Kids House and Church

Since our last post, we have gotten to enjoy many “rolexes” with and without hot sauces(those we brought and those that were here). Fri. night there was a party for a CLD staff member, Torrey, who is leaving at the end of this week to go back to the States. We got to have lots of good discussions through the night and Greg, Matt, Jared, and our friend Josh decided to act like we were college students and stayed up until 2:30 AM talking through the night. Some of us(Jared), paid for that decision more than others. ;-)

Saturday was mainly spent at the Kids House. CLD does a weekly Saturday activity with the kids. They try and alternate a really big event, like going to the zoo, with doing smaller activities at the house. This Saturday was the week to do smaller activities with the kids. The first part of the day was spent reading and coloring with the kids. There was a break to eat beans and rice for dinner. Sarah and Ryan, former staff and volunteers, had sent over Matchbox cars for all the kids at the Kids House. The kids were very excited for their new toys. We then had some great fun of Slip and Slide with the kids. Jared decided to lead by example and demonstrate the proper way to Slip and Slide.

The rest of Saturday night was a night used for resting, recharging and a great game of Nerts. We also got to experience our very first Uganda power outage.

Sunday morning was spent at the unique cultural of Ugandan church. We went for the very end of English worship and got to hear Justine preach an English message. It was a very good message about continuing to grow in Christ and to run the race set out for us. There was an interesting theme of not totally relying on our pastors but that we can approach God just as well as our pastors can. It is a good message for both sides of the Atlantic. It fascinating that just like God is present throughout all of time, he is also present in all of the world. Seeing our brothers and sisters in Christ joyfully worship our Lord during the Ugandan worship time was a great joy.

We went to the craft market this afternoon, drank delicious coffee and tea at 1000 Cups and are taking our friends of CLD to dinner for a well deserved treat.