingdom of God and maybe for some to be future tree climbers!

After saying farewell, we got to spend a breakfast with Shannon and Danelle Hurley. Always a joy and time of learning. Then Chris our driver was there to pick us up to bring us to Kampala. The missionaries recommended Latitude 0 Degrees hotel, where we will stay a couple days to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary. On the way out of SOS I took a picture of Legacy school. The first buildings are the primary school buildings and the second group to the left are the high school.

It is interesting to see all the villages getting closer to Kampala. In downtown Kampala, there is a very nice building that publishes and distributes NIV Bibles. I was impressed with the prominence of the building. Though in a country of 50-60 million people (50 who register on the census and likely at least 10 million who don't), most the country is under the sway of the prosperity gospel. You can't go a couple minutes without a car with printing on it that says "Trust in Jesus". But it is a false gospel that wants Jesus to help with their poverty, but not a Jesus to rule their lives.