Billy & Joanna Coppedge are our WGM teammates in NW Uganda. Arua probably has about 10,000 people (I'm totally guessing!). It is a nice town to visit- esp. after the 3 million in Kampala. Anyway, Lisa Mayo and I got to go visit there about 10 days ago to discuss ministry plans and opportunities with Joanna and just to hang out with the family a bit. Elsie Jayne is nearly 2 and her little sister Lucy Mae is 5 months old.
One of the jobs Billy had to do while we were there was move some furniture. God timed it so well- the heavy rain came only after the guys were finished! Here- Billy hangs out on top of "Yoda" his green Land Rover.
We often see women carrying bananas on their heads, but this lady really had a LOAD! Seen alongside the road there in Arua, she was trying to sell them to the people headed to the Uganda Independence Day celebrations in town.
Elsie has a lot of words down pat, and is great at worship. She sat in her toy bin one day singing "hallelujah". It was very cute.
In Arua, Thursday is prayer meeting day. So we met up with coworkers Aaron, Corey, Billy and Joanna and did a special prayer time as we walked through the conference center in Arua. Last Monday through Friday, they held an orality conference, teaching more than 70 people how to teach the Bible through "storying". Because many people in Africa (and around the world) learn better with stories, and many are illiterate, this method is very useful across many cultures.