Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Uganda
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your many prayers and encouragement!
Here are some pictures from today's work project at the orphanage! The oilbased paint over mold and chinked off wall board was a challenge but the time with the kids was amazing! This is a private Christian Home with no funding for maintenance at all, they were so grateful for the work we
did, the clothes we brought and the sheer fun we had! We were able to
buy them ten new mattresses and a hundred used sheet!
Tonight we broke into groups of two and were sent to different cell
groups, which was definitely out of our comfort zone as we went into
strangers homes with one English speaker but the stories were amazing!
After the testimony and prayer time Haleigh and I were asked to join
them in the kitchen to pray for our hostesses brother Henry. He had
broken his leg very badly in a motorcycle accident. He was laying on a
mat on the kitchen floor in an indescribable cast and much pain. He is
about 30 and the break is an economic disaster for a man here. So we
all prayed for him and at the end he told me that he had been listening
to our time of testimony and wanted to pray with me to become a
Christian, it was a great moment and surely made the trip here worth it
for me! I will get Henry one of the Bibles we brought and Pastor
Wilson will follow up with him! It's been a great day but we are up at
6am and ready to go tomorrow out to Pastor Phillip's village near the
head of the Nile! It will be a long wild van adventure and you can
pray that our program is well received and the gospel clearly received! We will also be crossing the equator!
Much needed sleep,,, Amina!
Rille
Thank you for your many prayers and encouragement!
Here are some pictures from today's work project at the orphanage! The oilbased paint over mold and chinked off wall board was a challenge but the time with the kids was amazing! This is a private Christian Home with no funding for maintenance at all, they were so grateful for the work we
did, the clothes we brought and the sheer fun we had! We were able to
buy them ten new mattresses and a hundred used sheet!
Tonight we broke into groups of two and were sent to different cell
groups, which was definitely out of our comfort zone as we went into
strangers homes with one English speaker but the stories were amazing!
After the testimony and prayer time Haleigh and I were asked to join
them in the kitchen to pray for our hostesses brother Henry. He had
broken his leg very badly in a motorcycle accident. He was laying on a
mat on the kitchen floor in an indescribable cast and much pain. He is
about 30 and the break is an economic disaster for a man here. So we
all prayed for him and at the end he told me that he had been listening
to our time of testimony and wanted to pray with me to become a
Christian, it was a great moment and surely made the trip here worth it
for me! I will get Henry one of the Bibles we brought and Pastor
Wilson will follow up with him! It's been a great day but we are up at
6am and ready to go tomorrow out to Pastor Phillip's village near the
head of the Nile! It will be a long wild van adventure and you can
pray that our program is well received and the gospel clearly received! We will also be crossing the equator!
Much needed sleep,,, Amina!
Rille
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Uganda - Wedding Pictures!
Attached are a few photos from yesterday's mass wedding!
Today was an amazing day! Pastor Tim, Blake and Pastor Tod went out to a village church while the rest of us went back to Light the World Church! The worship was incredible and lasted for nearly 2 hours! Pastor Wilfred
gave me the title of best dancing "mzunga" (of course you aren't here
Cynthia) and said our team in general were the most involved American
dancers they have had here...who ever said Mennonites can't dance!? We
even got to serve communion...headed by Nick, Jim and Jeff! We are
hoping the red kool-aid we drink from communion cups was not made from
the local water! Hmmm...
After nearly 4 hours of church (which included 20 new converts) we went
on the equivalent of an Indiana Jones ride out to Pastor Wilfred's
house? How do women in third world cultures have twenty people over
for a full meal with no running water or indoor cooking? :)
After a delightful visit we went to the orphanage affiliated with the
church and spent a couple of wonderful hours playing with about 50
kids! I am trying to talk Ryan and Sarah Jane into a little
line-backer named Ronnie. He was abandoned about 4 months ago and is
about 18 months old! I promised free babysitting but will have to
wrestle Kaitlin for him! Ryan and SJ made no commitments....darn!
Most of the kids are there because their parents have died or are dying
of AIDS. The kids however do not have the disease...PTL!
I could go on and on but needless to say we fell in love with the kids!
I don't think Jeff or Blake will be able to walk tomorrow after
all the activity. Gotta dash to debrief and Ryans birthday party!
