Uganda Days 6-7

On the last blog I posted I talked about days 1-5 of the trip, and now I have more awesome stuff to talk about from the past two days, so here we go.

Day 6- June 16, 2012
     Today was a really neat day. We went to Buloba, which is the community that our church invests in.
     We started out by meeting a bunch of people, then we went down to the well that our church helped build. It is broken right now, so the people have to go get the water about a mile away from the well. We all got to carry jerry cans full of water up to the church in Buloba. A jerry can is about 20 liters and the walk was a little over a mile.
     When we got back we sat down for a little bit, then helped serve the kids lunch. I was one pineapple duty. After that we ate our lunch.
     When we got done eating, we got to meet our sponsored children. I met my family's child, Karren. She couldn't speak too much English, but I could talk to her a little bit. After that we went to play with all of the kids. It is amazing how easily entertained they are. They love cameras and taking pictures. They love playing jump rope and soccer too. It was a ton of fun playing with them.
     All of the kids LOVE Mzungus (white people). They literally made us feel like celebrities. I just can't explain how much fun it was to just play with the kids today. They wore us out though!
     Tomorrow we are going to Gaba Church and Buloba Community Church. We also might be able to see where our sponsored children live. It is going to be a great experience.

Day 7- June 17, 2012
     Today was quite an experience. We started off at Gaba Church, and it was really neat because it was children's Sunday. Patrick's son Mark preached on Job 1. The children's choir did the music, which was absolutely amazing. When I felt the call to come to Africa long term, it was while I was at Passion and the children's choir came in on "How Great is Our God". So to experience a children's choir in Africa was just absolutely amazing.
     We had to leave early to get to Buloba Community Church. It was really neat to experience how they worship the Lord. They were dancing, singing, screaming, and many other things. The preacher talked about work and how we are to work and glorify God through it.
     After that we went to our sponsored child's home. It was neat for me to go there and meet Karren's family. They were so grateful that our family was sponsoring her. They gave us tons of food like G-nuts (peanuts), maize (corn), and bananas. Karren lives with her mother, 2 brothers, 1 sister, and her mother's parents. We took some pictures before we had to go, then we said our goodbyes because today was the last time I would get to see Karren.
     It was really neat getting to meet Karren. It just takes a picture on our fridge and makes it real. I am glad that I got to meet her, and I know that she can't wait to meet the rest of my family.

The past two days have been fantastic. Tomorrow the plan is to go back to Buloba to put on rain catches that the people can use to collect fresh water, and then Tuesday we are planning to go play soccer with the children at Bethany Village. I don't really know what the plan is for the last two days, but whatever it is it will be great.

In Him and from Uganda,
Camp Hand