We FINALLY had a relaxing day! This morning I woke up pretty early, so I had lots of time to shower, spend some time reading the Word in my hammock, and get ready for church. We went to one of the other Watoto churches this morning - Watoto Central. I'm not sure if I mentioned this last time, but Watoto is a Hillsong church. I haven't really figured out what that means, but it does have something to do with the band Hillsong. It was outrageously hot. We were in the balcony, and they closed some of the doors. My shirt was soaking wet. The pastor talked about what it meant for the church to be the bride of Christ. We sang, then he preached for like 20 minutes, we sang some more, and then he preached for another 25 minutes. I'm not a big fan of talking about marriage, and it's been all around me. The other day I was doing my quiet time in Romans and there's a section about being faithful like you would in marriage, one of the girls here found out that her boyfriend asked her parents if he could marry her so we've been talking about that, and then today .. woooH! God sure does have a sense of humor. After church I just napped, read my book, did some dishes ... just hung out. It was WONDERFUL! Everyone but some of the Ugandans left for the pool and the cafe, so I had the house to myself. I forgot what quiet sounded like.
I almost forgot... this morning at church some of the teenagers at church dressed in stereotypical tribal African gear, and danced to the Word Cup song. It was PHENOMENAL! The pastor decided that we all needed to see it again, so they did it twice. I filmed about a minute of it, but someone has my camera, so I'll upload them tomorrow.
So, I glanced back over my post about Zirobwe and realized that I forgot to put a summary of what happened there and what is going to happen. EAC is building a training center there, which is like a vocational school. They want to house all of their MSTs out there too. The building hasn't started, but the land is bought. They really want to invest in this community. Some people are believers, some are Muslims, and some have no faith or hope at all. A lot of the people that are Christians are wrapped up in the spirit of religion. They don't realize that Christianity is about having a relationship with Jesus. While we were there around 100 people gave their lives to Christ .. children and adults. How cool is that! This is just the beginning too. I really feel that the Lord has big plans for Zirobwe. In the words of the Ugandans .. "Waliwo ekija." That just means that something is happening. We say that phrase a lot at Remand Home.
So, I just got a letter as I was writing this from one of the kids that hangs around here asking me to be her sponsor. How sad is that .. She isn't on the list, so it's not practical because EAC has protocol. It's just heartbreaking that some kid's only hope is to be sponsored.
Off to watch the World Cup at a local pub .. should be very interesting. I wish I could record a video for y'all, but again, I don't have my camera.
I'm sorry I don't have any pictures or videos for y'all.
We saw the funniest vehicle today, but I'm going to leave y'all in suspense until I can show you pictures. It's classic.
I only have 2 weeks left here. I'm so torn. I'm so ready to eat and finally be full, so ready to hug my parents, ready to get settled back in in BR, but sooooo very, very sad to leave here. I have never felt so comfortable somewhere so fast.
Fun Facts:
- There is not a Luganda greeting that translates to "hello." - like a greeting that doesn't require a respond. You greet someone with the phrase that translates into, "How are you?"
- I've heard the World Cup song all day today randomly playing outside. Africans are so pumped that the World Cup was here.
- Sorry is now one of my new favorite games.
PRAISE THE LORD!
-Auntie Brooke
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