On arrival at Kyampisi we were met with cheers as the youth were really looking forward to the conference - keeping in mind we had postponed last Saturday's conference due to prior commitments.
While taking the food down to the newly built bush kitchen adjacent to the yet-to-be finished Junior Primary classroom block, we were accompanied by the sound of drums and young people singing. A little later and we commenced the conference.
Alexus spoke about living an intentional life with purpose and I unpacked some wisdom from 1 Timothy - especially where Paul says "don't let anyone look down upon you because you're young but instead set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity."
After speaking to the combined group we broke into two smaller groups - boys and girls. We spoke about dating, marriage and sex. There were lots of questions and there was some very honest discussion.
After about 40 minutes we joined together to share our respective conversations. I asked one of the boys to share what we had spoken about and one of the girls to share what they had spoken about. What followed was a very rich and memorable time together.
I met Fred Mukasa, Principal of High Standards Christian School and Brenda, owner of a Hardware at a nearby town to Fred'a school at Jarvis at 5pm. As I had arranged to meet Cockroach at 7pm at the Acacia Cinema I needed to cut my meeting with Fred a little shorter than we planned. As it happened Fred needed to visit someone in Mengo Hospital so it worked out pretty well for us both.
Our conversation covered many things, most notably Fred's need for 3,000,000 schillings to pay for hardware supplies for his newly completed classroom. I agreed to pray about it and give to him as lead by the Lord.
After praying together, I drove to Acacia to meet Cochroach who didn't show. He had lost his phone and couldn't ring me. I called Joeline and drove back to St Paul's House.
Good night.
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