Friday...Our time is going so quickly!

Today is already Friday and we can’t believe it! Our time is going so quickly as we enjoy beautiful Soroti. Today we all woke up at 5:30AM to climb a huge rock mountain. We climbed to the very topped and watched the most beautiful African sunrise. We also spent about an hour with God doing our personal devotions and praying. Being up there cleared our minds and was a great way to start a packed day of ministry. We then drove back to the guest house to eat our breakfast and get changed. Today we had some cereal as an extra treat. Our house keeper Janet, did not know how to prepare it. She kept asking coach, “Do I cook it in oil? Do I make it in a pan?” So we showed her it was just as simple as putting it in a bowl and pouring milk on top. After breakfast Tim and Angie and their two kids Moses and Avalien came over. We gave them their suitcase full of food and they were so grateful and did not expect it. They loved everything! After they unloaded the goods, we all walked down the road to the Amacet orphanage. This orphanage is an AIDS orphanage that saves kids when they are abandoned or when their parents cannot take care of them or when their parents die. Amacet isn’t like a regular orphanage. The kids stay there for three months or until they are stable then they go back to their homes if it is possible. Amacet provides continual support and check up on the kids that go through the center. Amacet started in 2001 by people from Holland and they have already had 238 kids go through the center. There we held the younger children and babies and played soccer against the older ones. During the soccer game it was our team vs. all of them and their skills prove to be better than ours and we lost 6 to 4! Regardless of the loss we still had a fantastic time and Tim said that we may be able to go back later on in the trip. Now we are back at the house resting, eating lunch, and preparing for another VBS service later this afternoon.

Hopefully we will be able to post some pictures for everyone soon. Your prayers are working so keep it up! Love and miss everyone! (Written by Lauren Ashley Londino)