It’s been another eventful week in
Uganda. I decided to provide several pictures to give you a recap of
the week’s activities.
We visited a memorial site where 121
civilians were killed by rebels during the time of unrest in northern
Uganda. Thousands fled to camps where they hoped to be protected. We
went to another village later that used to be a camp for 70,000
people in a relatively small area.
We visited some schools and did
programs for the kids. One school was out in the middle of nowhere
down a bumpy dirt road. The kids were so cute, and they sang many
songs for us.
I went to the village of Aloi with
Jedediah, Tash and Charity. We did an outdoor crusade one day, and
the next day we did some teaching in the church. I was so encouraged
by the enthusiasm of the people to hear God’s word. For the crusade,
we got there late because of problems with our transportation. Many
of the people had been waiting there since 9 in the morning, and we
didn’t arrive until nearly 4! It was just amazing to see their
excitement and love for the Lord.
We went to another village called Apac
where we did more outdoor crusades and teachings, as well as
preaching in churches. I enjoyed the traditional instruments they use
in the church services. I preached in two services at this church in
Owang area.
We got to do some manual labor while in
Apac. They are building a new church so we helped mix concrete for
the foundation. It felt so good to do some manual work again. We were
sweating and dirty; it was great!
I’m a backup dancer for an African
singer named Charles! We’ve joined his choir of backup dancers at
several events. Now, we have it down, and he even asked us to be part
of a music video, which we worked on yesterday. I definitely would have never
thought I’d be doing this!
I celebrated my birthday a couple weeks
late. My birthday was August 2 on a travel day, so we didn’t have an
opportunity to celebrate that day. The rest of our time here has been
planned or we’ve been unable to go anywhere. However, my awesome
teammates worked it out Monday to spend the afternoon at a nearby
American cafe we discovered. The woman who started it is from Oregon
and very nice. I got a real birthday cake, probably the only real
cake I’ve had all year, and ice cream! It was so good!
