The women’s hygiene team broke away from the group today to teach a hygiene conference at Namajae Church. This was deep in rural Uganda; we felt like we were reaching the outer most part of the world. Pastor Abraham is truly a man of God and it was apparent that the villagers love him and that he is greatly respected. When we first arrived, we were blessed with an indescribable time of worship. We all agreed we saw a small glimpse of heaven and what it will be like will all nations come together to worship him. The women seemed to love the lessons; they lingered on every word, asked questions, and even took notes. Afterwards, we were able to give them a small gift of soap, sugar and salt. These women were very joyful and gracious as they left with their gifts. Pastor Abraham shared with us that we were an answer to his prayers. He expressed that we could never understand what our teaching meant to these women and that our gifts were so needed. He was praying for people to come to lift the spirits of the village and bring gifts because there are no crops during this season. We truly serve a merciful and gracious God and we thank him for the blessing He gave us today. 
While the hygiene lessons were taking place at Namajae, the rest of the group organized and produced another game day for the children at Covenant Primary School. The event operated similarly to the previous game day, with the exception that there were about twice as many kids. After we finished and left the equipment with the school, we returned to the vans to head to our next destination, but lo and behold one of the vans wasn’t there (side-note: “American time” here means on time, “Ugandan time” means whenever). Inevitably, a group of students began to gather around us expecting us to do something else with them. Morgan, being the selfless person he is, volunteered me (Smith) to sing some songs. We ended up singing our theme song “O-kwa-gala-kwe,” and we were able to explain His love to the students. An alternate van arrived, and we headed off to our next location: the Luwanda Children’s Home!
Today we concluded VBS - three days of Bible stories, worship, and crafts. In crafts, they made frames with mirrors in the center and decorated the frames with jewels. When they peeled the layer of film of the mirrors and saw their reflection, their eyes beamed with excitement. The children closed the day with a surprise performance filled with dancing, drama and of course reciting scripture. The kids were precious, especially the little ones who followed the older children with the exact same song. By the end we all realized how hard it is going to be to leave children after getting to spend so much time with them.
God is good, and thank you for your prayers.
This is Tonya, Smith, and Helen, signing out.
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