While we were waiting for our ride to church this morning, Jill and I heard the most glorious singing coming from down the hall. The room was pack with people standing and praising God. The music seemed to come from the soles of their dancing feet, through their swaying bodies and uplifted hands, to the crown of their heads. I stood there with chills running through my body at the amazing sound coming from those people. They were not singing merely with their voices, but with their whole beings. It was truly awesome!
We arrived at church before the first service had ended, so while Jill, Jared and Serena, our friends from Oasis Africa, went for a short walk, I sat on the wall outside the church. A very sweet lady by the name of Esther, came up to me and welcomed me to the church. You could see the love of Jesus shining from her eyes. She was very interested in what our mission was, and promised to pray for us. She told me that many African women had given up, and they needed to have their hope restored. I will remember her words when I work with the women in Mashaka.
After our two hour service, we bought a couple of ears of corn on the church patio and walked along eating them as we made our way through the Independance Park in the center of the city. These ears of corn are sold on many street corners in the city, cooked over small bbq's. This passes for lunch for many people. Jill is still looking for SD cards for her camera, so we went over to the Hilton to check a shop that was suppose to be there. Along the way I saw both a TRAFFIC LIGHT and a STOP sign! The light wasn't working, and no one seemed to pay the least attention to the sign. There were also pedestrian signals......the little red and green men.....but it seemed we were always crossing the street on the RED guy! I finally asked Jared and he said that since it was Sunday, it didn't matter. Jared said the city was pretty empty today, but on an week day, there would be a million people in the streets. It seemed plenty busy to me! On our walk, we also encountered our first child beggers, and if this was a test, Jill and I failed miserably, giving money to a pair of sisters, a little boy, and Jill, offering up her bag of M&M's to yet another little girl who said she was "so hungry". Jill scolded me after I gave the first pair of sisters money, but that was just before she did the same to the little boy, and the candy to the little girl. I kept hearing Jesus saying, "In as much as ye did it unto the least of these, you did it unto me".
When we returned to our Guesthouse, we both caught up on some emails, and then I took a nice nap before dinner. Tomorrow we're scheduled to go looking at fabrics and beads, and getting some last minute things before we head north on Wednesday morning.
Thanks again for your continued prayers. God bless you all!
Big hugs,
Kitty
While we were waiting for our ride to church this morning, Jill and I heard the most glorious singing coming from down the hall. The room was pack with people standing and praising God. The music seemed to come from the soles of their dancing feet, through their swaying bodies and uplifted hands, to the crown of their heads. I stood there with chills running through my body at the amazing sound coming from those people. They were not singing merely with their voices, but with their whole beings. It was truly awesome!
We arrived at church before the first service had ended, so while Jill, Jared and Serena, our friends from Oasis Africa, went for a short walk, I sat on the wall outside the church. A very sweet lady by the name of Esther, came up to me and welcomed me to the church. You could see the love of Jesus shining from her eyes. She was very interested in what our mission was, and promised to pray for us. She told me that many African women had given up, and they needed to have their hope restored. I will remember her words when I work with the women in Mashaka.
After our two hour service, we bought a couple of ears of corn on the church patio and walked along eating them as we made our way through the Independance Park in the center of the city. These ears of corn are sold on many street corners in the city, cooked over small bbq's. This passes for lunch for many people. Jill is still looking for SD cards for her camera, so we went over to the Hilton to check a shop that was suppose to be there. Along the way I saw both a TRAFFIC LIGHT and a STOP sign! The light wasn't working, and no one seemed to pay the least attention to the sign. There were also pedestrian signals......the little red and green men.....but it seemed we were always crossing the street on the RED guy! I finally asked Jared and he said that since it was Sunday, it didn't matter. Jared said the city was pretty empty today, but on an week day, there would be a million people in the streets. It seemed plenty busy to me! On our walk, we also encountered our first child beggers, and if this was a test, Jill and I failed miserably, giving money to a pair of sisters, a little boy, and Jill, offering up her bag of M&M's to yet another little girl who said she was "so hungry". Jill scolded me after I gave the first pair of sisters money, but that was just before she did the same to the little boy, and the candy to the little girl. I kept hearing Jesus saying, "In as much as ye did it unto the least of these, you did it unto me".
When we returned to our Guesthouse, we both caught up on some emails, and then I took a nice nap before dinner. Tomorrow we're scheduled to go looking at fabrics and beads, and getting some last minute things before we head north on Wednesday morning.
Thanks again for your continued prayers. God bless you all!
Big hugs,
Kitty
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