Bbel Academy

Today was our last day working with the kids at the Bbel Academy, a small primary school attended mostly by kids living with someone other than their parents.  Sadly, many of the young parents have been lured to move to the city and have left the kids behind with other relatives. The school is located about an hour drive from Kampala. Steven Muyimbwa, whom has had a relationship with Kailua Community Church (KCC) in various capacities for many years, started this school a few years ago.  KCC contributed funds to the construction of a pole building.

We've been visiting this school every afternoon for the last three days. Steven invited the local kids to participate in our activities. We had about 100 kids in attendance today.

The setting is a big contrast from Neteete, where we spend our mornings at the Gospel of Life Church. Neteete is considered a slum, where the Bbel Academy is very rural and to a great extent it has a picturesque setting. The kids here are absolutely sweet. Whenever our vans arrive, they run to the vans and cheer loudly. When we get out of the vans they rush to give us hugs and grab our hands.

Many of the kids present during our visits are wearing uniforms even though classes haven't started. This is probably because these are the best clothes they have.

For some reason performing our skits (Moses in the Desert) here is a lot of fun. For some reason the kids here laugh with all their hearts at the silliest joke.

We've been tremendously blessed by these kids even though this is the first time KCC has visited this location and therefore we didn't meet the kids until this week.  None of us know if and when we can make another trip to Uganda, but we know that a part of our hearts will remain here, with these loving kids.