Week two has been good. I got to share the story of Easter with three different primary schools this week. At one I was asked if I was the Transporter? I did not respond and when I introduced myself to the kids I said I was, “Transporter.” The kids seriously believed and before I knew it I was signing autographs and being asked how I made it through different scenes of the movie. I have not seen the movie. ha
My message on Easter Sunday went okay. You can usually judge from a crowd’s body language how they are engaging when you are speaking; people seemed to be struggling to stay awake. I don’t know if this was just because they were having to follow with a translator or if my message was really that bad. At the end of the day though I did all I could and can only pray that the Holy Spirit moved in my message. The people that understood English all said it was good, so who knows?
Friday night we had an overnight worship service in the village. We had different speakers come and give messages; we had prayer and sang, danced, and planned on watching a movie. When we go out there we take a generator because there is no electricity. With all of our electrical equipment set up and the generator running everything was going smoothly until about 2:30 in the morning when it started pouring down rain. It rained the rest of the night and by the time we finished waiting for it to stop it was 4:00AM. At that point it was still sprinkling and so we packed up and left. Before this though we were able to have one of the best worship services I have ever been a part of and it was definitely in my top three dance party experiences. People just love to dance and sing for the Lord it was great!
This coming week is going to be very laid back besides the four hours of digging and hoeing we did today for the church. The kids are taking exams so we will not be visiting schools after today and in that case some of us are going on Safari for a few days which should be blast. Kid’s going into exams brings me to one of the hardest parts about being here so far. I have had two children come up and tell me that they want school fees. This is a tough situation because kids only go to school here if they can afford it and a lot can’t. They understand though that education is the only way for them to stand a chance of getting ahead in life. That being said, if anyone is interested in sponsoring a child for $35 a month through Empower a Child let me know. Through this you will be able to write letters back and forth with your sponsor and get term progress reports on how the child is doing in school. It is really a cool opportunity; most all of the people that run the Empower a Child organization were all sponsored through Compassion, another non profit sponsorship organization.
The above picture of me is with some of the kid’s from the feeding project we do at a school called Victory. They don’t really like me that much. They just like getting their picture taken. This morning I was able to share the story of the paralytic man whose friends brought him to Jesus through the roof on a mat. It was a good time. These kids are so smart. Below that you will find another post with a video of my friend Brent butchering a chicken that was a gift to him from the child he sponsors family. We will be eating it for dinner. Watch at your own discretion but he let go of it after cutting its head off and it was pretty funny watching it flop around. Minus the fact that it came right at me!
Anyway, prayer request this week would include continuing to pray for my friend Unus. I found out that recently he went home one night to find his wife and daughter gone and they had taken everything. She left him because he was, “poor.” He has literally been sleeping on a small mat in his one room home by himself. He has nothing but clothes. He really needs the prayers and I desperately want him to know the Lord. Other than that just that I would continue to be used by God and safety on my travels this week on Safari.
Be Blessed
Sweet
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