Mark and Debbie are just back from a month in Uganda where they exchanged the flooded fields of UK for the dry and dusty roads of Kamuli District to work with full thousands of children and groups of mothers eager to improve their families' fortunes. Real diamonds in the dust! There were moments of great joy and other times when their hearts simply broke as they listened to people telling their own stories. In it all they saw the love of God bringing hope to many hearts and simple but real change in many lives, young and old. 
The Landcruiser was certainly put through it's paces as they travelled on some of the worst dirt roads they've known to visit our 15 schools. Dust makes you cough and rather dirty but it is better than mud which tends to halt progress more! Debbie met the staff and children at 6 new schools and reconnected with old friends again at the others. There were assemblies, spontaneous maths lessons (!), fun and games along with lots of hugs and stroking of her hair to check if it was real!Mark was busy ensuring that the children at Standard Primary School were learning how to farm productively by literally putting tools in their hands! They successfully farmed their new field to provide most of their school lunch needs for this year and they are now learning about different crops in the "teaching garden". Many of the parents and neighbours are watching with interest as they see higher yields.
