Gospel Cross by Gill

Today we went with Gospel Cross International to Buyengo - a rural village about 1 hour from Jinja. This was a follow up visit from when Gill visited last year to talk to the women about cervical screening.

After a warm traditional welcome from the pastor of the village baptist church and his wife the children went outside with a group from the team and the women were free to learn with us. About 30 women attended and were eager to listen and learn.

Using Psalm 139 and Proverbs 31 (about the wife of noble character) as a basis for the morning Gill encouraged the women - that they are known intimately and loved by God and that He has a purpose for each one of them.

Gill shared a personal story from her own marriage to illustrate loving and respecting our husbands as women of God. Jayne talked about healthy eating and eating food from different food groups. Amerrah (a UK nurse visiting Uganda whom we have met since being out here) talked to them about reducing their sugar intake to reduce the risk of hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The women asked a number of questions as this was news to them.

Hazel and Linda then helped the women think about how they could manage the ‘affairs of their household’ by budgeting. They introduced the concept of saving from the first part of their income - this fascinated the women. They shared with us what they needed to spend their money on. One women who ran her own small business said she was now going to save!

Harriet from Gospel Cross translated each section of the talks so that the women could understand in Ugandan. Some of the women were making notes as they learned.

After worrying that we didn’t have enough content for 1.5 hours we ended up cutting some of the programme!

We then handed out donated gifts to the new mums and their babies before saying goodbye and giving lots of hugs.