Uganda // Another Day

Part the First—Bethany Village

Another killer sunrise. Hard to beat watching that come up over Lake Victoria. The team had the opportunity this morning to go and see Bethany Village. Bethany is an orphanage/school that has been around for around 11 years now. Bethany is a true testament to the transformational power of Christ. Even having been once already it was great to see and hear again the story that is being written there.

As a basic rundown, there are 11 homes with 15 children each. Each home is run by a mother and the children live as brothers and sisters learning how to cook, clean, grow food and live in community.

On a side note, most of team was jacked to be able to ride across Lake Victoria and then (drum roll) ride the boda boda’s up to the village.

Part the Second—Buloba

As tradition has set, one of the first things we do in Buloba is to walk down to the old well and carry water back up to the hill. It’s about a ¾ to 1 mile journey (and as one team member described it, “up a 4000 foot mountain”). It’s always a real eye opener to see what is normal in Uganda and how it contrasts with our life in the States, and it can sometimes be a little overwhelming.

We also began working today by tossing bricks from the ‘baking pile’ over into position where they will be placed over the next few days as we finish bricking up the church building.

The most encouraging part of this trip is to watch this team interact with the church members here. Its amazing to see how people who have never met form immediate bonds with one another because of the same Spirit that is in each of us and then fellowship and communicate as if they were long lost friends. This is why we are partnered with this church, to join together to advance the kingdom. And these relationships that are being built are a demonstration of that.

Part the Third—The ride home

I’m now an official Uganda driver. That’s right, I moved from boda boda’s to the van…on a main road in Kampala. (It wasn’t pretty, but we’re all alive and no vehicle damage was sustained…perhaps some psychological….)

Check out Lee’s day here.