Team Beloved Daughters has
been in Uganda for about a week now, minus one of our teammates, Joan because
she has been in Kenya with her family doing ministry.
The expectancy of finishing
off our race in Africa has been big.
Each of us knew it was going
to stretch us and bring us into a new understanding of how big and mighty our
God really is.
This month in Uganda we are
living 2 Km outside of a town called Mukono.
We are staying with Pastor
George and his wife, Florence and their 5 children in a two bedroom house.
I have come to be really attached to their daughter named Faith. She always comes by to sit on my lap and play games with me.
What
a blessing it is to be here!
As a team we sleep in close
quarters in one room.
We have one squatty potty and a shower attached to our room.
We eat all of our meals in
the living room and might I say that they meals here have been the BEST I have
ever had in Africa.
We have two maids that help
out with cooking, cleaning, and they will even wash our clothes for us by hand.
As of now, we have been
doing door-to-door evangelism for about 2-3 hours a day.
Soon we will start teaching
at the local Parent’s Hope school where we will teach every morning.
Door-to-door evangelism has
been a lot of going into homes and praying for the needs of their families.
Every home has been open to
invite us in.
Some homes talk about what
is happening in their lives and in the families.
Some homes are very
standoffish and don’t talk about anything really.
Some homes will offer up
their babies so that we can hold and cradle them in our arms. This is my
favorite part of ministry because I love children.
There is an opportunity for
us mzungu’s (white people) to reach out here in a way that just the Pastor
cannot on his own.
The people in this village
are hungry for the Lord and they want to hear what we have come to share with
them.
Starting next week we should
be going to school in the morning, coming home for lunch, then going out for
door-to-door evangelism. At night time we have a meeting with the family. There
is also an opportunity to fellowship on Wednesday and Friday nights.
We have had an opportunity
to spend some time with the children from school from being invited into their
classroom to spending time with them on a national holiday.
The children love us
mzungu’s and they are really excited for us to be their teachers.
The joy on these children’s
faces as they sing, dance, and laugh brings my heart so much happiness.
It is good to be back in
Africa!
As
for the title of this blog, for the last 9 months I have been saying “You Are
Welcome” often and this month it is a cultural thing to say You Are Welcome
before saying anything at all. I love it! One of the maid’s, Ruth, always says
“Thank You for Eating” to us after every meal. We are always like, thank you
for preparing such a delicious meal for us. Never in my life have I been
thanked for eating food, it’s a whole perspective change.
Be praying for strength for
us to continue throughout our days.
Thank you for your prayers,
they are moving mountains over here as we are doing ministry!
