Outreach in Soroti Uganda - by Lindsey
We recently received a brief, but excellent update from our outreach team now serving in Soroti, Uganda. Lindsey, one of our excellent students, writes the following:
Greetings from Uganda! I only have 15 minutes at the internet cafe, so this will be short, but I thought you may be interested in hearing a bit about how things are going for our team so far. When we arrived at the airport in Entebbe after a grueling 40-something hours in transit we expected to be greeted by the YWAM staff from Soroti, who were supposed to be picking us up. Although some of us realized that Africa time is a little more laid back than that in the West, we left the airport after about 4 hours of waiting and got a hotel.
To make a long story short, we ended up spending two nights in hotels until we were finally picked up and brought to Soroti. What probably happened was the email with our finalized itinerary did not get through, so all they had was an old email saying we were arriving two days later than the actual date. Anyway, the wait was actually a good thing. It gave us some time to get used to the culture and climate, and our team did some bonding in that time as well.
Uganda reminds me so much of Nigeria, where I lived two years with my family. I am the only person on the team who has been to Africa before, so some of the comments my teammates make are just hilarious. Today is a national holiday, so we have the day off, but tomorrow we are going to be starting to work with some of the ministries YWAM is involved in here. For example, tomorrow some of us are going to a youth service and sharing our testimonies, and some of us are going to be doing "Bible Time" at a local school. Prayer Requests: - Calming of nerves for me as I give my testimony tomorrow. - Health and unity for the team. That's all I have time for right now.
In Christ,
Lindsey
