Saturday, May 29th
As we began our last full day in this beautiful place, we have mixed emotions. We're ready to get home, but sad to leave our friends. As we prepare to see our own children, we cannot help but think of the children here who desperately long for a family. While we are excited about getting back to our homes and families in America, many of us will no doubt feel a sense of homesickness for our beautiful home and those we have come to think of as family here in Uganda. Many of us are nervous and anxious about the "re-entry" into our normal lives, yet we hope things never get back to the same "normal" we had before our experiences in Uganda. Some of us are ready for American foods we have not had here (milk, orange juice, cereal, steak, cold sodas), yet we'll miss how Florence, Betty, Jennifer, & Isaac took such great care of us, introduced us to local foods, and prepared our meals here with love.
Today we started the day shopping at an African market in Kampala. We went vendor to vendor, haggling with the locals over the shillings for handcrafted items. We picked up many items to remember our trip as well as souvenirs for those at home. After our morning of shopping, we headed to get a taste of home at I Love NYK (I Love New York Kitchen). We loaded up on NY style cheesecake, NY style pizza, and cold sodas. We even tasted some hand-squeezed passion fruit juice, which was absolutely delicious.
After filling up at lunch, we rode back out to the land ekissa is planning to purchase in order to do a prayer walk there. Robert, the owner of the land, came over so we all joined hands and said prayers as a group. As we continued to pray, the breeze gradually intensified, almost as if God was giving His affirmation and blessing through the wind. As our prayer subsided, so did the wind.
Some of us came back to the house and cooked another chicken pie and cake for dinner. The second half of our group went back out to Bweya to pass out the remaining mosquito nets we had purchased.
As we debriefed and enjoyed our last night here, Bob played the guitar and we shared several laughs and stories from the week. Please pray for us as we travel Sunday and Monday back home. We leave Sunday night from Uganda and (if our flights are all on time) we should be back Monday afternoon/evening. Pray for the people we leave behind in Uganda and for those who we have blessed and who we have been blessed by. This truly has been a life-changing trip that has pushed many of us beyond our comfort zones and has strengthened our faith. Many of us have conquered fears and been exposed to the Holy Spirit like we've never experienced before. We have seen God's hand and His love and understood better how we can show the love of Christ to others. We have learned that obedience in God is more important than acceptance by the world. Everyone was impacted in a unique way and we cannot wait to share these things with our families and friends. Undoubtedly, none of us will ever forget the time we spent here. We thank those of you who were instrumental in helping make this trip happen - through donations, supplies, and most of all, prayers.
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