Wow, today was pretty incredible. It didn't start out completely good, though. I was tired this morning and started to doze off during my quiet time and the team meeting, which was embarrassing, and I got distracted several times during worship. But, God never gets tired, so He still did work today. At breakfast, Hailey's water bottle was oddly completely full, and then Emmery showed her the encouragement she had written. (We did encouragements throughout the trip. We would have some kind of theme, such as words, pictures, etc, and certain people to give them to the next day. That day, we were given a random person, and we were supposed to listen to God for a picture to give to them.) She had been given two pictures, and one was of a water bottle full to the top! It was really cool to see something like that happen.
Oliver and I stuck together all day. Komakech (the rolex stand owner we had talked to the night before) wasn't at his rolex stand in the morning, so we went into town, got some copies (of the lessons we go over with the Ugandans), and then took an incredibly long, and painful because a footrest was missing, boda ride to a school. We talked to the admins, and we're going back tomorrow or Saturday to tell them about Jesus. We had lunch in town again, but this place was pretty sketch. I had boiled goat meat. It was alright, actually; it tasted kind of like beef jerky, with a texture similar to regularly cooked beef (like they cook it, I think usually boiled). Oliver found some intestines or something in his beef. It was not a little disturbing.
Next, we went to Main Market. Oliver was going to meet with Richear, but he wasn't there. We talked to and prayed for the other shop owner we had met, and he had at least a partial healing of his throat from flu. We almost (I think I meant to say "also." Typo... er, write-o...) met another shop owner, James, who seems really legit. He has a wife and a cute 3 month, and on day, old son. He seems to have his life pretty well in order, except that he doesn't go to church anymore because his old church was corrupt. He's going with us to Antioch on Sunday, and we'll drop in on him again tomorrow. We went back to the village and saw Komakech, but he was busy, so we are going to meet with him tomorrow morning. There was another young man named James, who we met there last night, and he came and met with us and talked, and mostly listened, for a while. I started going through a lesson with him, but I got frustrated with the lesson, so I just started to explain the Gospel to him. The Holy Spirit took over then, spoke through me, and explained why we are imperfect, why Jesus came to earth and died, what that means for us, and the end of time, all in a few minutes, seamlessly and coherently. I didn't even know what was happening, and Oliver was blown away. It was so great. James is going to church with us on Sunday, and we're meeting with him tomorrow afternoon.
Oliver and I went back to the hotel after that, worked out, cleaned up, and ate dinner. We shared testimonies of crazy healing and leadings (such as mine) and so much great stuff (by that, I meant the whole team shared testimonies with each other. One that begs mentioning was an incredible healing. Some women from our team were in the village meeting with some Ugandan women. One of them had epilepsy, and a cut on her arm that kept getting opened back up because of her seizures. While our women were praying for her, they saw the cut actually close up and heal, right before their eyes! It was a pretty incredible experience for them, and a really neat story to hear, and to retell.). Then we played Picture Phone (A combination of Pictionary and Telephone. You start with a word or phrase, then pass your paper, draw the phrase you get, pass it, describe the picture you get, pass it, etc. It's hilarious and fun.). It was so funny, I love laughing with these people. Now, we sleep. Can't wait for tomorrow!
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