Wednesday!

Although today is Wednesday, I must share one fabulous story about our prayer walking/street evangelism from yesterday. In the photo above, is a man named Alex. Brenda and I, along with two Ugandans, James and Ruth, walked together yesterday. As this is my first trip to Africa, and my first street evangelizing I was quite apprehensive. So, here’s how it began…James told us we were approaching an area which practiced witchcraft. We walked down through sugar cane fields, where witchcraft rituals are common. We prayed for the Holy Spirit to take back the land and rid the land of the evil and darkness. The walk was long and downhill and we ended at the location you see pictured of a beautiful river with two boats. Brenda then witnessed to Alex, who had been approached by Jehovah’s Witnesses before, and was confused. Alex recommitted his life to Jesus and it was an amazing way to begin our afternoon.

Now, what happened today:
Wednesday, July 21…we began at Bright Angels Junior School



where we met many precious children. We shared a much shorter program of our songs and our dramatic reading of John 3:16 due to the very young age of most of the children. They danced with us and we were able to interact more with these children than the day before. They screamed and cheered when we presented them with pencils, sharpeners and a soccer ball for their class.
We then visited the Rock Hill School – I bet you can see where it got its name! Donnie did a fabulous job with the team with music and sharing the gospel, as usual. We weren’t able to interact with the children unfortunately.



After Rock Hill School, we returned to Helen’s for lunch (delicious pizza) and rest. Then, we went to Luzira Community Church and played some very fun games with our new Ugandan friends. You’ll need to ask us about the “I Never” game. It was quite fun, and thankfully, nobody was hurt. I will mention, I was humiliated when my new Ugandan friend Kristine, showed how she calms a crying baby by picking me up and carrying me over her shoulder. YIKES!
I suppose I should say it was…GASP…Aggie day. All of those who went to Texas A&M wore their Aggie shirts today. (I am mentioning it, even though I am a Longhorn.) It was quite painful ;-)



Finally, it was a VERRRRRY long ride back to Adonai this afternoon with many traffic stops. Unfortunately a few of our gang very desperately needed to use the “SUSU” (aka bathroom). As you can see by the photo below, Ryan was particularly uncomfortable with each and every bump! I believe his phrase was “waves of mercy…”
Well, it was a very full and fulfilling day. Looking forward to sharing more of God’s love tomorrow.
Debi Watson

A note from Donnie

The Wall!

Any short term missionary knows what I mean. It’s something you hit midway through an overseas trip when jet lag has left you but a dulling haze hits you as you finally get still. You find yourself nodding off with you head bobbing even sometimes bouncing off whatever’s close frightening you back into reality.

This is the time group leaders dread. It’s the zone when some groups begin to devour each other as tired spirits spew emotion with little provocation.

But, I am so grateful that our group has not succumbed to this deadly disease. They have worked so hard and stayed on task without grumbling or snapping at each other.