July 23

Hello, chow, nehow, jamba, also, *other greetings inserted here* 

 

Greetings friends and families! 

 

Another blog from your friendly Asian! Today has been filled with fun! We started out the day with more interviews. We interviewed the founder of new life church Andrew Wambi. His story was fascinating. We also interviewed Mali (Ronald) who is the social worker overlooking one of the women's ministry at Musana. 

 

Fast forward after lunch we joined the Flat Irons Colorado team to Musanas elementary campus in Bakoona and participated in VBS! When we drove up we had about 30 kids run up to the vans and walk beside us as we parked. A little scary trying not to run over little feet but loved the wonderful welcome. As we walked up to the main building for worship I had about 3 kids on each arm. A little stressful but still feeling the love. 

 

Fast-fast forward to the afternoon: (prayed against the rain all day today) with clear sky's I had the pleasure of training the middle/elementary boys soccer team in the afternoon. I knew soccer would be different but the level of skill and motivation the boys had was amazing. Every single player worked very hard and gave it their all regardless of frustration or age. The "want" to be at practice that these boys had is what I'd like to see in American sports. The motivation and love of the sport in a child's face every time at practice. 

 

Later in the evening we got to have dinner with a man named Stephen Baidu. He works in northern Uganda building women's ministry's; helping and motivating the Ugandan widows, single moms, and other women for self-sustainability and empowerment. His story was fascinating and the night was very pleasant. As usual Kyemba (our driver, friend, second dad) acted like a clown and threw spit balls at us and squirted ketchup in my guacamole. 

 

Thank you everyone for your prayers and as always, KEEP EM' COMING! 

Love y'all and God bless