SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013
Hey everyone!!!
This will probably be super short because the internet here goes in and out and because it is almost
midnight and we have an early morning tomorrow! But we wanted to write a quick post about the past
two days in Soroti!!
It has been an incredible two days... Yesterday (Saturday) everyone but about 5 of us weren't feeling
well... some had to stay home for the morning, but everyone is feeling so much better today!! Thanks for
all the prayers from back home! :) Saturday, we started out with morning devotions, which were awesome
as always, and a service project in the morning, which consisted of picking up trash throughout Soroti with
the Divine Stars! We got to use little brooms made out of bush branches. After lunch we headed to a
village for a soccer match... We got to watch Aaron, Jarrett, and Kyle play with the Divine Stars and
spend some time with the kids, share testimonies, and see some people come to Christ!
Today, we got split up into groups to go to different churches in the morning. Some of us got to give a
message, share a testimony, or sing a song for the church. It was definitely on Africa time though... the
church services here go anywhere from 6am to noon! We were supposed to be on the road to the village
by 9am, but didn't end up leaving till after 11! We made the long journey to the village with a packed bus
of team members and Divine Star players and attended the church service at the village when we got there.
Kate and Chris got to share their testimony at the service... which was a small building packed with about
800 people!! After the service we got a huge lunch they cooked for us, played with the kids, gave a water
filter demonstration, and then headed down the road to the soccer match. We again watched the boys play
in the game, interacted with the people, learned how to count to 10 in Ateso (the language they speak
here), were taught how to dance, had some really special encounters with the people, and got to see 300
out of the almost 2,000 people at the soccer match step forward to give their lives to Christ... what an
incredible sight!!!
We made the trek back to Soroti, spending our last hour and a half with the Divine Stars players. It was
sad to see them go and have to say good-bye! We have formed some awesome relationships over the past
week! We leave at 6:30 tomorrow morning to head to the safari, and then we head back to Kampala on
Tuesday! We miss you all... Thanks for the love and prayers from back home! Pray for safe travels
tomorrow on these bumpy roads!!
Goodnight! :)
This will probably be super short because the internet here goes in and out and because it is almost
midnight and we have an early morning tomorrow! But we wanted to write a quick post about the past
two days in Soroti!!
It has been an incredible two days... Yesterday (Saturday) everyone but about 5 of us weren't feeling
well... some had to stay home for the morning, but everyone is feeling so much better today!! Thanks for
all the prayers from back home! :) Saturday, we started out with morning devotions, which were awesome
as always, and a service project in the morning, which consisted of picking up trash throughout Soroti with
the Divine Stars! We got to use little brooms made out of bush branches. After lunch we headed to a
village for a soccer match... We got to watch Aaron, Jarrett, and Kyle play with the Divine Stars and
spend some time with the kids, share testimonies, and see some people come to Christ!
Today, we got split up into groups to go to different churches in the morning. Some of us got to give a
message, share a testimony, or sing a song for the church. It was definitely on Africa time though... the
church services here go anywhere from 6am to noon! We were supposed to be on the road to the village
by 9am, but didn't end up leaving till after 11! We made the long journey to the village with a packed bus
of team members and Divine Star players and attended the church service at the village when we got there.
Kate and Chris got to share their testimony at the service... which was a small building packed with about
800 people!! After the service we got a huge lunch they cooked for us, played with the kids, gave a water
filter demonstration, and then headed down the road to the soccer match. We again watched the boys play
in the game, interacted with the people, learned how to count to 10 in Ateso (the language they speak
here), were taught how to dance, had some really special encounters with the people, and got to see 300
out of the almost 2,000 people at the soccer match step forward to give their lives to Christ... what an
incredible sight!!!
We made the trek back to Soroti, spending our last hour and a half with the Divine Stars players. It was
sad to see them go and have to say good-bye! We have formed some awesome relationships over the past
week! We leave at 6:30 tomorrow morning to head to the safari, and then we head back to Kampala on
Tuesday! We miss you all... Thanks for the love and prayers from back home! Pray for safe travels
tomorrow on these bumpy roads!!
Goodnight! :)
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