It’s unbelievable how powerful our God is! He has absolutely been drawing me in with more adventure and life each day than I could have ever fathomed. It has been a hard last few weeks and I have been doing all I can to just hold on and abide in God… but he is working in this desperate land!
Though I’m just getting around to recording it…Thursday was such an amazing day. The same “mystery camp” that previously was closed off to us has started to reach out to us in the last couple of weeks. I know many of you have committed to pray for the new believers that Jaden wrote about, and God is honoring our prayers for these people. MariAnne and I met with the school’s headmaster and teachers and gave them a first aid kit and some materials to teach the kids on abstinence, having value and being made in God’s image, STI’s, and basic sex ed information (in case you didn’t know we are working on an abstinence curriculum). The teachers were so appreciative and eager to teach the lessen plan; even the scriptures. Afterwards our favorite orphanage leader and teacher, David, met us and asked if he could plan our program for the rest of the day. He took Marianne, Pastor Walter, and I to a meeting he had organized with the orphan’s caretakers and asked that we give words of encouragement and the word of God. We got to encourage the group, laugh together, and pray together. David had taken the initiative to bring them together for the purpose of eight receiving Jesus including himself. We were so excited because he is one of our favorite people in the camp who in the midst of all the corruption, genuinely cares for and loves the children in spite of having so little for himself. Next, a group of teenagers had prepared a skit on AIDS and abstinence that they wanted us to watch. They put chairs in the middle and put on a show for us and the entire community. It helped enhance our knowledge of the culture from the teenager’s perspective to write a more effective curriculum…and was hilarious.
The day ended with a huge downpour. We got in our car and started towards home and got stuck in the mud on the path that was “somehow a road, but more like a river” according to Dennis. After everyone pushed the car it flew into a ditch and to make a long story short…ended up in the bush with a broken wheel. We had the opportunity to walk several miles to the next camp barefoot, in the rain and mud alongside the Ugandans. It really seems like it brought us even more to their level as we got to slow down and just walk with them. They were so shocked to see this; and we were laughing the whole time as we were coated from head to toe. I wouldn’t have chosen to be anywhere else than on that rode in the middle of the rain surrounded by all that beauty. Obango Teck (Praise God)! It was an amazing day. He is sovereign and when we surrender each day to God we witness him moving in ways we wouldnt have imagined. Thank all of you who have been lifting up Uganda in prayer!
-Bethany
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Woo hoo Bunny - we finally hear from you! Thank you for the encouragement to laugh at the unexpected. Apak Obanga (spelling??) - He is certainly moving in that camp!
I want to say thank you for writing on this blog. It is a great way to understand what you and the team are going through. I pray that you will not be discouraged by the difficulty of your work. Thank you for loving the Ugandan people and keep us informed so we can pray. Thank you!
You are so amazing! I am also humbled by your experience and praise God for the opportunities He gives us. Stay strong Bethany and know we are praying for you and the whole group.
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