Oh Africa

There have been MANY things to praise the Lord for this past week!

First of all, the government finally took its hold off the food from Feed My Starving Children! The trucks pulled in on Thursday, and I wish you could all see the look of joy on the kids’ faces. All the kids surrounded the trucks with shouts of joy, acting like it was Christmas. Such a cool thing to be a part of. Here are some boys eating their new nutritious food :)

There have also been a couple of teams at Smile this week who have been huge blessings to the kids and the staff. They did skits for the kids, made crowns for all them, and loved on them. One church even had a woman who sewed clothes for ALL of the children. The kids were thrilled, and they all looked adorable in their new, clean outfits! Some of the kids had shorts for the first time ever, and we were able to tell which ones were boys or girls (because the girls had dresses on and the boys had t-shirt and shorts on).

On Friday, I was walking to Smile. On my way there, I was praying and letting the Lord know that I was just tired and I needed Him to fill me so I could love on the kids that day. I heard some American worship music coming from a church, and I felt a prompting on my heart to go inside. There was an Australian team leading worship at the church, and we spent time worshipping the God of all the nations. It was such a sweet time of fellowship and so wonderful to know that I have a family of believers all around the world. It was definitely an answer to prayer, and I felt encouraged for the rest of the day.


Habuchi... just the cutest boy. He makes THE best silly faces I have ever seen in my life!

 Some other new fun things:

We went to an introduction yesterday and were even dressed in gomas, the traditional clothes. It lasted from 11:00-8:00, so it was a long day, but definitely fun! It was a Norwegian man marrying a Ugandan woman, so we were supposedly the sisters of the Norwegian man even though we cannot speak a word of Norwegian J We were the guests of honor, and oh boy, I have never felt more famous in my life. I finally understand what it’s like to fear having a picture taken of me with my mouth full of food, yawning, tripping, etc. We constantly had pictures taken of us, which we found humorous because these people are going to have ALL these pictures in their introduction album of these muzungus they don’t even know! It was a fun time of eating, meeting different people, watching dancers, and carrying in all the gifts on our head in front of the guests. It’s similar to a dowry, where the man buys gifts for the bride’s family, showing he is able to provide for the woman.


us in our gomas with our new Norwegian brother!

We went to a branch of Pastor Amos’s church today, and once again, we were asked to give a personal testimony. I guess we were also supposed to preach the sermon, but that was lost in translation, so our kind drivers that brought us to church ended up preaching the sermon for us. Michelle and I taught the Sunday School class and had a fun time singing songs and acting out the story of Jonah and David and Goliath.



giving a short message of encouragement at church



The wonderful Sunday school class we taught!

To end the day today, we visited the monkeys at the bottom of the Tororo Rock… a great finish to the day!

I have a new great friend at the Crystal hotel. We named him Chupa. He is one of the cutest puppies ever, and I am in love! I visit him several times a day, and every time I go visit him, a man asks me if he can buy a puppy for me… what do you think mom and dad? Would you like an African puppy?

Thanks so much! God bless J