Can You Imgaine

"Can You Imagine"

---- my friend Redempta came to visit me this past week!!!! I met her when I was in Kenya in 2007 and we became really good friends. We were both praying to be able to see one another since I am back in East Africa, and the Lord in His graciousness worked out the details for us! She took a 12 hour bus ride to Kampala to stay with me for a few days!!!! When we said goodbye 2 years ago, we never imagined we'd have the opportunity to meet again!! GOD IS GOOD!

This quote is something that she says anytime something is unbelievable to her. Its my absolute favorite thing to hear her say!
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Love and friendship

2 things that I am exponentially seeing surpass the boundaries of language and culture. I want so badly to be able to explain this to you in a way that captures the essence of its beauty. Though I know I won't be able to get all of the words correct, I pray that your heart feels the warmth in knowing how big our God is and how His love is far greater than anything we can ever understand, imagine, or contain.

Example 1)
A 5 year old Ugandan girl who speaks only Luganda runs towards a 23 year old American girl that speaks only English……..she picks the child up in her arms, swings her around, and they both have smiles on their faces larger than life. Tears almost fill my eyes as I think of the love I have for this small child, Zina. We have never said anything more to each other than “How are you? Fine” or “Olyotya? Jiindi” (Luganda greeting) yet my heart is attached to her beautiful smile, the way she casts her eyes downwards when she’s being shy, and the way she runs towards me when she is excited.
Zero words are needed to share our emotions. Our hearts are able to illuminate love in a way that doesn’t require anything created by humans. The depth of this type of communication cannot be put in to words. It makes sense---- something that doesn’t need words surely can’t be explained by them.

............ this is To Be Continued

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Happy Easter!

This past week I had the opportunity to do some traveling around Uganda. It was beautiful, breathtaking, relaxing, and a blessing! =) We took a girl trip and traveled to a place called Sipi Falls which is 3 large waterfalls in the mountains. The view was breathtaking, and the others with me can agree that I could hardly put my camera down. I LOVE TRAVELING! I love love love it! Something about seeing new places and new people just completely fills my soul. I was also so grateful to be able to get away from the city and see the beauty of Africa that we miss being in Kampala.

This is Easter weekend. Its weird being in Africa on Easter. It is still a celebration, but much different that what I'm used to. No family, no family lunch, no singing of the easter hymns in English that I am accustomed to. However, I am grateful to experience this. At home, the highlight of Easter is usually the church service and then being with family afterwards.
But here----- it will be much more focused on the work of the Lord. This afternoon we are going through Kawuku to spread the gospel. To tell people about the risen Lord that we are celebrating and praying for Easter miracles to be done in the hearts and lives of people.

I hope that you and your family have a wonderful Easter! Please celebrate and praise the Lord for all that He has done for us.

Kawuku/Jesus Film Update

Thank you for praying for the Jesus film!

Update:

The Jesus film was amazing! Thank you so much for dedicating your time to be in prayer for that blessed opportunity to present the truth to so many people! The number of people is only known to our God who brought them there. We estimated 250 people, but there could have been more that were standing off at a distance. To understand this, you have to get into the Africa culture.

Let me try and set the stage for you: We set the projector up on top of a hill, and most people just stood and watched in the field below. There is a “road” that passes by the field where many people walk to and fro, many people passed, stopped, and may have stayed, or continued on. Also, no electricity= no lights. Because of these and many more factors, there is no way for us to have seen all those that were there.

But our Lord knows! That is the beauty of serving our Lord. We know that our labor is never in vain! Your prayers and my prayers were answered perfectly! =) One of my favorites parts about watching this film was how excited our people got about Jesus! Each time Jesus performed a miracle, they would cheer and clap and yell amen! Their enthusiasm was such a blessing!!!

Thank you for praying for this event and for the people that God brought. Thank you for praying protection over us and over the place! I felt even in my own heart your prayers. Before I sent out the email asking for your prayers I really felt a lot of unrest, but after I sent it out, the Lord gave me a verse in Psalms that reminded me that He was mighty in battle! =) Thank you for your prayers! Please know that in both tangible and nontangible ways they were answered for greater than anything we can ever imagine!!