What a week thus far! It has been such a joy to have the team from the US here. So encouraging! It’s been great to see and hear how they are reacting to Uganda. Oh how it resonates so readily with my heart. I have been able to share so much that I have learned and it is such a joy to share. To share where my heart is! Oh may God be praised!
I wanted to tell you two stories, two of my firsts.
1) Baptism-> yesterday we had a baptism which Mike Hodges and Shane did. They baptized nearly 30… anyway about 20 minutes later we were still hanging out and there were two who wanted to be baptized. Mike and Shane had already changed and no one else jumped in… so I was all about it. I didn’t have a change of clothes, hadn’t even baptized anyone, but was definitely up for it! I jumped right in the dug out cement whole that had the frame of a small church around it. Robert came walking up to the stairs… he is a young man about 18 years of age. He walked down the stairs and I began to talk to him. He professed his faith and then I baptized him. Second a young teenage girl with a clubbed foot and some other handicaps made her way with great trepidation into the pool. You see most of the Ugandans are scared of water. She got down and I began to ask her a few questions. With the drums beating and the people singing, I dunked her and then raised her up. I could tell there would be some trouble getting back up the stairs and so I picked her up and carried her out of the pool. What a powerful moment!
2) Communion-> I have been a part of leading communion before, but never in this capacity. I was able to lead 225 youth, pastors, and leaders in holy communion. Through an interpreter I explained the symbolism and spoke the words of institution from Mark. Oh did I feel the Spirit rush through… praise be to God for working and moving in my imperfection. I am certainly not worthy of leading others in the Lord’s supper, I’m not worthy to even take it… only by God’s grace! How infinite is the Father’s love! So powerful!
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