Well, not what you think. I’ll explain. The leaders of the team I am with have adoptive children here in Naluko. So, yesterday it was time for a birthday celebration for 4 of them. We drove the 5 minutes or so to the home the pastor of CC Naluko (his wife had been one of my students at the School of Ministry at Soroti, Uganda in 2018). When we arrived there was a large bonfire in the courtyard and around 20 people seated around it. After a while, dinner was brought out for everyone, fried chicken, fries, and pizza. It was all delicious! Then after a while, everyone went into the small home for a birthday celebration. There must have been close to 30 of us crammed into the living room. When the kids came in, everyone yelled “SURPRISE” and sang. It was so much fun. Then they cut 3 cakes and handed out pieces of cake to everyone. It all ended around 10:15 PM. I commented to the team that I’ll write about my wild time of partying late into the night!
After a good night’s sleep, I got up at 6:15 and prepared to preach this morning. We arrived at the church, open air on all sides, at about 8:45. Soon began a joyous and energetic time of worship. All the ladies wore their very colorful Sunday best. After a while, I was introduced and invited up to preach. I would say that there were close to 200 in attendance, amazing for this small village. I had a great time and I thought that the message was well-received. I taught from Matthew 7:12, “Do unto others”, the Golden Rule. I worked with a very good translator who made it so easy.
The remainder of the afternoon consisted of lunch and resting/getting ready to head back to Entebbe tomorrow (Monday). It is just gorgeous here and the people have been so gracious.
Thanks for the prayers. I’ll write more again before I head for home.
David
We thoroughly enjoyed reading about the birthday celebration and the church service, and we love the picture! Thank you for taking the time to write. We are praying for you.