Rille
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Uganda - Wedding Day
Dear Friends,
This morning we began our day with an adventure wild ride through the capital city of Kampala! To describe the sights and sounds would be impossible! I hope to figure out how to send photos soon. We went to our host church and had the delight of participating in a ceremony for multiple wedding couples! Pastor Tod married two of the couples and his father Pastor Dennis delivered the message. It was about 4hours and some of us were definitely suffering from the bobbing-head jet lag syndrome!
Now we are preparing to go back for the evening party which is outside! Looking forward to the wedding feast and party! It's an amazing blessing to these people to have our beautiful wedding gowns and flowers provided by the LBC Church family along with Pastor Tod's presence. He was here when the church began with just a few young men who wanted to make a better life for street kids...and a dream to start a church under the Mango trees! Today the church has four Sunday services and 3000 members!
Today's hero was Joel who worked all day as the wedding photographer assisted by Ryan. Joel even went to a special session with the Ugandans while the rest of us had an hour break! He said the best part was having to get out of the van to lift it over a speed bump! Lol
Rille
This morning we began our day with an adventure wild ride through the capital city of Kampala! To describe the sights and sounds would be impossible! I hope to figure out how to send photos soon. We went to our host church and had the delight of participating in a ceremony for multiple wedding couples! Pastor Tod married two of the couples and his father Pastor Dennis delivered the message. It was about 4hours and some of us were definitely suffering from the bobbing-head jet lag syndrome!
Now we are preparing to go back for the evening party which is outside! Looking forward to the wedding feast and party! It's an amazing blessing to these people to have our beautiful wedding gowns and flowers provided by the LBC Church family along with Pastor Tod's presence. He was here when the church began with just a few young men who wanted to make a better life for street kids...and a dream to start a church under the Mango trees! Today the church has four Sunday services and 3000 members!
Today's hero was Joel who worked all day as the wedding photographer assisted by Ryan. Joel even went to a special session with the Ugandans while the rest of us had an hour break! He said the best part was having to get out of the van to lift it over a speed bump! Lol
Rille
Friday, May 20, 2011
Uganda Team - Update 2
Dear Friends,
As I write this we are somewhere over Iceland and the airplane is dark! Most of the team is watching movies and settled in for this 10-hour segment of our journey, Our travels thus far have been uneventful tho a bit tight on timing with LA traffic and LAX security at it's typical snail pace! We are grateful for our drivers Ken Beggs and Kevin Scott who got us safely to LA and for the sweet prayers that sent us off. I will hit the send button in Amsterdam where Pastor Tod tells us there is a city nearby named Eeningenburg! With a 2-hour layover before our next 8-hour flight I doubt an ancestral search will be part of the itinerary!
We appreciate your ongoing prayers our journey continues. This is definitely not the fun part!
As I write this we are somewhere over Iceland and the airplane is dark! Most of the team is watching movies and settled in for this 10-hour segment of our journey, Our travels thus far have been uneventful tho a bit tight on timing with LA traffic and LAX security at it's typical snail pace! We are grateful for our drivers Ken Beggs and Kevin Scott who got us safely to LA and for the sweet prayers that sent us off. I will hit the send button in Amsterdam where Pastor Tod tells us there is a city nearby named Eeningenburg! With a 2-hour layover before our next 8-hour flight I doubt an ancestral search will be part of the itinerary!
We appreciate your ongoing prayers our journey continues. This is definitely not the fun part!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Team Uganda - Update 1
Dear Friends,
The Journey has begun! Our friends from Chicago have begun their travels toward Uganda and we leave the house here in about 30 minutes! I will keep you updated as possible! We were able to fit all of our ministry supplies, clothes, shoes, wedding gowns, etc for our African friends into our suitcases on Tuesday nite and are ready to go!
We will leave the LBC Parking lot no later than 8:30am. Pray for safe travels, good health and team bonding! Pray that our luggge would make it through Amsterdam, Nairobi and on to Entebbe! Rest on the plane would also be great! We take-off at LAX at 2pm and will arrive in Uganda tomorrow about 2pm, which is mid-night their time.
We love you all and appreciate so much your sending prayers! If anyone mentions they would like to pray and aren't getting these, please feel free to forward them on!
For Team Uganda 2011,
Rille
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