A lot has happened in the last couple weeks, One of the things I really enjoyed was the Ride For Refuge that we took part in here in Soroti. The Ride For Refuge is an event that happens in the US and in Canada and is an oppurtunity to raise awareness and money for Refuges. Our team here in Soroti had many people back home riding for us and raising money that will be used by the team here to help the traumatized, vulnerable and unreached people aound us. The day of the ride back home three members of our team here, Jennifer, Beckie and Rachel as well as a Ugandan named Dennis and myself set out on our own ride. We braved the Ugandan roads on our 1 speed bikes and road about 12 miles to lake Yoga where we were met by Tim and Angie who drove over and brought us some snacks and water. After some pictures and our snacks we headed back the way we came towards home. The ride was really fun but we had a lot of bike troubles and had to stop multiple times to put chains back on. Also on the way back I was standing up peddaling to gain speed before an uphill climb when my chain decided to pop off, causing me to tumble head over heals over my handle bars and resulted in road rash and cuts and scrapes all down the left side of my body. Luckily Jennifer was there with her first aid kit and fixed me up so I could finish the ride. If you go to the link below, it should take you to a slide show Tim set up with pictures from our ride.
http://cid-94b85c53b78f4a33.photos.live.com/play.aspx/R4R%202010%20-%20Soroti
Another big event that happened recently was my battle with malaria. I started to feel on thursday the 7th and was pretty miserable for about a week and a half. The team here did a good job taking care of me and getting me the right medicine and iv's. I thank them so much as well for all of you who were praying for me back home, it really meant a lot and was a blessing to know that so many people back home knew what was happening and supported me and prayed for me through the whole thing. As of right now I'm feeling normal but I am still tired and weak and I lost a decent amount of weight, so with time I should be getting my strength back and feeling 100%. My ministry has kind of taken a back seat due to the sickness but I'm hoping to get back into the swing of things after our team retreat which is happening next week. Please pray for our team as we will be doing a lot of traveling throughout the next week and that we all have a great time together on our retreat.
Josh
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