Joni writes: I’ve been wanting to post some pictures of the performance of “Two Frogs” that the children did at our Conectate Meeting that I blogged about in my last post. They did so well and everyone loved it. I was so proud of them! 25 of our friends attended this meeting and the theme [...]
Was away for three days, helping at youth camp. Upon ariving at the site we got an idea to put together a temporary band with some younger people who are learning drums and bass. I was a little unsure of how it would turn out, but we were able to get a couple of hours [...]
I’ve been working with the five to eight year old children in our home to form a performing group. They’ve already learned to sing five songs—including choreography—and we started learning another one today called “Two Frogs.” This is a story in song about two frogs that accidentally fell into a can of cream. One of [...]
Vas Writes: The day started at 7:30 am. I had forgotten to prepare the weekly teen devotions (which is one of my duties) but by some miracle I was able to get a study on witnessing ready for the young people in our home. (I did have to skip breakfast though.) We got all fired-up [...]
Woke up late. Helped one of my aunts cook lunch, which consisted of sambar, (lentils) sambal (anchovies with tomatoes & onions) and rice. Spent some time reading and praying–my schedule has been a bit upside down here so haven’t been getting enough time with Jesus, and when that happens I’m not so great to be [...]
Joni Writes: Today we went out “restaurant singing” (see Vas’s post called Meeting People) and I met a family who all prayed with me to receive Jesus. They were very interested in our mission here and we exchanged phone numbers to keep in touch. Tomorrow is a long-awaited fun day for our children (and us)—Family [...]
At the end of a typical day here in Uganda the electricity is usually off. What can you do but sit in the dim candlelight and meditate over and over again the events of the days which have brought you to this particular one? This is what I do sometimes.