Starting Week 3

This past week has been so full of good things! We started our reading sessions and we are all so excited about our readers! We spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in the villages reading with people. On Saturday we read at the school with students and also had our first social event. Only a few people showed up, but that was in part because there was a wedding and a graduation going on in the villages. We played Pictionary and had so much fun! They really enjoyed trying to draw the pictures and learning some new English words. It was a great time to laugh and build up our relationships through sharing the love of God!

We received a few letters this past week from students that we have become close to. One girl, Phiona, wrote down her story for us. It was a sad story that involved a severe lack of love. She explained how much our love the past week had meant to her. This just showed us how God was using us and we didn't even know it. Phiona was in need of a good female role model. She had never really experienced the love of a mother or sister. Amber and I have been glad to show her how great a love of a sister can be! We also received a letter from a girl named Martha. Martha also expressed her love to us and how much she has been enjoying our friendship!

A young girl named Lydia came to me while I was having some quiet time. She handed me a letter telling me how excited she was about us teaching the gospel. She then asked me to read some verses she gave me. Later that day she asked if i could give her some verses to read! She was craving the Word and wanted some guidance. The next morning she came to me and she had written a letter telling me how much those simple verses had taught her and how much she love us all. Who would have thought that a few jotted down verses could have such an impact on a young girls life?

This hunger for God's Word is not only present in the students, but in the adults as well. The matron, Jackie, loves for us to guide her in her readings and then discuss it! Two of the directors, Sam and Robert, also want to study the Word with us! The need for the gospel is so apparent here! They want people who have knowledge of the Bible to come talk to them so bad! Even the villagers want to know more about the Bible!

On Sunday we went to Budoola Church of Christ with Dr. Cliff Ganus, his son (also Dr. Ganus) and Noel Whitlock. Dr. Ganus helps support this church and also the school that we are staying at. He is the Chancellor at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. Noel is a pastor at a church on Searcy. They were great to talk to and were very excited about us staying at the school and working with the people in Jinja.

God has truly brought us here for a purpose. He is guiding us with every step. We pray that He continues to lead us into relationships with people and works on the hearts of all the people we meet.

Your Sister in Christ,

Danae