Wow!!!! What an amazing day in the village of Nakabango!!! I wish I could package the greeting we received and send it to everyone we know! The drums, the shrieks from the women, and the smiling faces of hundreds of gorgeous kids. For many of us, we recognized lots of faces. For the "newbies", the look on THEIR faces was priceless! There is just nothing to compare it to.
After the ceremonial official welcome - we broke out into groups to build the stage, make bracelets with around 700 kids, and make beautiful pins with the widows. The distribution of bracelet kits was the typical pandamonium. Lisa, who works at the library in St. Charles, said it wasn't EXACTLY like a children's activity at the library! We sat on the ground and put bracelets together with the kids for a couple of hours. Michelle lead the women in making pins. John and Duane's design for the stage was flawless (at least in my eyes!) Everyone got a chance to move around and experience all the activities.
We had a quick game of wiffle ball and a songfest with the kids. Almost everyone on the team had 2 children or more holding their hands at all times. It is an amazing thing to be able to share God's love in this way. What a privelege!
I especially loved the fact that we got to spend lots of time just relaxing with the villagers yesterday. We learned lots of family stories and details about the village and it was such a blessing.
Flip Flop distribution - what can I say?!?? It was awesome! We brought over 700 pair and handed them all out. The village leaders managed to put the kids in line by size and we filled the "orders" as they came through. Organized chaos is the best description I can give. There were some beautiful little feet leaving the village yesterday afternoon!
Pastor Chuck, you are missed and the women and kids send you their love! Medina was just a little upset that you weren't along! I gave her a bag of yarn and she was OK though!
Dinner was at our Sunset Hotel last night and it was great. Meals ranged from chicken and cheese pizza (me) to vegetable fried rolls (Lesli) to an African dish that I can't pronounce (Judy)! It was all very good. Fried bananas with honey and ice cream for dessert.
The geckos haven't attacked me yet, but they continue to hang around.....
Thank you for all your prayers! To all of our families - we love you and thank you for this opportunity!
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Hello Friends,
I am so happy you had a great day in Nakabango. I would have given anything to hear the sound as you arrived in the village. I hope someone got pictures of all those little feet in flip flops. Continue with a blessed mission and give many hugs to all the children you can. John are you protecting all the women from the chickens?
Love to All,
Casey
Hello Uganda Team:
Our day starts with your updates and we think you for posting daily. We are so proud of what each of you are doing. Be safe and keep up the good work.
Julie and Lynne: All is well in Rolla. Madeline and I are going to practice driving today and go shopping. Yeah..
love you,
M & M and B (Madeline, Mom and Brandon)
Sounds like a great start! God bless all of you.
Duane, hope you are learning a lot! And enjoying all the activities. Time is going quickly for some of us.
I think Joel and Callie miss you the most.
The SAB Wed. prayer meeting group will be praying for you all.
Connie
Man what a story!
The kids and I check the blog several times a day waiting for an update. Getting emails from Lisa is like Christmas :) I hope you all have a blessed time down there and can bring back memories for all of us to share.
Love,
Roy,Ryan,Matt,Rachel
Wow! Sounds like you and the team are having the time of your lives. I can imagine it all perfectly... except the wiffle ball part. I'm having a hard time picturing 800 kids and one bat. Also, it's nice to know that I'm missed but I'm a little miffed that I can be replaced by a ball of yarn. Give Medina lots of hugs and kisses from me!
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