Saturday, 19 July 2008

• Update from Linda and Nikki!!!

  Hundreds of hands clapped in unison, welcoming us joyfully to their school.  As we gazed upon their faces, we were excited to spend the next hour singing, dancing, performing a skit, and sharing the gospel message with them.  With the help of our Ugandan friends Simon and Pius, we were able to communicate the gospel to them in their own language.  Little did we expect how receptive and attentive these children were.  This is more or less what we experienced at the 6 schools we visited over the course of 2 days.  Five of them were primary (elementary) schools, and one was a secondary (6th-12th grade) school.  Often we had time to interact personally with some of the students.  Many good conversations ensued, with students actually coming up and asking us for Christian literature and wondering how to become a child of God.  It was heartbreaking, though, not being able to provide them with Bibles.  Many had so many questions and wanted so badly to know more, but Bibles are very hard to come by in this country.  We came away so humbled and appreciative of how easily accessible Bibles are to us in America.  Even though we went in seeking to teach these kids about God, God instead used them to show us our all too often apathetic attitude to His Word. Although we only spent an hour with these kids at each of the schools, it was always hard to leave them and say goodbye.

  After two days of school evangelism, our team then proceeded to an African safari to celebrate the birthday of Ethan, one of the Hurley kids.  We spent Thursday traveling on the road, and had many adventures on the way.  The girls also had a good time talking and sharing with Danielle.  Friday morning we woke up bright and early to search for animals on the savannah.  We came across water buffalos, warthogs, water bucks, baboons, and antelope.  Then we went on a 2 hour hike down a gourge to see the chimpanzees.  Since skirts and sandals are not your usual attire to walk down a steep, muddy trail, it turned out to be quite the tiring but fun trip.  After an afternoon break, we went back in search for elephants, hippos, and lions!  It was quite the adventure chasing elephants and circling lions in our car.  However, the latter would have never been possible without first bribing a park guard :)

  Today we made our way back home, and now we are entering our last hurdle of the trip.  Please continue to pray for us as we will be returning back to the village of Luweero for some more school evangelism.  Please pray that we will be able to communicate the gospel to them boldly and clearly, and that we would rely completely on God's power to joyfully and faithfully serve wherever we can. A quick shout out to all our UCLA friends!  Matt and Megan say hi too.

  - Linda and Nikki

  

  

  

  

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