Joyce

Joyce teaching the Thursday kids' Bible study

One of the most exciting things for me was seeing Joyce again. She's had another baby since last summer - and in Karamoja, if you have a lot of kids, and are trying to put them through school, it can be a real struggle even if you have a relatively well-paying job like she does. But she has grown so much in the last year, both in her ability in the English language and in her love for Christ. Now she's teaching the kids' Bible study on Thursdays (for kids of the clinic staff and anyone else who wants to come). After the first few weeks, she felt comfortable working on it herself rather than relying on Amy to plan out the lessons for her; sometimes I'd go into the kitchen or living room on Wednesday afternoon and see her sitting with her Bible open in her lap. It was the coolest thing to see her teaching her own kids! That kind of involvement seems to be very rare. (That's one of hers, Aleper, in the front middle.)