Outreach Update 3 - by Michelle & Robin
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Hello everyone,
Greetings again from Soroti, Uganda. We have had a really good week. Over the weekend we were able to go to a praise and worship gala where there were several different church groups and organizations that were leading different praise and worship songs. Our team sang a couple of songs and got to enjoy the rest of the show.
Yesterday three of our team members Paul, Stacie and Brenden went to a church in a village, they were able to hang out there pretty much all day, Stacie shared her testimony and Brenden also spoke at the church. When they got back our team made dinner for the YWAM Soroti base, we made french toast (a typical North American breakfast).
One of the ministries of YWAM Soroti is a home for babies and children who have AIDS or HIV. Their are also some children there without HIV who have lost parents but most of the kids are HIV positive. Last week a 2 1/2 year old boy named Timothy died at a hospital in Kampala. Please pray for his family and the other people living in his village. Also please be praying for the ywam staff that work with these kids, although they realize that death is a possible outcome for many of these children it never gets easier to lose a child.
God bless,
Michelle
It is now our third week in Uganda. Only 4 more left- it is going by quickly. Today and yestarday my Ugandan friends braided my hair. It took 8 hours, I really like it. They laughed because they said Mazogoo hair (white persons hair) is much different to braid then black hair. I am really making good friendships here. I really love the people.
Last week I got to work in a home for babies whose parents have either died from AIDS or cannot afford to take care of them. Over half of the babies are HIV positive. I loved being with them, some are so tiny, when I bathed them they fit perfectly into the little basin.
The weather has been very hot, and I am burnt but hopefully it will turn into a tan. I love the music and worship here. They pretty much dance at every worship service. I love hearing all the different clapping and harmonies. The children get right into it as well. Two more weeks in Soroti then we go to another place called Jinja.
Take care,
Robin
