Here I am again, in the middle of Africa, on the internet….technology is amazing.  Yesterday we went to a Ugandan church and it reminded me that every Sunday morning, all over the world, people are singing the same praise songs and worshiping the same God…it was awesome.

Today was a fantastic day of seminars.  My morning began with breakfast at the hotel sipping the most incredible coffee I’ve ever tasted, alongside my team members.  At 10 am our seminars began.  Today we had the younger group, ages K-5, I believe.  My topic was goal setting and I was super nervous that I wouldn’t have enough exciting material to keep 25 kids interested for an hour.  I forgot that I was teaching the smartest kids in Uganda, and what games and activities that I thought would last 20 minutes took up an hour and a half!  It was a hit!!!  My team is great and we each had a successful seminar.

Later we ate more delicious African food, accompanied by a Coca-cola (it really is a world wide empire).  Following lunch I was blessed to teach 20 of Uganda’s brightest high school students the basics of finance.  I introduced the most basic of Dave Ramsey’s principals such as budgeting and saving.  We talked a lot about living a debt-free life after they finish college and the importance of having an emergency savings for unexpected life events.  It’s very challenging because most Ugandans live on 1-2 dollars per day, so the mere concept of saving is incomprehensible.  I simply wanted to give them basic tools so that one day, when they are the business men and women of Uganda, they will be equipped to manage their finances, big or small, in the most effective way.

A few of the students who had read Robert Kiwosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad asked some very challenging questions and asked for further explanation on other financial topics, so I definitely had my work cut out for me.  Fortunately, I was prepared and I was able to answer them confidently.

Dave Ramsey’s assistant was gracious enough to donate his best selling books for the L.E.A.D. Uganda library and the kids were reading the books before I could even take them back and show them to the staff!  I have never met a group of students who value education more than these kids.  It makes me wish that I’d taken my own education more seriously :)

Tonight the team is going out to eat at one of the local restaurants, so that should be fun.

If you are led to continue praying for us, please pray for our health.  A lot of us have been sick, myself included, and it’s challenging to continue each day when your body is not cooperating. 

Thank you again for your ongoing prayers and support.  Our time is flying by and I am trying to value each moment that I am here.