“Thanks for the Opportunity”

Due to Ruth being gone for 3 weeks last month, we are late getting the Honesty module “off the ground,” especially considering that we’d like it ready to be test taught by the beginning of the second term of school which begins in mid-May. Last Friday, the two of us plus Susan (who hadn’t yet officially begun her new duties) met at our friend, Beth’s, home—in her absence since she’s in South Sudan—to discuss the Honesty module with two writers (both former Scripture Union workers) whom Beth has referred to us for this project. Martha is a German language teacher and Editar is a free-lance Christian Educator who has worked with top writers in David C. Cook, and does Teacher Training for the Church of Uganda. Although we enjoyed the exchange of humor at our meeting, and appreciated their keen insights into the lessons from an East African point of view, our greatest joy was to see their vision and passion to prepare these lessons for the children and youth here in Uganda. There’s Susan, who was under no obligation to be there, and both Editar and Martha whose presence was purely voluntary…but all three so determined to see this developed and taught. In the end, Editar eagerly accepted the invitation to work on the Upper Primary revision and Martha seemed to rejoice at the chance to work on the Secondary…and to push toward completing all six lessons by the end of the month. Later that day, we received a text message from Editar saying how much she enjoyed the meeting and “Thanks for the opportunity.” And today, we received an email from Susan saying she’s delighted to be part of the team. Editar has also given us an artist contact that I hope to meet tomorrow and get a sample drawing. The partnership and investment of these ladies is another encouragement from the One who called us to come here and help in the harvest.