I am so amazed by the outpouring of love for our St. John’s Team!
One of our highlights was going to the site where the first Acholi tribe members were baptized in 1904…they consider it the birthplace of Christianity in their area! We had an amazing experience there, and were so very moved to be on such sacred ground! Tomorrow is the Clergy Retreat, where the entire team is participating (always be prepared! It is Africa!!) They have asked us to serve as a panel, to field questions from the local clergy. The Youth Rally is Friday, and the entire team will be there in a similar role. Saturday brings some more touring of Gulu and perhaps IDP camps, and Sunday is our last day, where I will be preaching to one of the congregations, “Under the Tree”…literally! Pray for good weather! The Game Preserve on Monday, and then the long road of traveling back to Entebe for the flight home! Leila and Clair are now officially the “videographers” of the trip, having taken videos and pictures of all of their experiences, and their new brothers and sisters in Christ!
In other news, the long-awaited suitcase arrived at the hotel very late last night! It was shipped to a Postal station in Gulu, and arrived strapped on the back of a bicycle…(all this was filmed, by the way!) There is a praise dance that they have learned to thank God for their blessings, and the girls filmed me doing the dance, in thanks for my clergy clothes! We can’t wait to share that!!!
All are healthy and well…they all send their love to you all!
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