I have made it to Uganda! I loved it within the first 10 minutes, but trying to pace myself. We have 2 more days of traveling before we end up in my Ugandan home village of Kacheri.
Ya see, to get to Kacheri from the capitol of Kampala, first you drive 5 hours on paved roads. And then you drive 8 more hours on dirt roads. Kenneth says it's as far away from society that you can possibly get around here. 4 hours to the nearest running water source.
I am with Kenneth and Kristi Williams, and their 7 children: Ezra, Izzy, Zion, Achuka, Selah, Veah, and Rikot. from ages 17 months to 8! I LOVE THEM!!! They are such an amazing family. I was showered with welcome cards and picked flowers from the children. Yesterday at the guest house, we fed bread to monkeys from our hands.We sat in the yard with about 12 of them. It was really awesome!!
their blog is www.williamsinthewilderness.co
m if you'd like to read more about them. Kristi's sister, Kerri and her husband Andrew also live there, and their blog is http://www.joyofmine.blogspot.com/. It has pictures of Kacheri and my hut home! I am ready to be there. Living in village with the Ugandans, eating what they eat, living how they live, seeing how they see...
Just letting you know all is well here in Ghana! We have been doing different activities in the villages everyday, telling bible stories, vbs, bringing food to widows and orphans. At night we've been doing crusades in the surrounding villages, showing the Jesus film. For 3 nights we've had revival at shalom baptist. And let me tell ya, I'm not sure you've been revived til you've been to an African revival. Open air church with gravel floor. Stories shared of being beaten after converting to Christianity from their Muslim faith. Their dedication to the Lord is so strong and passionate. They worship with all of their heart. The ghanain believers have been such an encouragement and example to me of faith. Next to them I feel so humbled. Almost unworthy to even be worshipping the same God. We did a good news congress with 140 children. It's like a vbs day. I bandaged many little wounds :( they need so much more than I can give them. But God has been so good to me. I'm so thankful to be back here.
I've seen clean water in a village that has never had water before, women rejoicing at the sight of food delivery, the most joyful children I've ever seen as they played with a water bottle, Ghanian believers sharing their faith with their Muslim neighbors, dancing and clapping and they worship the Lord...ahhhh so much more. More than I have time to descibe.
"Sometimes it is hard to leave where your heart is." -Pastor Mohammed
Wednesday the 8th (tomorrow), my team will head back to America and I will be flying to Uganda to start the next portion of this adventure. I will be there 3 months! Details to come :)
